At CASE-REAL, we believe interior design is about more than applying superficial color schemes or coordinating the arrangement of furniture and artwork. Rather, the first step is to carefully interpret factors ranging from the surrounding environment and society to the client’s needs, goals, and visions. This analysis gives rise to creative ideas that become the basis for a clear design concept, and this underlying concept in turn guides every aspect of planning, from overall structure to particular details. We believe this process - and the satisfying, well-developed spaces it results in – is at the heart of true interior design. The same fundamental stance applies not only to interior design but to furniture, product, and landscape design as well. On the most basic level, we see our work as designing tools to enrich the workings of human life and the environment it is played out in. In each project we seek creative design solutions that bring us closer to this essential goal.

CASE-REAL Co.,Ltd.

Fukuoka Atelier
(Head Office)
1-9-8 Imagawa Chuoh-ku Fukuoka 810-0054 JPN (Map)
Telephone: +81 92 718 0770
Facsimile: +81 92 718 0777

Tokyo Office
4-18-21#216 Minamiaoyama Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0062 JPN (Map)
Telephone: +81 3 5771 2301
Facsimile: +81 3 5771 2302

Company Establishment
January 30, 2009
(Office Establishment / January 30, 2000)

Main Member
Designer, Representative Director : Koichi Futatsumata
General Manager, Director : Kayo Yamaguchi
Asistant Manager : Yasushi Arikawa
Press, Expression Editor : Ritsu Shibata

KOICHI FUTATSUMATA

Designer, Representative Director of CASE-REAL

Profile
1975: Born in Kagoshima, Japan.
1994-1998: Studied the department of engineering and architecture at Kyusyu Industrial University.
1998-1999: Worked at the architect office.
1998-2000: Aacted as a design unit "Case-Real" with Kazuki Hamamoto.
2000: Established own office "CASE-REAL" in Fukuoka, Japan.
2005: Established an office in Tokyo, Japan.
2009: Established own company "CASE-REAL Co.,Ltd." in Fukuoka, Japan.

Awards
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / The Permanent Collection (San Francisco)
D&AD Awards 2011 / Nomination (London)
Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2011 / Final Shortlist (London)
Design For Asia Award 2010 / Bronze Award (Hong Kong)
Fukuoka Design Award 2010 / The second prize (Fukuoka)
AR Awards 2009 / Commendations - 2 projects (London)
iida 2009 / Final Shortlist (Incheon)
Best Store of The Year 18th / Selected (Tokyo)
Digital Design Of The Year 2002 / Gold Prize (Tokyo)

Exhibitions
MARK-ING JP/UK DESIGN EXHIBITION (Tokyo/Japan, 2011)
LESS AND MORE. The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco/USA, 2011)
DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2010 (E&Y Booth, Tokyo/Japan, 2010)
KOICHI FUTATSUMATA EXHIBITION / DESIGNTIDE TOKYO (E&Y, Tokyo/Japan, 2009)
SALONE DEL MOBILE 2008 (E&Y Booth, Milano/Itary, 2008)
DESIGN TIDE 2007 (E&Y Booth, Tokyo/Japan, 2007)
DESIGNING 2007 (Fukuoka/Japan, 2007)
FURNITURE MODE EX. (Gallery Speak FOR, Tokyo/Japan, 2005)
TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2004 (Tokyo/Japan, 2004)
JAPAN DESIGN NOUVELLE GENERATION (VIA Gallery, Paris/France, 2001)
TOKYO DESIGNERS BLOCK 2001 (Tokyo/Japan, 2001)
ADVANTAGE (Nagoya/Japan, 2001)
BIENNALE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN 2000 (Saint-Etienne/France, 2000)
HAPPENING 2000 (Tokyo-Osaka/Japan, 2000)
CASE-REAL EXHIBITION (E&Y, Fukuoka/Japan, 2000)
DESIGN AND MATERIAL (Toyama/Japan, 1999)
HAPPENING 1999 (Tokyo/Japan,1999)
HAPPENING 1998 (Tokyo/Japan,1998)