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Ancient Art of Japanese Tattooing Inspires Latest Little Tokyo Restaurant in Los Angeles
Wick Architecture & Design + LAND Design Studio
Wick Architecture & Design + LAND Design explored the ancient art of Japanese tattooing as the dominant design motif for Sake Dojo, located on the ground floor of a 1914 building in Los Angeles’ historic Little Tokyo.
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Nicole LaMotte Photography
Ancient Art of Japanese Tattooing Inspires Latest Little Tokyo Restaurant in Los Angeles
Wick Architecture & Design + LAND Design Studio
Long-time collaborators David Wick and Andrew Lindley teamed up with tattoo artist Horifuji and printer Michael Hill of A ō S A to create an experience of being enveloped in a “body suit.”
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Nicole LaMotte Photography
Ancient Art of Japanese Tattooing Inspires Latest Little Tokyo Restaurant in Los Angeles
Wick Architecture & Design + LAND Design Studio
Re-imagined as a beyond-life-size “body suit” with wood acting as canvas instead of human skin, the lenticular walls of tattoo art and light fill the space.
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Nicole LaMotte Photography
Ancient Art of Japanese Tattooing Inspires Latest Little Tokyo Restaurant in Los Angeles
Wick Architecture & Design + LAND Design Studio
The tattoo art’s aquatic theme featuring waves, water petals and Koi fish is articulated on a 26 ft-wide by 12 ft-high (or nearly 8 by 4 meters) feature wall near the entrance.
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Nicole LaMotte Photography
Ancient Art of Japanese Tattooing Inspires Latest Little Tokyo Restaurant in Los Angeles
Wick Architecture & Design + LAND Design Studio
Perforated plywood panels house lighting systems and cover mechanical diffusers.
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Nicole LaMotte Photography
Ancient Art of Japanese Tattooing Inspires Latest Little Tokyo Restaurant in Los Angeles
Wick Architecture & Design + LAND Design Studio
Above the expansive bar at Sake Dojo which features 120 sake varieties on tap, the tattoo art rises 5 ft-high by 50 ft-wide (or nearly 2 by 15 meters).
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Nicole LaMotte Photography
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