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Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab

Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi

FONTWORKS INC. FUKUOKA CREATIVE LAB

Prism Design

ARCHITECTS
Prism Design

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Prism Design

CONSTRUCTION
Semba Corporation

PRODUCE DESIGN
Prism Design

DESIGN TEAM
Design Studio GAKU

PHOTOGRAPHS
Katsumi Hirabayashi

AREA
400 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Fukuoka, Japan

CATEGORY
Offices Interiors

Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi

Fontworks renovation its Creative Lab in Fukuoka Japan. Along with this, Fontworks worked on the design of a new office with PRISM DESIGN, an international design studio in Base Shanghai and Japan.

Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi

Fontworks have formulated a company tag line called “Character More Freely”. In addition to creating a typeface that is optimal for the environment in which characters are displayed, it is essential to develop technologies that take into account the environment of the customer being used.

Even in the Fukuoka Creative Lab, they have set keywords such as "Fusion of analog and digital", “fusion of creative and engineering”, “work while playing”, and “collaboration among employees” so that we can embody “Character More Freely”.

Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi

The concept is Landolt C's Sequence. An initial C -shaped that is common to keywords such as “Creative and Collaboration” that are necessary for a new office environment, C shape imagine Landolt-C, we are make a sequence by making C continuous. Inspired by this, we are making zoning, structure and Identity etc.

At the entrance area, Design Verification zone that can be used together with breaks, and a space for casual communication with people the company was created while ensuring operational security.

Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi

There are several area, including a spacious work desk that encourages free thinking and a area that is ideal for relaxing personal work space. Designed to select a location according to the mindset.

In addition, a large display that is always connected to Tokyo Head office is installed in the center of the wall to enable active communication between the two sites in online.

Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi

The characters have changed from hand draft typefaces to digital fonts with the times, but both co-exist without changing.

Analog and digital, Traditional and new technologies etc, circumstances change, but the essence does not change.

Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi

PRISM DESIGN considers the essence of making and expressed office space, Fontworks identifies the trends of all things, ancient and modern east and west, and creates new characters with free ideas.


Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi


Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
© Katsumi Hirabayashi


Fontworks Inc. Fukuoka Creative Lab
Plan

Prism Design Consulting Shanghai Co., Ltd 狄安上海空间设计有限公司
Prism Design Consulting Shanghai Co., Ltd 狄安上海空间设计有限公司
Room306, 3rd-floor, Huangpu Xinyuan Business Building, No. 5, Lane 1108, Xizang South Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, China 上海市黄浦区西藏南路1108弄5号黄浦新苑商务楼3楼306室