2021 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

DAIKIN TOKYO OFFICE

Entrant Company

KOKUYO Co.,Ltd.

Category

Interior Design - Office

Client's Name

DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, Ltd.

Country / Region

Japan

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the world has become even more aware of the importance of “air” than before.



Daikin, being a specialist of “air” as an air conditioning manufacturer, is working to develop new ways of dealing with air in and after the time of

COVID-19.



The design of our new office expresses Daikin's determination to contribute to the betterment of society through the strengthening of our

air-related efforts.



Daikin’s policy towards the post-COVID-19 era is crystalized in the design that features a curtain crossing the space dynamically, visualizing the

invisible movement of air.



A large curtain is featured as the symbol of the office. It also

embodies "air," the major subject matter Daikin is working on.



In order to visualize air that is invisible, the weight of the curtain cloth

is calculated meticulously so that the cloth sways gently when a

person walks past it.



Inspired by the nature of air to change its form (gaseous, liquid, and

solid states), the curtain was carefully dyed by craftsmen so that it has

a gradation-like look consisting of many shades of blue, not just one

plain blue.

Credits

Photographer
Keishin Horikoshi
Photographer
Yurika Kono
Textile Design
Haruka Shoji (Studio Akane Moriyama)
Textile Design
Akane Moriyama (Studio Akane Moriyama)
Interior Design
Takuya Yoshiba (KOKUYO Co.,Ltd.)
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