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  Project Title

  KAMAGAYA ART CLINIC

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  Winning Firm
  
  

  JOKE.Inc.

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  Lead Designer
  
  

  Riki Watanabe

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  Awarded
  
  WINNER, INTERIOR DESIGN, Other Interior Design

• Project Link
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• Project Location
  Chiba, Japan
• Project Status
  Completed
• Completion Date
  July, 2022
• Client
  Kamagaya Birth Clinic
• Photographer credit
  Masato Kawano / Nacása & Partners Inc.


• 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
  Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University in 2008. After working for a major construction company and a design firm, he became independent in 2015. Selected as one of 33 spatial designers to watch in Japan in 2024.
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  Other Credits
  
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The project is to build a fertility clinic. The design concept is a space where light and wind can pass through.
There are no tall buildings adjacent to the land on which this building is built, so it was a place with good sunlight and air flow, and as a result of hearing from people undergoing infertility treatment, I heard that while undergoing infertility treatment, they really feel very anxious and gloomy, so I wanted to at least ease those feelings when they come here and make them feel comfortable, I was thinking about how I wanted to help them and so, this concept derived naturally.

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)