Keiji Ashizawa Design was founded in 2005 by Keiji Ashizawa. The office, located in Taito City, Tokyo, employs nineteen architects and interior designer, three product designers and one art director from diverse backgrounds. With an approach that emphasises ‘craft’ rooted in materials and on-site, the firm is known for its total design of spaces, supervising, if not designing, everything from architecture and interiors to furniture under the motto ‘Honest Design’.Design skills as defined by Keiji Ashizawa Design also include landscape design, interior design, furniture design and branding. Their ability to design diverse services beyond architecture enables them to create unified and finely detailed spatial designs. As a result, they have successfully led a wide range of projects around the world.In addition to domestic projects in Japan, primarily in Tokyo but also from Tohoku to Kyushu, the firm is involved in a number of architecture projects overseas, in China, Vietnam, the US and the Philippines. They also work abroad with European and Asian manufacturers on furniture and products and with major domestic manufacturers in Japan.Recently projects include a hotel complex on the 45th to 47th floors of a corner hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo, including five top-end rooms, three restaurants, a bar and a spa. Keiji Ashizawa Design was also involved in the architecture, interior and FFE of the new Trunk Hotel in Tomigaya Shibuya,Tokyo.