Tokyo, Japan
Klein Dytham Architecture / The Design Studio

Photography © Kozo Takayama

Bright, fresh forms convey the creativity behind this design

Program: Two advertising agencies and the business unit of a third wished to create a new identity in Japan. Since two of the companies were Western and the third Japanese, a work space that reflected this new culture would be a challenge. Achieving a strong statement that reinforced a new brand culture without leaving anyone out seemed a daunting task indeed. The challenge was to provide more public, creative, shared space while giving everybody their own personal work and storage areas.

Solution: This attention-grabbing office interior features wild curves and Day-Glo colors. Styled like oversize furniture, colorful undulating ribbons with distinct profiles are adapted to varied functions. Turning away from standard enclosed offices and cubicles, the open plan generates crossover among staff at every possible opportunity and at every level of hierarchy. The long and the short of it is, people love it—employees, clients, the media.

For more images please see the November 2003 issue or Architectural Record.

The Winners: Orange Innovations | Hotel Habita | Sekii Ladies Clinic | Start-Up Offices | Inn at Price Tower | Darwin Centre | Apple SoHo | Stealth/Ogilvy | Gannett/USA Today Corporate Headquarters | ImageNet

The Finalists: Automated Trading Desk Technology Campus | Jackson-Triggs Niagara Estate Winery | University of Washington | Herman Miller MarketPlace | Beacon Communications Office | New Academic Complex, Baruch College, CUNY | Mott Children's Center

Unbuilt Projects: Great Harbor Design Center

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