Japanese interior design
Privacy and sun protection Sunlight in your home is lovely, as long as you don't have too much of it. With custom-made curtains, you can block out sunlight and prying eyes from outside with precision and flexibility. We supply roller blinds, pleated blinds, and other curtains in many different fabrics, ... Continue
Press release Japanese paper laminate Washi HPL Washi HPL is an innovative laminate collection made from genuine Japanese paper, which expands the range of decorative options for door panels, furniture fronts, and table tops in the HPL sector with previously unheard-of possibilities. Washi HPL Japanese paper laminates are genuine paper laminates made from fine Japanese paper (washi), which are ... Continue
New Japanese paper curtains from Takumi Takumi will be presenting panel curtains and vertical slats in innovative paper designs at the Comfortex interior design trade fair in Leipzig from September 14 to 16 in Hall 5, Booth I10. The high-quality Madoca Japanese paper is specially produced for sun protection applications and is tear-resistant ... Continue
Kumiko-Zaiku Traditional Japanese craftsmanship Filigree latticework for shoji screens, lampshades, wall decorations Kumiko, filigree latticework, is an important element of Japanese interior design. Kumiko—literally "connected wood"—in its simplest form is the basis for the lattice structures of sliding doors such as shoji and koshi-do. ... Continue
Japanese handmade tatami High-quality tatami mats from Japan are made to measure. This is mostly done by hand. Even the tatami straw is cut by hand with a sharp knife. Material from organic farming and 100% careful handcrafting in Japan: ... Continue
Press release Sliding door rollers October 1, 2012 Takumi's "Tram" sliding door rollers: uncomplicated, smooth-running, invisible from all sides Takumi's floor-guided sliding door rollers are uncomplicated, smooth-running, easy to install and adjust, and invisible from all sides. The sliding door rollers were developed in Japan for lightweight wooden frame doors. They can be used for ... Continue
Press release Shoji handles August 15, 2012 Japanese Shoji handles from Takumi: delicate sliding door handles for narrow frame doors Takumi, Berlin-based specialist for special materials and sliding door fittings from Japan, supplies particularly narrow recessed handles, even for sliding doors with narrow frames. The delicate handles are also suitable for the narrowest frame doors ... Continue
Newsletter July 2012 Dear customers, business partners, and friends, Thank you for clicking on the Takumi newsletter again. With heat waves, thunderstorms, the euro crisis, and Germany's exit from the European Championship, it hasn't been an easy summer so far. We hope you're still enjoying it! We have the ... Continue
Shoji building instructions in Holzidee In issue no. 13, Holzidee magazine published detailed (8 pages, with lots of pictures and detailed drawings) and highly recommended instructions for building shoji. Master carpenter and specialist author Guido Henn, known from numerous press and book publications, ... Continue
New at Takumi June 2012: Patterned fusuma paper in stock Previously only available to order, we now finally have several types of patterned fusuma paper from the Shinsen and Harukaze collections in stock. The paper is available for immediate delivery. Plain fusuma paper Cosmos The fusuma paper from ... Continue