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Ichikō Ichie

Hidenori Tsuboi Architects

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JURY VOTES
Single-Brand Store
7.00
7.20
7.35
6.75
7.08
Renee Cheng
Renee Cheng Partner & Vice President at CCD|Cheng Chung Design HK
The utilization of natural stone se...
7
7
7.5
6.5
7
George Takla
George Takla Interior Design Manager at NAGA
7
7
7
6.5
6.88
Anand Sharma
Anand Sharma Founder and Partner at Design Forum International
6.5
7
6.5
6.5
6.63
Johann Matthysen
Johann Matthysen Founder at Matthysen
A restrained and poetic interior th...
7
7
7.5
6.5
7
Ian Neville Douglas-Jones
Ian Neville Douglas-Jones Creative Director and Cofounder at Atelier I-N-D-J
A sombre aesthetic that damps down...
7.5
7.5
7.5
7
7.38
Bethany Gale
Bethany Gale Interiors Design Director at Stonehill Taylor
7
7
8
7
7.25
Luc Bouliane
Luc Bouliane Principal at Lebel & Bouliane Architects
6.5
7
6.5
6.5
6.63
Banghui Wei
Banghui Wei Chief Interior Designer at Gemdale Corporation
6.5
7
7
7
6.88
Elliott Koehler
Elliott Koehler Creative Director at JPA Design
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
Holly Hallam
Holly Hallam Coowner at DLSM Studio
7.5
8
8.5
6.5
7.63
Client
Gyokushodo
Floor area
32 ㎡
Completion
2023
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"ICHIKO ICHIE" is an incense brand produced by a company that deals in Takimono Senko (incense sticks blended with fragrance) and has a history of over 200 years since its establishment in the first year of the Bunka era. We plan to reopen the Hankyu Sanbangai store in Osaka.

The interior is made of natural materials, such as natural stone, and is handmade by plasterers. This is because we want to express our brand concept of not only creating a good fragrance by blending fragrance but also making use of the fragrance of the raw materials themselves, such as natural fragrant woods and essential oils. In the center of the store, there is a Honkomatsu Stone that has various stone surfaces and colors, even with just one stone and has a different expression depending on the processing and finishing method. This expresses the scent of incense that changes depending on the mood, place, and time.

We planned the interior symmetrically and made it as simple as possible to highlight the colorful product packaging and to create a space where you can concentrate on the fragrance and experience incense with your five senses, despite its location in Hankyu Sanbangai, a constantly busy area.