On a recent sunny afternoon in SoHo, actor Jude Law did what many of us do when we find ourselves wandering around Lower Manhattan’s premiere shopping district: he went to Muji. The downtown outpost of the hallowed Japanese consumer-goods retailer is an unlikely oasis in a chaotic corridor of commerce. When you walk in, you are immediately greeted by a cadre of electronic aroma diffusers, quietly dispersing their scented mists into the air. There are shelves full of simple homewares and racks... Read this story
