2025 On-site report
ORGATEC TOKYO: The Unfolding Possibilities of Office Furniture
This year, one major development was the participation of RYOHIN KEIKAKU, known for their brand MUJI, as an exhibitor. It seems like their involvement in business spaces, branded as “MUJI for Business”, was not that widely known, but their products have already been adopted by many companies for employee cafeterias, training facilities, and meeting rooms.
The idea of “what is truly needed, in the form that is needed, creating it all with MUJI” is a space design proposal that supports interior products at the same time. As MUJI products are widely used in households across Japan, they bring a sense of warmth to the office, making workers feel as if they are at home.
Rather than focusing on rigid, standard office spaces and materials, the booth presented the option of creating public spaces with a sense of do-it-yourself, where you can “buy as-is”, “buy as a finished product”, or “combine and buy”.
The products included steel lockers, polypropylene containers, tables, desks, and chairs. A prototype of a shared kitchen on display included a snack corner, a kind of mini-café, something MUJI could pull off as a company that also sells foodstuffs.
MUJI’s “material-focused board” series allows customers to purchase only their preferred materials. Presented with the company’s familiar product tags, this series got many visitors to stop for a closer look.
