The office of Kurashicom Inc.,a company operating the E-Commerce website "Hokuo Kurashi no Dougu-ten (Store of Scandinavian lifestyle tools )". Their website and contents including socail media and youtube pages are all filled with the mood of Scandinavian lifestyle which captures the viewers' hearts to come back for more. So when we received the request from their founder "to create an office like a sacred place" we were tempted to create an office overflowing with such mood. However, through discussions with the client on the design concept, we came to understand that this Scandinavian feel cannot be realized by compiling details into the design work or filling the space with such objects. Once again looking at their website but this time taking a step back for a wider view, we noticed that the pictures on each pages are filled with objects, but the website as a whole, holding all those contents as a platform, is nothing but simple. From this finding, we decided to create a workplace in the most simple form possible, to leave the space for their people and their work to fulfill with the brand's unique mood, since the employees themselves are the biggest fans of their brand.
It was only until we saw the employees settled in and working in this new environment, that we knew this office fully supports the workstyle and the space was truely completed.

Photo: Tomooki Kengaku