Hasta La Ideas

While looking for more mon I came across this gem. Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno’s Eastern Design Office is a Kyoto architecture firm with a string of unique house designs on their amazing portfolio page, one of which is the MON Factory/House. As the name implies, the structure houses a workshop for a mon craftsman, a guy who makes a living emblazoning Japanese family crests onto clothing for local merchants. In reference to the line of work carried on within, the house itself expresses precise geometric patterns, repeating the circular outline of mon in an arrangement relating to the rectilinear shape of the structure.

The translation of the design philosophy behind the house leaves a little something to be desired, but you’ll get the idea:

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