Welcome to the house of Khoki. The Tokyo-based collective of anonymous designers always puts a huge fabric door on the entrance to its showroom installations, but this year crafted an entire fabric house in the center of the room. It was representative of what the brand values: craft, familiarity, whimsy, and—most importantly of all—teamwork. The group doubled its staff from three to six people in the past year, yielding some fresh ideas (the Khoki collective is a democracy, where every suggestion gets equal consideration).

A couple of the most interesting ideas came from a new member: a set of metal cutlery—a knife, fork and spoon—shrink-wrapped into the sides of leather bags, and a tiny sewing kit sealed into leather card cases. A potential nightmare at airport security, but cool to loo

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