STEIN BOX
A ROOM FOR OBJECTS, IDEAS, AND ONGOING CONVERSATIONS.
STEIN BOX is a concept store and gallery space created by KLEINSTEIN in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo. After operating as a B1 showroom and experimental exhibition room until October 31, 2024, the space reopened on the first floor of the same building, expanding its footprint and becoming a more direct point of contact between KLEINSTEIN’s projects, products, and public life.
Curated by KLEINSTEIN, STEIN BOX functions as a flagship retail and showroom space for NOVESTA, the Slovakian sneaker brand under KLEINSTEIN’s creative direction, and BIÉDE, a brand produced by KLEINSTEIN. The space is also used for exhibitions, small presentations, and cultural projects that move between fashion, contemporary art, publishing, and everyday objects.
Tucked away in a quiet corner of Minami-Aoyama, an area once home to literary figures including Haruki Murakami, STEIN BOX is conceived less as a conventional shop than as a room where ideas can be placed on a table, worn, read, tested, and occasionally misunderstood in productive ways. It is a modest physical base for KLEINSTEIN’s continuing interest in how brands, spaces, and cultural contexts are made to work.
STEIN BOX is open mainly on weekends. Current opening information is announced through @novesta_japan, @biede_official, and @steinbox_aoyama.
The space direction is by KLEINSTEIN. Architecture and fixtures are by Hiroki Fukuzawa / Fukuwaza.
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TK HOUSE 1F, 4-24-4 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 [MAP]
STEIN BOX before relocation
Before moving to the first floor, STEIN BOX operated in the basement of the same building as a showroom and gallery. It was established by KLEINSTEIN CO., LTD. as a place for experimental exhibitions, furniture, drawings, small-scale presentations, and projects that did not quite fit into ordinary retail language.
The B1F space was designed and directed by KLEINSTEIN, with furniture construction by FUKUWAZA, painting by NAKAMURA TOSOU KOGYO-SHO, and special thanks to KUMAKOUBOU. The new 1F space continues from that earlier room, carrying its provisional, project-based attitude into a more open street-level form.
