Nature of Country Nursery "Small Village"
Concept making workshop, product development | Kanagawa, Japan
This nursery is placed on the country side of Machida city in Japan, for over 35 years it has been carried out childcare with the philosophy of “everything is always children-centred”. The concept is “Small Village”, conducted a workshop about environment where people gather from all over the world. As the results, the original furniture series was born.
Photos by Keishin Horikoshi (SS Tokyo)
Kids Design Award 2015 | Kids Design Association
This nursery is placed on the country side of Machida city in Japan, for over 35 years it has been carried out childcare with the philosophy of “everything is always children-centred”. The concept is “Small Village”, conducted a workshop about environment where people gather from all over the world. As the results, the original furniture series was born.
Photos by Keishin Horikoshi (SS Tokyo)
Kids Design Award 2015 | Kids Design Association
Client: Kinya Saito / Chairman, Tokokai Social-welfare corporation
Producer: Koryo Saito / Principal, Nature of Country Nursery "Small Village"
Architectural Design: naf architect & design Inc.
Construction: Yokozawa Construction Company
Workshop, Furniture (nursery rooms): KOKUYO*
Furniture (office/play rooms): monokraft
Interior Coordination: Yurio Seki
Graphic Design: Masafumi Arita
Sound Environment Design: Fly sound
*Kohei Nojima participated as a design director of KOKUYO, now a director of Studio Jigen.
**All positions above are at the time of its establishment in 2014.
Producer: Koryo Saito / Principal, Nature of Country Nursery "Small Village"
Architectural Design: naf architect & design Inc.
Construction: Yokozawa Construction Company
Workshop, Furniture (nursery rooms): KOKUYO*
Furniture (office/play rooms): monokraft
Interior Coordination: Yurio Seki
Graphic Design: Masafumi Arita
Sound Environment Design: Fly sound
*Kohei Nojima participated as a design director of KOKUYO, now a director of Studio Jigen.
**All positions above are at the time of its establishment in 2014.