Mr Dansako's approach to design in the SADO house is influenced by Mr Sen No Rikyu, the famous Japanese inventor of the tea ceremony. Sen No Rikyu’s tea ceremony concept is not complicated: boil water, serve the customer and enjoy drinking the tea yourself as well. It is a very simple process to enjoy the tea with people but refined and wonderful. Akinori has taken Mr Sen No Rikyu’s approach when he designs a house.

Mr Dansako a forty-four year old Japanese architect based in the historic Japanese city of Oda-gun Yakage-cho Okayama-pre. Mr Dansako runs a small architectural firm in around Okayama-pre that specialises in residential buildings and also some commercial redevelopments. He works closely within the local community to provide innovative design solutions for people who often live on small parcels of land.

Mr Dansako started T.A.D. architectural office in June 2007, as a small one person enterprise. The business originally was based in a small studio near Kurashiki. In 2010 Mr Dansako moved the business to a larger office in Yakage, about 30km from Kurashiki. He now employs a number of contract building employees to build the T.A.D. designs that Mr Dansako has drafted. Mr Dansako prefers to work closely with clients but also building contractors to ensure that his designs are built exactly to his specifications. Since 2007, Mr Dansako has designed numerous residential buildings, and also a number of commercial buildings including car show rooms, hair dressing salons and surgeries. Mr Dansako has good relations with local council planners and he believes that innovative designs can be achieved with full compliance with Japan's planning system.