The creative directors of Louis Vuitton and Kenzo collaborated to design an urban park in Tokyo, inspired by California

Japa Valley Tokyo, however, will not be a home in the traditional sense. Instead, it will manifest as a piece of ephemeral architecture, composed of wooden pavilions, sake tastings, immersive retail and large-scale artistic interventions. The centrepiece of the site will be a monumental sculpture by KAWS, the american artis Brian Donnelly who previously collaborated with Not A Hotel on The Nigo House in 2023. That project, perched above Sagami Bay, was envisioned by Nigo as a personal retreat, where vintage furniture, contemporary art and pop-infused details like Human Made’s inflatable duck and a rooftop Companion sculpture came together in a distinctive stylistic synthesis.