We’ve been obsessing over Shaker design for 10-plus years now. And we thought we had seen it all. We stand corrected.
While browsing a new favorite online housewares shop, Orné de Feuilles of Tokyo, we were delighted to discover five Japanese Shaker box translations that adhere to tradition—swallow tail joints and copper rivets included—while giving the classic catchall practical new uses. Here are the surprise designs, plus some inspired Japanese versions of Shaker classics.
Photography courtesy of Orné de Feuilles.
![a shaker tissue box, anyone? the shaker pieces offered by orné de feuilles 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shaker-tissue-box-holder-via-orne-de-feuilles-tokyo.jpg)
The Japanese affinity for Shaker design is not new: see our feature on the work of Masashi Ifuji, creator of some of today’s most refined Shaker boxes, furniture, and tableware.
![the shaker box glasses case, ¥4,730. all of the pieces in the line are mad 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shaker-box-eyeglass-case-via-orne-de-feuillles-tokyo.jpg)
![the shaker mirror comes in three options: round in small ¥7,480 (shown, pa 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shaker-style-wooden-frame-on-circular-mirror-via-orne-de-feuillles-tokyo.jpg)
![the axcis take on the familiar shaker pin cushion, ¥\2,3\10, can be paired 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shaker-pin-cushion-orne-de-feuilles-2.png)
![the shaker dust box comes in natural and black, ¥\19,800, with a removable 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shaker-style-cherry-wood-wastebasket-via-orne-de-feuillles-tokyo.jpg)
![orné de feuilles is a company of cat lovers: we recently spotlighted ornek 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shaker-box-cat-bed-from-orneko.jpg)
More Shaker design and contemporary interpretations of it:
- In the Dwelling House: 16 Design Ideas to Steal from Canterbury Shaker Village
- 8 Ideas to Borrow from the Shaker-Inspired Commerce Inn in NYC
- Shaker Style in Marseille: Studio Classico Designs a Shaker-Inspired Bakery
- Steal This Look: A Working Dining Room in the Catskills, Shaker Edition
- Shaker(ish) Peg Rails Ideal for the Kitchen
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