Takuji Kamio
JAPAN
Meet Takuji Kamio - a powerhouse of good design, creativity and innovation based in Japan. Takuji Kamio's design journey has been nothing short of spectacular, marked by a tireless pursuit of excellence. This dedication is clearly mirrored in Takuji Kamio's impressive haul of 7 A' Design Awards that we showcase here. Spanning across categories such as Interior, Takuji Kamio's work stands as a living testament to a steadfast commitment to design excellence, serving as a beacon of inspiration for designers globally. With each project, Takuji Kamio masterfully blends form and function, crafting designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional and timeless. This approach underscores Takuji Kamio's celebration of creativity and an unyielding quest for innovation.
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Cups Kamakura Cafe and Hotel
Cups Kamakura is a cafe restaurant, which also has the hotel function. Because the property is facing to the ocean, Kamio Design tried to expand the inspirations from water. They made several graphics concerning to water and transformed the inspired images to attempt into cafe and hotel spaces by carefully dealing with color balance, sunlight reflection, and material selection. Also, the building is 50 years old, and the team needed to work on preservation carefully while applying the new design aspects.
Cups Kamakura is a cafe restaurant, which also has the hotel function. Because the property is facing to the ocean, Kamio Design tried to expand the inspirations from water. They made several graphics concerning to water and transformed the inspired images to attempt into cafe and hotel spaces by carefully dealing with color balance, sunlight reflection, and material selection. Also, the building is 50 years old, and the team needed to work on preservation carefully while applying the new design aspects.
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Villa De Nozomi Senior Care Residence
It is necessary to concern carefully how the senior residential space can be even more meaningful to live. If senior house is a place to have a fun and if the residents are bale to have motivation to be vigor, it would be very wonderful. One of Kamio's answers to make this wish comes true was ART. He considered that the artistic feeling is very creative and it might provide a sense of energy. Senior houses should be even more creative and dramatic. Through this project, Kamio has tried to provide more art-feeling atmosphere by designing the spaces with many geometric expressions.
It is necessary to concern carefully how the senior residential space can be even more meaningful to live. If senior house is a place to have a fun and if the residents are bale to have motivation to be vigor, it would be very wonderful. One of Kamio's answers to make this wish comes true was ART. He considered that the artistic feeling is very creative and it might provide a sense of energy. Senior houses should be even more creative and dramatic. Through this project, Kamio has tried to provide more art-feeling atmosphere by designing the spaces with many geometric expressions.
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Ching Ming Kyoto Restaurant
Kamio expressed the lightings as a big art by spreading them over the whole the shop area. Making the lightings in impressive line shapes, he tried to create a dramatic atmosphere. The line lights were formed in triangle shapes and connected with each other continuously to surround the shop seating areas. The team carefully filled up the drawings with the graphic patterns and shared those images with all staffs to have the common visions. For some parts, they printed out actual life size drawings and discussed about the effects.
Kamio expressed the lightings as a big art by spreading them over the whole the shop area. Making the lightings in impressive line shapes, he tried to create a dramatic atmosphere. The line lights were formed in triangle shapes and connected with each other continuously to surround the shop seating areas. The team carefully filled up the drawings with the graphic patterns and shared those images with all staffs to have the common visions. For some parts, they printed out actual life size drawings and discussed about the effects.
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Garden Love Clue Office
With Covid 19, working style has been changed a lot, and more various office style has been demanded. Perhaps, gathering in smaller but more in creative space is one answer. Kamio has tried create such a new office. How to make the garden feeling was on of the main theme in the project. Instead of just putting green planters on the floor, the team has hung the most of planters under the ceiling by using steel and wooden framing ladders. By mixing the positions of the ceiling spot lights and the hanging planters, They tried to create the natural feelings just like forest sunlights.
With Covid 19, working style has been changed a lot, and more various office style has been demanded. Perhaps, gathering in smaller but more in creative space is one answer. Kamio has tried create such a new office. How to make the garden feeling was on of the main theme in the project. Instead of just putting green planters on the floor, the team has hung the most of planters under the ceiling by using steel and wooden framing ladders. By mixing the positions of the ceiling spot lights and the hanging planters, They tried to create the natural feelings just like forest sunlights.
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Small Paper Dancers Art Exhibition
The dancers were made of paper napkins mostly by the school kids volunteers. More than 2000 dancers were displayed on the 500 white strings in the exhibition room. The strings were placed in every 150mm pitch and one walking path was made to surround the dancers. A set of 20 meter LED lights was applied among the walls so that the visitors may experience different color atmospheres on each time-situation. It can be very dramatic that those dancers may move with with millions of different color atmospheres in the natural breezes.
The dancers were made of paper napkins mostly by the school kids volunteers. More than 2000 dancers were displayed on the 500 white strings in the exhibition room. The strings were placed in every 150mm pitch and one walking path was made to surround the dancers. A set of 20 meter LED lights was applied among the walls so that the visitors may experience different color atmospheres on each time-situation. It can be very dramatic that those dancers may move with with millions of different color atmospheres in the natural breezes.
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Le Pont Multifunctional Cafe
The design was inspired by a phrase; people have built too many walls but not enough bridges. At the entrance, visitors may recognize a white bridge and staircases in an opening void. All shop contents such as bakery, lounge, coffee bar, and restaurant, are located to surround those bridge and staircases. Not dividing the areas into smaller, but Kamio provided a big open space through the 1st & 2nd floors. He expected that the spontaneous communications may occur between the customers by facing to each other in the sharing space. He says that this is a place to connect and to share.
The design was inspired by a phrase; people have built too many walls but not enough bridges. At the entrance, visitors may recognize a white bridge and staircases in an opening void. All shop contents such as bakery, lounge, coffee bar, and restaurant, are located to surround those bridge and staircases. Not dividing the areas into smaller, but Kamio provided a big open space through the 1st & 2nd floors. He expected that the spontaneous communications may occur between the customers by facing to each other in the sharing space. He says that this is a place to connect and to share.
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Iguchi Funabori Hospital
The design concept was brought by an idea of combining the space surfaces with various geometric expressions to make an art feeling space. Several geometric patterns were applied to the floor, walls, and ceiling with the emphasizing lighting system. The design team used several types of tiles in different directions and tried to create some kind of the eye-movements to the space. They focused on making the space more art and fun rather than just a normal hospital lounge.
The design concept was brought by an idea of combining the space surfaces with various geometric expressions to make an art feeling space. Several geometric patterns were applied to the floor, walls, and ceiling with the emphasizing lighting system. The design team used several types of tiles in different directions and tried to create some kind of the eye-movements to the space. They focused on making the space more art and fun rather than just a normal hospital lounge.
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