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Our Approach to
Cultivating the Future.
TAKT PROJECT is what we call a DESIGN THINK + DO TANK that creates and actualizes new concepts through design. Our intention is to create design as a new intellect that envisions a hypothesis that cannot be reached by logical thinking alone, but rather by taking a bird’s-eye view of the world, by lending an ear to our own voice, and by feeling and creating with our hands. With a unique design theory born from our Self-Driven Research projects, we collaborate daily with a wide range of clients—from startups to global brand, from educational and research institutions to governments—on various projects cultivating the future.
Approach
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Approach
TAKT PROJECT is what we call a DESIGN THINK + DO TANK, striving to create design as a new intellect. In addition to client projects (Collaborative Projects), we are also working on projects of our own initiative (Self-Driven Research), in which we study concepts of the next generation and propose new possibilities. Finding from the self-driven research greatly informs our client projects, allowing us to comprehend and update the hypothesis and reality in one organized cycle. -
Self-Driven Research
TAKT PROJECT is working on Self-Driven Research. Unlike our client projects, the self-driven research’s theme, process, and presentation to society are entirely our responsibility. Through the design as a new intellect, we practice abductive reasoning (Abduction), which cannot result from purely logical means like deductive and inductive reasoning. Hypotheses are given shape and presented in exhibitions and the like. The variety of feedback received is essential for feeding our research, and it circulates through all of our activities and promotes uniqueness. -
Collaborate
At TAKT PROJECT, our client projects are called Collaborative Projects. In Collaborative Projects, not only answers are hard to obtain, but the problems themselves are usually unclear as well. Put another way, these projects are similar to our Self-Driven Research, and we believe the existence of this research and its finding makes it possible to collaborate with our clients while working toward application in society. Also, in an age where the framework is being updated one after another, it is risky to be bound by conventional design categories, and therefore we are approaching the project by integrating various expression methods from graphical to architectural. -
Evoke
Neither Collaborative Projects nor our Self-Driven Research Projects are pursuing “optimum” deliverables. This is because, in our current age, where frameworks are updated one after another, an issue does not involve new concepts if the correct solution to the problem can be judged immediately. Can the proposed idea create vast ripples around the proposal? Put another way, we place immense value in how much we can inspire (Evoke) society. TAKT PROJECT values our role not only as a supporter of businesses to communicate their intents through design, but also our role in inspiring society. -
Cultivate
The origin of the word culture lies in cultivate. We believe new concepts inspire and thus cultivate the hearts of the people, and new concepts at last become culture by cultivating social frameworks. Logical thinking alone cannot cultivate the spirit. We believe that by addressing the uncertainties of humanity equally, we cultivate the soil for new concepts and grow a culture. All of TAKT PROJECT’s activities are intent on creating this new culture, and we daily engage in various projects to cultivate the soil of society.
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Exhibition
- 2023
- Exhibition director of 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT exhibition "Material, or " / 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT / Tokyo
- 2023
- TAKEO PAPER SHOW 2023 ‘PACKAGING: Function and Laughter’ / Tokyo
- 2023
- Visionaries: Making Another Perspective / Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art / Kyoto
- 2022
- Solo Exhibition "as it is. -equilibrium flower-" / Milan Design Week 5VIE / Milan
- 2021
- The Thinking Piece / Obscure solutions / Milan Design Week DROPCITY / Milan
- 2021
- ALLIED FEATHER&DOWN × TAKT PROJECT / THE MODULE roppongi / Tokyo
- 2021
- WHAT'S KNIT? EXHIBITION / TIERS GALLERY / Tokyo
- 2019
- glow⇄grow : pottery / DesignMiami/ Curio / Miami
- 2019
- Future and the Arts / Mori Art Museum / Tokyo
- 2019
- glow⇄grow : globe / AnyTokyo / Tokyo
- 2019
- Insects: Models for Design / 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT / Tokyo
- 2019
- Autogenesis Design / Design Gallery 1953 / Tokyo
- 2019
- Solo Exhibition "glow⇄grow" / Milan Ventura Centrale / Milan
- 2018
- THE FLOW OF TIME / DesignMiami/ / Miami
- 2018
- Japon-Japonismes. Objets inspirés, 1867-2018 / Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris / Paris
- 2018
- THE FLOW OF TIME / DESIGNART / Tokyo
- 2018
- THE FLOW OF TIME / Triennale Design Museum / Milan
- 2017
- Solo Exhibition "SUBJECT⇄OBJECT" / AXIS Gallery / Tokyo
- 2017
- Art and Design, dialogue with materials / Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design / Toyama
- 2017
- Swarovski Designers of the Future Award / Design Miami/ Basel / Basel
- 2017
- deposition / Milan Ventura Lambrate / Milan
- 2017
- Visible Motion / Triennale Design Museum / Milan
- 2016
- SHIFTING OBJECTIVES / M+ / Hong Kong
- 2016
- COMPOSITION / Milan Ventura Lambrate / Milan
- 2015
- Dye It Yourself / AnyTokyo / Tokyo
- 2015
- 10/10 by François Bernard and Moda / Paris Design Week / Paris
- 2015
- Japanese Design Revisited by LEXUS / Helsinki Design Week / Helsinki
- 2015
- Asia Young Talents / CREATIVE EXPO TAIWAN 2015 / Taipei
- 2015
- Dye It Yourself / Milan Ventura Lambrate / Milan
- 2014
- Trends / MAISON&OBJET / Paris
- 2014
- 3-PRING PRODUCT / AnyTokyo / Tokyo
- and more...
Award
- 2023
- Pen CREATOR AWARDS 2023 / Special Award
- 2023
- iF Design Award GOLD(Germany) / Professional Concept
- 2022
- FRAME AWARDS 2022(Netherlands) / EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR
- 2022
- FRAME AWARDS 2022(Netherlands) / SMALL OFFICE OF THE YEAR
- 2022
- FRAME AWARDS 2022(Netherlands) / BEST USE OF MATERIAL
- 2022
- Kukan Design Award(Japan) / KUKAN OF THE YEAR 2022
- 2022
- Kukan Design Award(Japan) / GOLD PRIZE
- 2022
- Kukan Design Award(Japan) / BRONZE PRIZE
- 2020
- FRAME AWARDS(Nederland) / Innovation Award nominees
- 2019
- Dezeen Awards(UK) / Emerging Designers of the year 2019
- 2019
- Kukan Design Award(Japan) / GOLD PRIZE
- 2018
- DSA Design Award(Japan) / GOLD PRIZE
- 2018
- Design Intelligence Award(China) / DIA INNOVATION Award
- 2017
- DesignMiami/ Swarovski Designers of the Future Award(Switzerland)
- 2017
- DSA Design Award(Japan) / GOLD PRIZE
- 2017
- German Design Award(Germany) / Winner
- 2017
- iF Design Award(Germany) / Professional Concept
- 2017
- Kuwasawa Award(Japan)
- 2016
- Red Dot Design Award(Germany) / Design Concept
- 2015
- Good Design Award(Japan)
- 2013
- Good Design Award(Japan)
- and more...
Client
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. / ALLIED FEATHER+DOWN / Bridgestone Corporation / Cookpad Inc. / Daiwa Lease Co., Ltd. / FiNC Technologies Inc. / FUJITSU LIMITED / Hamamatsu City / Hokkaido University / Japan Institute of Design Promotion / KOKUYO Co.,Ltd. / MELTIN MMI / Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation / Mitsubishi Corporation Packaging Ltd. / Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. / Mori Art Museum / Mori Building Co., Ltd. / Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. / Nikken Sekkei Ltd / Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. / Ridgelinez Limited / Seiko Watch Corporation / Sendenkaigi Co., Ltd. / SoftBank Corp. / Sony Corporation / SWAROVSKI GROUP / TOKYO University / TOKYU AGENCY INC. / TOSHIBA CORPORATION / Toyama Prefecture / TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION / Yamaha Corporation / UNIQLO CO., LTD. / WHILL Inc. / 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
and more...
and more...
- COMPANY
- TAKT PROJECT Inc.
- FOUNDED
- 2013
- ADDRESS
- Tokyo Office
4F, Kondou Bldg.1-33-15 Hakusan Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0001
Tohoku Lab
5F, Peace Bldg. Nishikoen 20-10 Tachimachi Aoba-ku Sendai-shi Miyagi 980-0822 - TEL/FAX
- +81-3-6801-5463/+81-3-6801-5464
- info@taktproject.com