Beets
BEETS inc. is a Nagoya-based Japanese design studio founded by Yoshiyuki Hibino in September 1998 and incorporated in February 2009; Hibino serves as representative director and designer. The studio works across commercial interiors, residential and exhibition spaces, corporate branding environments, and product design, including furniture and lighting. Its stated approach, “SEEKING NEW BALANCE,” considers materials, techniques, forms, making processes, and relationships between people to shape appropriate environments. Notable work includes the Analogue Life select shop and the ABE KENSETSU SHOWROOM renovation for Abe Kensetsu Co., Ltd.; the studio has exhibited at Stockholm Furniture Fair, TENT London, DESIGNTIDE TOKYO, and accent on design in New York, while no specific BEETS award was verified in the reviewed sources.