journal

Reading Design Anew as a Critical Practice

Refusing Easy Answers, Offering Complexity to the World

Creativity Is a Form of Enquiry, Not a Discipline

Looking at Local Practice and the Context Behind It

From a Leading Japanese Architect to a World-Renowned Museum and Global Design Media — Announcing the Committee Members for alter. 2026, Tokyo

Do We Really Need Design Events? A Report from the alter. 2025, Tokyo Archive Book Launch

Continuously Redefining Product Design—Toward alter. 2026, Tokyo

alter. awards announced! What products did the committee members evaluate?

From Audience Creativity to Asia’s Creative Scene: Talk Programs Charting New Frontiers in Product Design

Over 50 Creators Participate! 11 Projects Exploring New Possibilities in Product Design

Not a Logo, but Guidelines—Experience Design at the alter. Design Event Through Its Visual Identity

Toward Open Possibilities: Rethinking Process Through alter.’s Selection

Living as a Designer, Listening to the World

“Mediating Objects” That Connect Regional Characteristics

Design Without Pretense Creates Something New