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  Project Title

  BAR symbol

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  Winning Firm
  
  

  Riki Watanabe/JOKE.Inc.

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  Lead Designer
  
  

  Riki Watanabe

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  Awarded
  
  WINNER, INTERIOR DESIGN, Hospitality / Restaurants / Bars / Venues

• Project Link
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• Project Location
  Tokyo, Japan
• Project Status
  Completed
• Completion Date
  September, 2021
• Client
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• General Contractor
  -
• Photographer credit
  Masato Kawano


• Interior Design Firm
• Interior Design Firm / Studio
  Riki Watanabe/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.

Roppongi is one of the most popular and ever changing newer cities in Tokyo Japan, and represents a lot of "movement". To contrast that, I decided to create a calm, toned down design, like a Chashitsu (Japanese tea room), to give it a sense of "quiet". I wanted to create a space that felt a little out of place for its surroundings to boost its presence even more.

Frameless glass doors were adopted for the facade, and the rest of the building was left as it was.
I focused on using the natural colors and textures of the materials to bring out their uniqueness and character.

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)