Winner of the Grand Prize, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award, and other awards at the 57th Japan Sign Design Awards

We are pleased to announce that the "Chuo City Folk Museum", which we helped create the space, has won the Grand Prize and the Minister of Economy Japan Trade and Industry Award at the "57th Japan Sign Design Awards" (sponsored by the Sign Design Association). In addition, "ONE PIECE FITNESS BragMen" won the Bronze Award, and the following examples were selected for each Award.

This award is a well-known honor in the industry, and aims to promote and raise awareness of sign design. High-quality sign design works are solicited, judged, and awarded to outstanding works. We would like to express our gratitude to our customers who gave us this opportunity, as well as to everyone who cooperated with us throughout the various processes.

Going forward, we will continue to keep in mind the perspective of those who will use the space and work to create rich spaces that can contribute to our customers' businesses.

Japan Sign Design Award, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award

"Chuo City Local History Museum"

Photography: Taira Kurihara, PIPS

Photography: Taira Kurihara, PIPS

[Design intent]
A new local history museum attached to the library-centered complex "Book Forest Chuo". In the permanent exhibition room, taking advantage of the library's location, the act of "reading a book" is brought directly into the exhibition experience, and a space is planned with graphics on the walls that resemble bookshelves and "shelfing" of actual materials. Each figure, reminiscent of a book's spine, expresses information such as the history of Chuo City, and is graphically expressed in combination with illustrations with a taste that changes the image of local history museums up to now. It is an attempt to attract the interest of a new group of visitors. In addition, the rod-shaped parts that represent "books" are transformed into letters and symbols and used as signs. The design is expanded to include interactive Digital Contents and mobile terminal apps linked to the floor map, making the entire space a place where visitors can experience it as visual media. The vivid colors encourage interest in the younger generation who will support Chuo City in the future, such as junior and senior high school students who use the library, and if their interest deepens, they are invited to further book materials such as the local materials room. By fusing with the library, a new way of local history museum is pursued.

[Employer]
Chuo City

[Our Person in Charge]
Exhibition Direction: Tsuyoshi Kato / Design, Layout: Takahiro Ishikawa, Saeko Morikita / Planning: Kiyoko Nishizono Tansei Institute Co., Ltd. / Production, Construction: Katsumi Kato, Kazuto Takahashi / Video: Tatsuro Shiota, Tansei Institute Co., Ltd. / Project Management: Akira Tanuma, Kazuki Sugiyama, Yurie Nakao, Kohei Miyake

We are extremely grateful for receiving this honorable award. In this project, we paid particular attention to every detail in both the design and the content, unifying the entire space with a book-themed design and conducting thorough research, such as walking around the city and reading related books. We believe that our love for the project, as a unified team including our internal members and other related parties, is what led to us winning the award. (Comment and photo: Morikita Saeko)

Projects
" Chuo City Local History Museum"
~ An exhibition space combined with a library will convey the charm of Chuo City 's history and culture to future generations ~

Japan Sign Design Bronze Award

『ONE PIECE FITNESS BragMen』

Photography: Taira Kurihara, PIPS

Photo: Taichi Misonoo

[Design intent]
A new-age gym space that combines manga and fitness. Based on the concept of a "pirate hideout," the facility expresses the unrealistic, powerful, and Spatial Production nature of the manga (ONE PIECE) as a sign throughout the entire facility by incorporating "traces of adventure" into the space and Spatial Production in a variety of ways. A completely new and unique gym space has been created where you can train your body as the main character in a manga world created by the "storytelling" space and presentation.

[Employer]
Team BragMen Limited Liability Partnership

[Our Person in Charge]
Produce: Toshinari Sawabata / Design Direction: Shinji Yoshida / Design, Layout: Yukie Koiwa, Risa Kono / Project Management: Akari Shimada

Projects
"ONE PIECE FITNESS BragMen" ~ A new-generation gym space that combines manga and fitness ~

Selected

"Osaka Station Umekita New Ticket Gate Interactive Space" (Kansai Design Award)

[Employer] West Japan Railway Company

"Camp Practice Area Campass"

[Business Owner] JR East Urban Development Co., Ltd.

"Kojima Productions New Office" (Kanto Region Design Award)

[Employer] KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS Co., Ltd.
Projects
"Kojima Productions New Office" - A space expressing playfulness and innovation that leaves an overwhelming impression on guests -

"Rikuzentakata-City Museum"

[Business owner] Rikuzentakata-City
Projects
" Rikuzentakata-City Museum" - A base facility that preserves materials restored after the disaster as "treasures of the hometown" for future generations

"Naraha Town x The University Museum Museum: Timeline of the Earth and the Town"

[Project Owner] Naraha Town, The University Museum