What TERUHIRO YANAGIHARA STUDIO does

Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio (TYS) is a private, founder-owned interdisciplinary design studio founded in 2002 by Japanese designer Teruhiro Yanagihara. The studio provides borderless design services spanning product design, interior design, textiles, graphic design, art direction, and brand identity. It operates from its headquarters in Kobe, Japan and maintains a second base in Arles, France via its Vague creative space program, with team members distributed across Japan, France, the UK, and the Netherlands.

TYS serves enterprise clients in fashion, hospitality, furniture, textiles, porcelain, and glassware. Documented clients include ISSEY MIYAKE, Mame Kurogouchi, agnes.b, Kvadrat, Karimoku New Standard, Skagerak, Offecct, 1616/arita japan, Kimura Glass, and The Reign Hotel Kyoto. Project work spans boutique hotels, retail interiors (e.g., BIOTOP KOBE, Mame Kurogouchi Aoyama, ayame row), brand identity programs (LICHEN, majotae 9490), textile collaborations (Kvadrat / AME), and exhibition production including Milan Design Week 2024's Alternative Artefacts Danto. The studio also operates Vague, a physical creative-space subsidiary hosting exhibitions, workshops, food pop-ups, material research, modern crafts, and artist residencies.

The business model is project-based professional services with custom quotes per engagement and no publicly disclosed pricing. Go-to-market is sales-led, driven by direct enterprise relationships, the studio's portfolio website (tystudio.fr), its Instagram presence, and word-of-mouth through an organic network of collaborating artists, chefs, artisans, winemakers, and craftspeople. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the studio is bootstrapped with no external funding rounds, no parent company, and no disclosed institutional investors. The firm employs 1-10 people and is actively hiring interior design roles requiring bilingual English-Japanese capability and overseas experience.

Name

TERUHIRO YANAGIHARA STUDIO

Legal name

Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio

Website

https://tystudio.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TERUHIRO YANAGIHARA STUDIO is a private, founder-owned interdisciplinary design studio founded in 2002, offering product, interior, graphic, art direction, and brand identity services to enterprise clients in fashion, hospitality, and lifestyle, operating from Kobe and Arles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (541410), Industrial Design Services (54142), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial/Product & Furniture Design (BPAHAKAM), Exhibition, Retail & Experiential Design (BPAHAKAL)

Keywords

• Interdisciplinary design services
• Brand identity design
• Interior design studio
• Product design
• Art direction

Headquarters

HQ city

Kobe

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Design Services: Project-based design services including interior design, product design, branding, art direction, and exhibition work. Revenue generated through direct client engagements with notable brands in fashion, hospitality, and lifestyle sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

TERUHIRO YANAGIHARA STUDIO is an interdisciplinary design collective offering borderless design services across product design, interior design, graphic design, art direction, and brand identity. The studio delivers custom design projects for notable enterprise clients in fashion, hospitality, and lifestyle sectors (e.g., ISSEY MIYAKE, Mame Kurogouchi, agnes.b, Kvadrat, 1616/arita japan, Karimoku New Standard). It also operates VAGUE, an international creative space and experimental laboratory in Kobe, Japan and Arles, France, hosting exhibitions, workshops, food pop-ups, material research, modern crafts, and artist residencies.

Product overview

Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio (TYS) is an interdisciplinary design collective offering borderless design services. The studio seamlessly integrates creative disciplines including product design, interiors, textiles, graphic design, art direction, and brand identity. It also operates VAGUE, a creative space and laboratory for experimental ideas located in Kobe (Japan) and Arles (France). Projects span diverse categories including hotels, boutiques, restaurants, exhibitions, ceramics, textiles, and branding work for clients such as Kvadrat, 1616/arita japan, Karimoku New Standard, Mame Kurogouchi, ISSEY MIYAKE, and agnes.b.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Vague (Creative Spaces)coreOthersVague is the spatial expression of Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio's design philosophies, operating as an in-between space for creativity and a laboratory for experimental ideas. It connects the creative dots between Japan and the rest of the world through exhibitions, workshops, food pop-ups, material research, modern crafts, and residencies. Located in a 1930s former bank in Kobe and a stone structure in Arles.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Studioilse (Ilse Crawford): London-based interdisciplinary studio led by Ilse Crawford, working at the intersection of interior design, product, and brand identity for premium hospitality and lifestyle clients. Comparable small-team, founder-led luxury practice.
• Jaime Hayon Studio: Madrid-based studio of Jaime Hayon working across furniture, interior, and product design with a similar aesthetic and global luxury client roster. Comparable scale and founder-led interdisciplinary model.
• Jasper Morrison Ltd. London-based industrial and interior design studio by Jasper Morrison, working across product, furniture, and interior projects for premium manufacturers. Comparable scope of work and luxury/premium client base.
• Tom Dixon: London-based interdisciplinary design brand operating across furniture, lighting, and interiors with its own retail and hospitality presence. Comparable borderless design model combining product, interior, and brand identity.
• Barber Osgerby: London-based design studio of Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, working across product, furniture, and installation for premium brands. Comparable small-team interdisciplinary model with similar client types.
• Paul Smith (Studio and brand): Founder-led British fashion and design brand with an integrated design studio spanning retail interiors, product, and brand identity. Comparable founder-driven, interdisciplinary creative practice.
• Nendo: Japanese interdisciplinary design studio founded by Oki Sato, also working across product, interior, and graphic design for global luxury and consumer clients. Highly comparable in scale, philosophy, and client profile (Kvadrat, Issey Miyake-adjacent brands).
• Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Paris-based design duo producing furniture, objects, and interior commissions for premium manufacturers including Kvadrat. Comparable scale, aesthetic, and overlap with TYS's Kvadrat/textile collaborations.

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Internationally operating architecture, landscape, interior, and brand design practice with strong Scandinavian roots. Comparable interdisciplinary design model, but at materially larger scale and primarily architecture-led.
• Kengo Kuma & Associates: Major Japanese architecture and design firm with a much larger footprint that also works on hospitality, interior, and product commissions. Comparable aesthetic sensibility but operates at significantly greater scale and primarily in architecture.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/teruhiroyanagiharastudio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teruhiro-yanagihara-studio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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