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  Project Title

  Bean to Bar Lounge .

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  Winning Firm
  
  

  JOKE.Inc.

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  Lead Designer
  
  

  Riki Watanabe

• Project Link
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• Project Location
  Tokyo, Japan
• Project Status
  Completed
• Completion Date
  February, 2019
• Client
  Dandelion Chocolate Japan


• Interior Design Firm
• Interior Design Firm / Studio
  JOKE.Inc.
• Lead Interior Designer(s)
  Riki Watanabe
• Other design Team Members
  Naoki Tamura
• About the interior design firm
  ESTABLISHMENT September 2015. With a focus on interior design, JOKE's work spans across a wide range of professional fields such as creative direction and branding. Utilizing the knowledge and multifaceted perspectives that we have cultivated through designing commercial spaces, hospitality spaces, exhibitions, products, and other genres, we design in consideration of the way places should be, the experiences that can be gained there, and the flow of time.

The most important element of this project was to bring out the best and unexpected charms of the materials used. I took inspiration from Dandelion’s approach to materials, especially their relationship to “cacao”, believing that was the best way to express the brand. As a way of showing the material, we stacked up a mosaic pattern by piling together pieces one by one like a parquet, making use of the essence of the “western redcedar” uneven colors. Despite using the same materials, by cutting them out, I was successfully able to vary the expressions depending on the viewing angles.

Bio
With a focus on interior design, Riki Watanabe work spans across a wide range of professional fields such as creative direction and branding. Utilizing the knowledge and multifaceted perspectives that we have cultivated through designing commercial spaces, hospitality spaces, exhibitions, products, and other genres, we design in consideration of the way places should be, the experiences that can be gained there, and the flow of time.

Other prizes
2015: DSA Design Award 2015 winner.(JP) 2018: DSA Design Award 2018 winner.(JP) 2018：IDM Tokyo 2018 AWARD winner.(JP) 2019: KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2019 winner.(JP) 2019: Dezeen Awards longlist nominate (UK)　 2020: CafeRes Design Award 2020 winner.(JP) 2020: A’ Design Award & Competition 2020 Silver Award.(ITA) 2020: LOOP Design Awards winner. 2021: MUSE DESIGN Award 2021Silver Award. (US) 2021: DNA Paris Design Award winner.(FR)