Home rentals website Airbnb has created a multipurpose office space based on traditional Japanese interiors and neighbourhoods for its Tokyo employees (+ slideshow).
The new Tokyo workplace is in the busy neighbourhood of Shinjuku. Working alongside Suppose Design Office, the company's Environments Team aimed to bring some of that ambience inside.
To achieve this effect, they created building-like rooms and incorporated references to traditional Japanese tea rooms and engawa flooring.
A path then leads to a series of alcoved meeting rooms clad in wooden panels. As with other Airbnb offices, these meeting rooms were based on listings on the company's site, in particular Prague, Tijuana and Barcelona.
Inside the Tijuana meeting room, artwork and vintage objects donated by the mother of one of the employees decorate the walls.
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