Keiji Ashizawa Design

Keiji Ashizawa Design was founded in 2005 by Keiji Ashizawa and is based in Taito Ward, Tokyo. Ashizawa was born in 1973, studied architecture at Yokohama National University and began his career in 1996 at an architecture firm. In 2002 he…

Biography

Background

Keiji Ashizawa Design was founded in 2005 by Keiji Ashizawa and is based in Taito Ward, Tokyo. Ashizawa was born in 1973, studied architecture at Yokohama National University and began his career in 1996 at an architecture firm. In 2002 he officially joined the bespoke steel furniture workshop 'super robot', where he made original furniture and lighting fixtures alongside his architectural practice.

Signature Style

The studio's motto is 'Honest Design'. Its approach emphasises craft rooted in materials and on-site work, and its projects layer details of different scales, from architecture to interior and furniture. The studio brings together architects, interior designers and product designers, and its work also covers landscape and branding.

Notable Works

The studio was involved in the architecture, interior and FFE of TRUNK(HOTEL) YOYOGI PARK in Tomigaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, and in a hotel complex on the 45th to 47th floors of a corner hotel in Shinjuku. It has driven the Ishinomaki Laboratory furniture project for more than ten years; it began as a volunteer initiative after the Great East Japan Earthquake. It has worked on furniture projects with Karimoku Case and on interior projects with NORM ARCHITECTS in Denmark. For Stellar Works it designed the Ougi collection.

Legacy

The gallery DESIGN KOISHIKAWA was founded in 2016, welcomed creators from around the world and closed in 2018. Ashizawa lectures and teaches at home and abroad and serves as a jury member for design awards.