UNDESIGNED

A designer who's in charge the Kabutocho 7th Heiwa BLDG project talks about it and his carrer view. Read about what he talks with this article https://www.undesignedmag.net/being-edited#h.lm3hcoip68kv 兜町第7平和ビルを訪ねた。東京証券取引所が奥の街区に控えたそのオフィス街界隈に日常的に暮らす人たちやそこを行きかう人々が、木枯らしの中をうつむき気味に急ぎ足で過ぎていく。日本橋側から続く手前の街区が、少し角度のついた平成通りに沿って少しカーブして次の街区とぶつかるその先に、大きなビルの一部が欠き取られたようなオープンスペースが手前の歩道の延長線上に接続されている。そこが今回の目的地。それはまるで神社に向かう参道のようにも見える。 この兜町第7平和ビルのグラウンドレベルを含むリノベーションは、雑誌新建築の2023年10月号に掲載され、2023年度のグッドデザイン賞も受賞している。私の所属するデザイン学校の卒業生である清水均さん（株式会社Speac）がプロジェクトの担当者として関わったということで、それなら、と現地で本人に案内してもらうことになった。

今回は，アートディレクターの大井健太郎さん（Listen代表）にインタビューしました．これまでの経歴と，彼のデザインプロセスの中でいかに言葉が大きな役割を担ってきたかについてお話しいただいています．We've been in busy months but finally we are back! This time, we interviewed an art director, Kentaro Ooi, just before he gives a lecture for students of Anabuki design college Hiroshima that he graduated in 2003. He talks on his young days and experience. Plus, how he runs his own design firm which has gotten lots of award. His stunning design/building a brand for many companies or organisations looks so emotional, pure, clearness. He explained his method throughout his design process and the key is how to share an exact images by his words at the first. He design all kinds of his work by building those words just like a movie director. Let's have a listen. 

We interviewed to Makoto Tanijiri (Suppose Design Office) to talk about the recent projects and thought. He says that he enjoys his time in nature these days. He mentioned to an interesting experience in Biei, Hokkaido, an overview of the project there, the latest information on the project of the new office in Hiroshima, the topic of his own house in Tokyo, and the change in the role of the architect. The one of the reasons why he is regarded as a representative of a kind of new architect image is how to be able to expand his unique work area/field, compare to architects used to be. His answer, however, was to have a sense of ordinary one's. In addition, a sneak peek about a project in Yuki-cho (Saeki-ku, Hiroshima City), where UNDESIGNED has a connection. 谷尻誠さん（Suppose Design Office）に近況を話してもらいました．最近は自然の中で過ごすことが多いと語る谷尻誠さん．北海道の美瑛での面白かった体験，そこでのプロジェクト概要，広島で進めている新事務所のプロジェクトの最新情報，話題の東京の自邸（HOUSE T）そこから，建築家の役割の変化についてまで話が及びます．彼がある種新しい建築家像の代表的な存在として捉えられる理由の一つに，彼のその独特な仕事領域の拡げ方があると思います．彼の答えは，しかし，ごく普通の感覚でいること，でした．そのほか，最近 UNDESIGNED が縁のある湯来町（広島市佐伯区）でのプロジェクトについても聞いています．

The review of 004 January Issue and some topics about announced removing plan of public library of Hiroshima city, recent experiences and wordile.  004号の記事についての振り返りと最近の話題（広島中央図書館の移転計画についてや，周りを動かす人の熱量の話，話題のゲームwordleについてなど）

We interviewed to Mr. Takeshi Yamanaka, a former president of Maruni Wood Industry, to talk about an epoch making “nextmaruni” project which had run in 2005. This project was a significantly important moment for the company to collaborate with great designers with appealing the craftsmanship. That project had terminated just three years but after that they succeeded to work with two great designers, Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison. Especially, the chair named "HIROSHIMA", which is designed by Naoto Fukasawa, has been huge success all over the world, with thousands of chairs contracted in Apple Park, Cupertino, California.