JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED OFFICES
Concept
Two words that pull against each other
The office is designed around “coexistence and competition” and “creativity”. The company runs a number of separate talent groups, and the point of the layout is that people from different companies inside the group keep running into each other.
The second half of the brief is more literal: an environment you can throw yourself into creative work in. That is why the production rooms are not in a basement somewhere else.
01 · Work space
One open floor
The work space is kept open so that the crossing-over the concept asks for can actually happen.
02 · Meeting
The meeting area
A meeting area sits alongside the desks for the scheduled part of the day.
03 · Communication space
Where the crossing-over happens
The communication space is the piece that carries the concept: somewhere to talk to people from beyond your own team.
04 · Studios
Motion capture and recording
A motion-capture studio and a recording studio are part of the office rather than a booking made elsewhere, which for a company whose talent perform as animated characters is the difference between a good day and a lost one.
