Kashi Kashi
Kashi Kashi Cafe by Tomonobu Kawakami is a winner of the 2017 Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design.
Kashi Kashi is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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The design concept is “Dance of wind”. The deep floor space provided good natural ventilation. As the both ends of the space provide routes for wind, it allows dance of wind to happen within the space which is represented by those pillars. Unique location of timber pillars blur the boundary of inside and outside.
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Kashi Kashi by Tomonobu Kawakami
Core Functionality
Cafe
Accolades
Interior Space and Exhibition Design Award Winner in 2017.
Bronze Winner
Kashi Kashi Cafe
Kashi Kashi is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Kashi Kashi is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Kashi Kashi splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Winner Designer
Tomonobu Kawakami
Tomonobu Kawakami works in a small town between Osaka and Kyoto prefectures in the west of Japan. Kawakami runs an interior design firm, a café, as well as art gallery from a wood frame building dated at over 100 years old. Kawakami is a designer, gallerist and event director. These activities are all related as the area of “space design” or its extension. For instance, the cafe is used as a space to richly spend "time to tea". Tomonobu Kawakami Space Designs” The core business "Tomonobu Kawakami Space Designs" is ranges from design-related to space to planning and direction such as interior design, architectural design, furniture design, exhibition and exhibition composition. Kawakami’s approach to design work is to gain his clients thoughts, read the characteristics of the place, build a concept, expand the image, organize ideas, and create a unique space. Kawakami contributes to local events by designing event space. These events are core to a town’s development, with the aim of imbuing residents with pride for the place in which they live.
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The cafe is located in Akutagawa, Takatsuki city, Osaka which is a neighbouring city of Kyoto. As the both ends of the space provide routes for wind, it allows dance of wind to happen within the space which is represented by those pillars. Concept is Dance of wind. The deep floor space provided good natural ventilation. The cafe provides a garden area to enjoy tea and sweets.
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