Keiko Furoshiki is a family business reimagining the centuries-old Japanese tradition of furoshiki. Furoshiki translates to “bath spread,” a reference to the practice’s origins: using cloth to ...

Wrapping paper – that thing that makes our holiday gifts look so festive – has a landfill problem. If it's shiny, metallic, or glitter-encrusted it's not recyclable. And even recycled paper isn't ...

When it comes to the holidays, and gift-giving in general, instead of shelling out money for wrapping paper and tape or gift bags and tissue paper, consider something more personal and eco-friendly: ...

Everything nowadays—people and things alike—is labeled according to its meaning or role. Japan’s furoshiki wrapping cloth, despite its infinite possibilities, was caricatured in old television dramas ...