Chikaku solves key challenges faced by elderly and families: communication barriers posed by Japanese seniors' struggles with smartphones and limited internet access. This house-shaped device transforms TV into intuitive video calling systems. Unlike intrusive
A wristwatch designed by Tadao Ando. The watch is designed after the apples the author puts outside his buildings and represents Youth, not as an age, but as a "movement of the heart".
By opening the vacuum-packed flat pack from its folded state and standing it up by hand, air enters through the holes at the bottom, allowing the lamp to stand on its own without any
Profil chair is an aluminum seating system by Keiji Takeuchi for Hydro's R100 project, exhibited at Milan Design Week, 3daysofdesign, and Dutch Design Week in 2025. It combines minimalist aesthetics with hyper-local production, using
The Morris Chair was designed with the theme of creating an experience that moves people emotionally through seeing and touching. Positioned between a practical object and a piece of art, the chair proposes a
In response to strong demand from users for new additions to the irogami brand, we developed a new line of chopsticks and chopstick rests. The first product in the series, the grater, received widespread
MindDuo Max is a children’s version of a European office floor lamp. In China, to prevent children from becoming myopic, parents seek broad and bright desk lighting, which is why they place European office
B-Flat COMMUNE is a two-year, limited commercial and cultural project located on a temporary parking lot in Omotesando, Tokyo, aimed at revitalizing an empty property in the heart of one of Tokyo's most renowned
We've created a third place on a small hill in front of the Cable railways Station, at an altitude of 760 meters. Mt. Rokkō is the range of mountains facing Kobe and Osaka, Japan.
This project is planned as an integrated "live-work-lifestyle" building that combines a residence and an outdoor shop, located within the forest of Hotaka, Ariake, in Azumino, Nagano. Surrounded by abundant trees, the aim is
This holiday home, for a busy professional in Niseko, faces a stream leading to the Shiribetsu River, with a forest hill beyond. The one-storey building's curved form mimics the stream's fluid lines, with the
This is a construction project for a new, two-story wooden daycare center, replacing a nursery built approximately 50 years ago. This project was secured through a selective tender process. In recent years, it has
This project is the architect's own home. The site is adjacent to houses on three sides, except for the road on the north side, and the "Kazari Garden" extends from the large north-facing window,
This work won the award in the "Street Furniture Design Competition" and was actually built. The site was in the small park, surrounded by the skyscrapers of Minato Mirai in Yokohama. To share the
This project follows the transformation of the KUMIKO façade, originally developed for the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, and later reused for the Women's Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier at Expo 2025 Osaka
The project involves designing an office for a construction company in a nostalgic shopping street area, aiming for a casual space open to the local community. The design utilizes a "910mm wide space" concept,
"ICHIKO ICHIE" is an incense brand produced by a company that deals in Takimono Senko (incense sticks blended with fragrance), and has a history of over 200 years since its establishment in the first
This project involves the renovation of two units into a bar and a lounge within a shipping-container restaurant alley in the city center of Toyama, Japan. Originally planned to encourage circulation through limited rents
For the 2030 Shimane National Sports Festival, a competition was held in Misato Town, with about 4,000 residents, to design a boathouse that incorporates Balinese architectural styles. The facility serves both as a competition
At first glance, it appears as a delicate metal ring, drawn from a slender line. Its name is ichi-ring. ichi-ring is a working tool born from a single slender stainless-steel wire. Despite its minimalist
The first work base owned by a wedding dress designer, which provides various bridal services, located in a landscape district area of Gosyominami, Kyoto. Interior
This is a plan for a company that provides high technique in molding and welding special metals such as aluminum or stainless steel. New factory is necessary since an existing one becomes insufficient because
Yufuin is famous as National Health Onsen Resort in Japan. This project is to rebuild an old outbuilding of Ryokan / Japanese Inn in order to take over its role, which has started by
Located in Amami Island, a southern island of Japan marked by a hot, humid climate and one of the shortest annual sunshine durations in the country, this self-sufficient house was designed for a family
Regenerative Vegan House Yakushima, located in the south of the Japanese archipelago, receives a lot of rain throughout the year, and takes advantage of high rainfall and mountainous terrain to supply almost 100% of
Commissioned by the Singapore Tourism Board, the Singapore Pavilion, The Dream Sphere, is a 17-metre-tall sphere clad in 17.000 recycled aluminum discs. It is a larger-than-life, three-dimensional representation of the "Little Red Dot", a
The ichi-clip is a next-generation clip designed with simplicity and minimalism in mind. Made with half the material of a conventional paper clip, it allows for smooth and effortless clipping without damaging the paper.
Given the site’s connection between two roads, the design features two separate access points - one serving as the entrance to the house, the other to the gallery. The first floor incorporates a gallery,
LAVA’s design for the Kuwait Pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025 is a tactile embodiment of Kuwait’s ‘Vision 2035’ - a future grounded in collaboration, warmth, and openness. The pavilion’s form reflects Kuwait’s coastal desert
LAVA’s German Pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka pioneers regenerative architecture through cutting-edge design, material innovation, and circularity. Built as a closed-loop system, it showcases modular adaptability and material intelligence, combining cylindrical glulam structures with
