The history of Time & Style
We started working in Germany in 1985, and established the company in 1990 in Berlin. After seven years in Germany, we returned to Japan and established the Japanese company in 1992.
Our seven years of experience in a completely different culture gave us the neutral perspective to reconsider the true value of Japan, the country where we were born and raised.
In 1997, we opened our first Time & Style store in Tokyo and began full-scale manufacturing in Japan to offer our own products directly to customers. Many traditional industries remain throughout Japan, and we have manufactured high quality products in our partner workshops across the country.
We established our own factory in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, in 2008 for a new style of detailed and careful Japanese manufacturing.
Additionally, in 2012, we opened a showroom in Shanghai, China, and our own store in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in March 2017.
Our products have a pleasant sense of tension within a simple form, and are achieved through the faithful handiwork of Japanese artisans. The appearance of each product is not always in Japanese style. However, these carefully and thoughtfully designed and sincerely created products definitely have a certain presence.
Although they may appear neutral and neither Japanese nor Western, the small details and dignified air that surrounds the products give off a genuine taste of Japan. In Japan, many artisans all over the country have acquired advanced skills that were passed down over a long period of time.
We continue to accept the challenge of creating a new tradition of monozukuri with like-minded artisans in the different regions of Japan.
timeline
1990
Established PRESTIGE JAPAN in Berlin, Germany (Ringbahn Strasse 42.1000 Berlin 42)
1992
Established PRESTIGE JAPAN Ltd. in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
1993
Relocated to Ginza, Tokyo. Opened a Carton Furniture showroom
1995
1997
1999
2000
2001
2003
• Opened TIME & STYLE RESIDENCE in Futakotamagawa, Tokyo
2004
• Made an exhibition at the Salon du Meuble de Paris in Paris, France
2005
2007
2008
• Established its own factory, TIME & STYLE FACTORY, in Higashikawa-cho, Hokkaido
• Made an exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs “TIME & STYLE” in Paris, France
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
• Made an exhibition at the Ambiente “Japan Style” in Frankfurt, Germany
2014
• Made an exhibition at the Ambiente “Japan Style” in Frankfurt, Germany
2015
• Made an exhibition at the Ambiente “Japan Style” in Frankfurt, Germany
2016
2017
• Made an exhibition ”Kengo Kuma×TIME & STYLE NEW PRODUCTS” in Roppongi
2018
2019
• Made an exhibition at the MONO JAPAN in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Made an exhibition “Stockholm Furniture Fair” in Sweden
• Made an exhibition at the Ambiente “Japan Style” in Frankfurt, Germany
• Made an exhibition at KENGO KUMA EXHIBITION “Furniture that blended into the surroundings” in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2020
• Partnership with the Italian Brand Boffi | DePadova
• Boffi | DePadova Time & Style ēdition is released in Milan, London, Paris and New York.
• Opened Time & Style Atmosphere in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo
timeline
company profile
Prestige Japan Inc.
5-6-10 5610 Building 2F
Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062
Phone:+81-3-5464-3208 Fax:+81-3-5464-3206
11th August 1992
President: Ryutaro Yoshida
Senior managing director: Yasushi Yoshida
10,000,000 yen
97(as of August 2019)