2013 Designer of the Year
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Joey Shimoda, Contract's 2013 Designer of the Year, in the Steelcase Chicago showroom he designed.
Photography: Bob Coscarelli
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At the Steelcase headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Shimoda inserted a walnut staircase with a canopy that was inspired by a stint, opening up circulation to the Work Café.
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The café features a variety of seating options for colleagues to meet casually.
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For the Steelcase showroom in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, Shimoda designed a custom glass-fiber, gypsum-cast covering for columns, an undulating glass wall along the perimeter, and a primarily white palette for the Steelcase products to stand out.
Photography: Benny Chan/Fotoworks
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Shimoda’s first project for Steelcase was its Santa Monica, California
showroom, where he designed four floors to highlight the company’s
products for the workspace’s many needs.
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Shimoda’s first project for Steelcase was its Santa Monica, California showroom, where he designed four floors to highlight the company’s products for the workspace’s many needs.
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Shimoda’s first entertainment project was MTV in Santa Monica, California.
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He renovated the offices in 2006 to be more energetic and youthful, with spaces for events and listening parties.
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For a Santa Monica interior renovation for a producer/director/writer, Shimoda combined two buildings together for a space that includes offices, recording studios, video editing studios, and screening rooms.
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For developer Tishman Speyer, Shimoda’s renovation of the entrance and public spaces breathed new life into an otherwise mundane Beverly Hills office building that had been Hilton headquarters.
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Large cast-glass floor-to-ceiling forms define space in the Mikimoto boutique in Beverly Hills.
Photography: Benny Chan/Fotoworks
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For NoKA Chocolate in Dallas, Shimoda designed a small space with a curved ceiling as a shrine to the chocolates being sold.
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To be built this year, the Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, California, will feature an upper-level glass light box with a neon diver on top.
Rendering: courtesy Shimoda Design Group
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Shimoda’s largest interiors project was the TOMS Shoes headquarters in Los Angeles. The space is intentionally spare, allowing for the youthful energy of the company and its staff to be at the forefront.
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For 6565 Sunset Boulevard, the interior lobby was enlivened with color and made more visible with expansive structural glass. More than a decade old, this is still viewed as a simple, clear solution connecting the interior to its L.A. street scene.
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The Shimoda Design Group includes (seated, from left) Ying-Ling Sun; Susan Chang; Joey Shimoda holding Phoebe, a wire fox terrier; Elizabeth Cao; (standing, from left) David Khuong; Daniel Allen; Todd Tuntland; Chris Carlton; Barkev Daron; and Paul Vu.
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