Interview with Takuji Kamio

To meet people. To make them happy.

I have design education background, but actually I tried to quit my design carriers after school graduation. But, somehow I'm still in the design field and work as a designer.

I would like to design something which can give people opportunities to share their time, space and emotions with each other including me.

What you become is not important. What you do is more important.

As long as they are good, that means they are already ready to be great in the future.
Not much differences between them.

Balance of matters, such as colors, shapes, textures, sociality, humanity, and so on.

Design is social property. Also design is investigation to make better society.
That's why everyone put their efforts on making new designs.

Something for my family.

resort hotels in wild nature

Respect people and appreciate for all what happen to you.
Open your eyes and be hungry.

Antonio Gaudi

Works by TOYOO ITO.

Our company is located in Chigasaki, Japan. It's about 1 hour from Tokyo station. Chigasaki is the famous beach town, and there are many companies proposing the high-lifestyle.Our company produce commercial, residence, interior, architecture, and art designs.

Design has to be not only to make a profit but to make the world happy with new values.People have built to many walls but not enough bridges. I would like to make a bridge of design.

Something very interactive. Something needed new challenging. Something to have opportunities to work with new ideas and new people. Oversea projects.

Now I'm more focusing on transforming art works to space designs.Geometric patterns, Graphics, 3D ornament objects, impressive lightings, and so on.Combining all aspects to develop own originalities.

Executive spa in Hyatt Hotel, Hawaii.

timber wood, stone, tile, metal, graphics, LED lighting.

When I take a walk at my hometown, beach side.When I am driving by myself.Very early morning or late night.

How the consumers may feel through the design works.Functions, approach, visual as much as material textures.

Complex, Complication, Hunger and Anger.But, also happiness at the same time.

Fun and pleasure

Think and think. Plan and prepare enough. Then again, think and think.Keep thinking and trying.Free and open the mind not to be stacked in one place.

Balances for all......Balance of visual.Balance of colors.Balance of volumes.Balance of technics.Balance of virtues.Balance of feelings.

Designers have to show and propose new ideas to solve the existing problems.They have responsibilities to be honest and gentle for the society while they also have to be very emotional and powerful.

I believe the design will be more for human feelings. Not only for something to make profits. In the commercial fields, planning and sales strategies will be still very important, but more that those aspects, the art feeling, which AI cannot produce, will be more important.

At Pangkor Island Festival in Malaysia, 2017. Will come back to the festival in 2019 with new installations.

I always try to pick up and keep any design aspects which I found somehow to the small spaces in my brain. I do not think seriously but just try to keep all interests generally with huge and unframed visions.Once I have a typical project which I have to work on, I also try to keep and think about the project generally in the small spaces of my brain. Again, I first do not think seriously about the project.Just try to keep all considerations together somehow in my brain always.Then, just relax and wait for the answers come out spontaneously.

Simple, graphical, texture style.I wish my design will be something to share our thoughts, feelings, time, and spaces.I am always looking for a very simple answers: simple expressions with more direct design information to our eyes and skins.

I live in Kamakura, Japan.Kamakura is called a small KYOTO. There are lots of temples and shrines while the town is facing to the ocean.I believe the environment somehow effects on my designs.

I'm a president of the company. Also work as the executive designer of teams.

Do not let the designers stay at office until late night.Let them go back early. Try to keep their privacy and free times.Design never comes out at office.

First I decide the main concept after client interviews.Then, staff try to research and collect many images concerning to the concept.After a few days, I draw several sketches and make rough 3D images.After my ideas come out, I brush up the details with my team.

camping tent & shade / car carrier box / ham mock / cooking pot & pan / handy coffee mill

1: Wake up at 5:30am and leave home at 6:20am.2: Enjoy the 30min beach side driving which is a way to my office.3: Refresh & Free my mind and consider about some projects in the car.4: Arrive and open the office before 7am.5: Do some extra works or something for my own about 2+1/2 hours before staffs coming.6: Start project works with my team from 9:30am.7: Finish work at 5-7pm and drive back to home.8: Have a dinner with family or friends at around 7pm.9: Extra work at home, or free time with my family or friends at 8pm.10: Try to sleep by 10pm-0am.

There are lots of Entrances.But, Exit is alway only one.When you do not have much, it seems there are too many entrances of life to choose.But, when you look back someday after reaching to some points with lots of efforts, you may realize that actually the exit was only one.Do whatever you like. Put efforts on that.

Positive : can make new values in the worldNegative : difficult to make money and need long time works

make it happy

observation

free white papers, black ink pens 0.5 & 1mm thk, camera, MACBOOK and Vectorwroks, Adobe CC, 3D applications

Always keep the matters in mind. And consider of solutions during out of office.Try to reduce the actual work time such as drawing, as much as I can.

Usually take 3-6months for an interior project.1-2 years for an architecture project.

What else can you make?

Oversea projects

KYOWA / JISEIKAI / ELKEN / BUTBO GROUP / BERNINI

I enjoy any types of design.

Several restaurant designs oversea and some senior-care-mansions

First I develop my design by myself. And then, share the ideas with my team and work together.

We work a lot over sea especially Asia. Many interesting and dramatic projects are coming to be handle.

Please check our website;http://www.kamiodesign.comAlso, please send me an email;contact0467@kamiodesign.com

Thank you.