Other projects

Product packaging forms a fascinating part of Japan’s consumer culture. Whereas modern-day technologies and marketing strategies often determine their form, the design is frequently inspired by decorative motifs such as those found on art objects from the past....

Explore the everyday reality of a hyper-aged society, a valuable lesson for the Netherlands and the rest of the world, who will face a similar reality sooner or later. Knowing more about the Japanese approaches can serve as a source of inspiration for finding ways to...

Worldwide Waste is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal presenting innovative research on waste from around the world. It critically interrogates the cultural, social, economic and political systems within which waste is created, managed, and circulated. The...

This book series focuses on consumption - the engine propelling Asia onto the world economic stage – and its implications, from practices and ideologies to environmental sustainability, both globally and on the region itself. The series explores the interplay between...

With Dr. E. Machotka The objective of this project is to reconstruct the processes that are at the root of the growing environmental awareness in Japan, from the point of its inculcation in the 1990s to the present day. The project rests on two pillars: 1) the...