Leverages
Creating a Design Offering an Instant “Surprise”
Leverages is a rapidly growing HR company offering top-level personal for a diverse range of industries, spanning IT to medical. With the aim to build a global business transcending nations and industries, the company embarked on a project to relocate and expand its head office to a floor high up in Shibuya Scramble Square.
Leverages
Design Director Wataru Matsunaga
Chief Communication Planner Momoe Fuyo
Technical Designer Yuichi Soga
3D Designer John Rommel G. Donaire
Chief Project Coordinator Takahiro Uchida
Engineer Yumiko Mori
Chief Sales Coordinator Toshiyuki Kozawa
In charge of the design element of this project, DRAFT maximized the wide floor area and incorporated various materials to create a stylish and crisp space.
The main aim of the office is to offer visitors a “surprise” the instant they set foot through the door. There is no need for a conspicuous symbol. The various details that visitors behold in that first moment upon arrival aim to express the strength of the space and offer a surprise that stirs emotions. The appearance of the office comprises a diversity of elements deliberately avoiding uniformity, such as the green foliage at the entrance, contrasting floor tiles in each section, rustic wall tiles, pendant lights with a traditional Japanese feel, solid wood tables, glass, mirrors, and so on.
ZA-01
Drawing from traditional Japanese ideology
ZA-01 emanates a global vibe at the same time as offering an unmistakable Japanese undertone. It omits excessive decoration and instead focuses on elaborate and meticulous detail in places such as the seat buttons and leather cushion belts.