DDAA / DDAA LAB

  • DDAA, founded by Daisuke Motogi, is an architectural and design practice that works on multidisciplinary fields: architecture, city planning, landscape, interior, product, and concept making. DDAA LAB is a research and experimental design laboratory centering on architectural thinking, which aims to solve social challenges. Two collectives repeatedly give feedback with each other to propose innovative ideas to society.

Awards

  • Tamagawa Takashimaya S.C. West bldg.Street/Food Court “P.”
    - GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2025 category of Interior Space, GOOD DESIGN GOLD AWARD
  • 0 Club
    - GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2025 category of Interior Space, Winner
    - FRAME AWARDS 2025 Co-Working Space of the Year, Shortlisted
    - Dezeen Awards 2025 category of Sustainable interior, Longlisted
  • NOT A HOTEL ANYWHERE
    - KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2024 Service/Hospitality space, Gold Prize
    - 2023 OPAL AWARD, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Winner
  • all day place shibuya Mikkeller Kiosk Bar / ABOUT LIFE COFFEE BREWERS
    - A’ Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category in 2023, Bronze Prize
  • Bench Bomb
    - AR Public award 2022, Shortlisted
  • HIROPPA
    - KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2022 Shop space, Gold Prize
  • Hackability of the Stool
    - Scandinavian Design Awards 2024, Furniture of the Year, Nominee
    - Dezeen Awards 2022 Seating project, Longlisted
  • Maruhiro Office “OUCHI”
    - KUKAN DESIGN AWARD 2021 Office space, Gold Prize
    - Design Anthology Awards 2021 Places category of Commercial Spaces, Winner
    - Design Anthology Awards 2021 Places category of Adaptive Reuse, Nominee
    - ABB LEAF AWARD 2020/2021 Best Interior Design Project, Shortlisted
    - Dezeen Awards 2021 Small workspace interior, Shortlisted
    - FRAME AWARDS 2021 Small Office of the Year, Shortlisted
  • MISTLETOE OF TOKYO
    - FRAME AWARDS 2020 Co-working space of the year, Nominee
  • DDAA
    - FRAME AWARDS 2024 Designer of the year, Nominee
    - FRAME AWARDS 2020 Emerging Designer of the year, Nominee
    - FRAME AWARDS 2019 Emerging Designer of the year, Nominee

Exhibition

  • MUJI for Public Space in Maebashi〈Ultra-Thin Store〉Exhibition: Hackability of the Architectural Process as Envisioned by MUJI and DDAA LAB at Arts Maebashi (2025, Gunma, Japan)
  • SHKKDDAA（2023, Tokyo / Osaka / Hyogo / Hokkaido, Japan）
  • Hackability of the Stool at Guangdong Museum of Art (2024, GuangZhou, China)
  • Hackability of the Stool at Vitra Campus (2023, Weil am Rhein, Germany)
  • TRANSLATE atama edition #02 Yui Takada × Daisuke Motogi_Round Trip (2023, Hangzhou, China / Tokyo)
  • Hackability of the Stool at Dropcity (2023, Milan, Italy)
  • Hackability of the Stool at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art (2022, Kyoto, Japan)
  • The 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia 2021 (Venice, Italy)
  • Hackability of the Stool at B1OCK (2021, Hangzhou, China)
  • BELT FURNITURE at Happa (2021, Tokyo Japan)
  • FRUIT BOWL at Utrecht (2020, Tokyo, Japan)
  • DESIGN.VE 2018 (Venice, Italy)
  • That Pipe in Time, So Gold at Happa (2017, Tokyo, Japan)

Book

  • CONTINUOUS DESIGN: STRANGE DIY MANUAL (2020, Shobunsha)
  • Hackability of the Stool (2022, House of Architecture)

Interviews / Columns

DDAA / DDAA LAB

  • 元木大輔が主宰するDDAAは建築、都市計画、ランドスケープ、インテリア、プロダクト、コンセプトメイキングなどの様々な分野で活動している建築・デザイン事務所です。また、DDAA LABという、建築的な思考を軸に、独自のリサーチやプロトタイピングを通して社会性のある実験的なデザインを自主的に行うプラットフォームをもち、ふたつのチームがお互いにフィードバックを繰り返しながら、イノベーティブなアイデアを社会に提供することを目的としています。

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