JAPANESE SPATIAL DESIGNER ANNUAL Vol. 01 is now available, featuring 90 of Japan’s most innovative architects, interior and lighting designers, and creative visionaries. The publication is bilingual, visually rich, and relevant globally.

In the foothills of rural Japan, PAN- PROJECTS quietly redefines the architecture of impermanence. Their latest prototype, Earthboat V1, is a mobile timber retreat built entirely from Cross-Laminated Timber — designed not to claim land, but to touch it lightly and move on. Equal parts shelter and statement, the 20.5m² cabin revives forgotten leisure sites with Scandinavian clarity and Japanese restraint. Featuring a sauna, modular interiors, and zero foundations, the Earthboat is less about escape than encounter — a new, slower ritual of living with nature.