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Takeda Global Headquarters Office

Takeda Global Headquarters

It offered creative direction for Takeda Pharmaceutical's new global headquarters’ interior design. The designer created a flow from the entrance and reception to the work area, telling a tale of human life with refined modern icons of eight kanji for life, water, light, soil, tree, people, connections, and future, which represent Takeda's essence, reflecting it in the spatial design. It conveyed the company's brand image, creating a place where stakeholders can share the vision of the future.

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Nubank Corporate interior

Nubank

The design concept, based on the social network as a support for liquid modernity, reflects a conscious adaptation to the changing demands of the environment. In this sense, the design of this social network stands as a creative response to the tensions and paradoxes of the contemporary era, providing a meeting space that balances the need for constant adaptation with the pursuit of genuine and meaningful relationships. One of the challenges of the project was to ensure that each room, every corridor, and every corner, in general, became part of the conceptual narrative and was unique.

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Mirror Sales Center

Mirror

Mirror is a sales center interior created for a space with a low ceiling of 2.5 meters and limited natural light. Mirrored surfaces on the walls and ceiling reflect the interior and make the height appear to reach 5 meters or more. Walls of translucent jade glass, an eco-friendly recycled material, contain LED strips that spread a soft glow. Reflective stone and high-gloss lacquer add brightness. Thin jade stone panels join the walls and the ceiling without visible seams. The result is an open area for display, sales and client meetings.

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Rongbaohang BMW 5S Store

Rongbaohang BMW

Rongbaohang BMW is an automobile dealership interior located in Tianjin. The layout follows a continuous circular circulation route. The ceilings of the first and second floors are covered with blue transparent acrylic panels, arranged to suggest driving trajectories and flowing water ripples. These panels echo a water landscape formed by a water curtain and a pool. Sustainability guides the project, and the lighting system was rebuilt with wooden grilles set at the high windows. The office area was reduced so that the customer lounge could be enlarged.

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Jinglan Bay Art  Museum

Jinglan Bay Art

Jinglan Bay Art is a sales center interior located in Liuzhou, a mountainous area with winding waters. The interior covers 1705 square meters and includes reception, sales, display, digital media and VIP areas. Rather than copying the landscape through shapes, light and shadow are used to suggest high mountains and deep water. Black terrazzo is polished to a mirror finish, so the outdoor scenery and the movement of visitors are reflected. Raw stone at the entrance creates the depth of a valley. Other materials include chiseled marble, mineral paint, black wood and oak.

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Spirit of Stillness Apartment

Spirit of Stillness

Spirit of Stillness is an apartment interior design covering 120 square meters in Taipei City, Taiwan. The design combines Eastern philosophy with a modern aesthetic to create a calm space within a busy city. A tripartite approach gives equal value to work, recreation and rest. The main wall is made of recycled stone fragments, and the art wall is finished with Italian eco-friendly paints. A hidden metal structure supports a 30 kilogram Bodhisattva sculpture. Natural light, energy efficient LED lighting, thermal insulating materials and air-purifying plants improve comfort.

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