The Chowa office creates a world of blended cultures to step into, embodying its kiribako practice through its design and materials. Chowa’s first office and showroom is designed and built in collaboration with Serious Construction Company, located in northern TriBeCa. Yudai Kanayama’s intuitive and contextual approach to interiors helped to create the space personal and intimate. The space is crafted with materials that contemplate the historic alongside the contemporary. The material of Chowa’s boxes, Kiri (Paulownia), and wood paneling meet bespoke raw iron shelves, backed by a shoji-screen window overlooking the city: creating a space for the boxes which celebrates...