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Dentsu Head Office Sign planning for the head office building of Dentsu Inc., a major advertising agency in Japan. The architecture was designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel. With “illusion” as the design concept, including expressions utilizing the transparency of glass, gradations and others, we incorporated the theme of Jean Nouvel’s architectural design concept, “vanishing architecture” into the signs. The signs themselves are made of glass bonded to metal, or of other bonded glass, for a high-quality design suitable for a space of intellectual creation. SDA (Japan sign design Association) / Prize for Top-Excellence. Architect : Jean Nouvel+Obayashi corporation Complete date : 2002 Total floor area : 231,701m2