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Kai Enzo

The Future Factory

Dowen Farmer Architects

Design District Supergraphic

First Within

Noto Architects

Fitzjohn’s

Sucre

OKU

Mini Architecture Book

Design District

Conran and Partners

Aya

Centre Point Residences

Littlemore

Feed

Epicurean

Shanghai Me

Hungry Worms

Meraki

MKT.

Gaia

Hoad & More

Tamarind

Bankside Flag

Issho

The Workroom

YES

Orrery

Planet

Mother

Blind

Zip

Azure

Alterego

Yesterday

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Craft

Perverse

Lifetime

Reality

Mistakes

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February

Bread

Breakfast

Guts

Error

Rational

Acid

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Fluff

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Wonder

Solar

Sensory

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Blobby

Freedom

Optimist

Creation

Experiment

Cracks

End

Backwards

Souvenir

Tongue

History

Perforate

Socket

Dummy

DutchScot

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Hospitality

Breadth

Identity
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Signage
Environmental

Yorkshire meets Yokohama

Owned by D&D, Issho is a contemporary Japanese restaurant in the heart of Leeds. Its name means ‘together’ in Japanese and this acts as a theme throughout the project. To represent this idea of ‘togetherness’ the logo features a ‘double s’ glyph framed within the rounded square of a Japanese hanko seal. For printed items, we referenced the ancient Japanese art form of Kintsugi, through which an item is repaired with gold joins to make it more desirable than before.

We worked with Eley Kishimoto to create three bespoke patterns: one based around the white rose of Yorkshire; one featuring a Japanese ichimatsu stream; and a third that combines the two.
Yorkshire pattern
Japanese pattern
Combined pattern
We created six large artworks of Japanese/British people, shot by Laura Lewis and Benjamin Bentley, joined by a large copper foil. These are hung in various locations within the space.
A distressed metal plate with a copper kintsugi join is used for the exterior sign, while the directional signage is provided by warm light boxes that bring to mind the glow of traditional Japanese paper lamps.
Finally, we had over 50 small kintsugi-style plates and dishes made to act as the bill holders for the end of the meal.