Description

Yuji Yamada

Interior Designer | Store Design | Japanese Spatial Culture | Hospitality & Food Space Design

About

Interior designer with experience in restaurant, café, izakaya, and hospitality space design in Japan.

I am particularly interested in how spatial design can influence atmosphere, emotion, and cultural experience. My background includes not only commercial interior design, but also experience connected to Japanese spiritual culture, which shaped my sensitivity toward space, light, materiality, and human flow.

Currently based in Germany and exploring opportunities to collaborate internationally in hospitality, retail, and cultural space design.

I am especially interested in projects that combine:

Japanese spatial aesthetics

Food and hospitality experiences
Cross-cultural design

Emotional and atmospheric storytelling through space

Skills include:

Interior Design

Store / Restaurant Design
Space Planning

Concept Development
AutoCAD

Vectorworks
Adobe Creative Suite

3D Visualization
Design Research

Open to:

Freelance collaboration

Remote design support
International creative partnerships

Hospitality and food-related projects

Experience

Interior Designer

[Yamagishi co.ltd]

[2021] – [2026]March

Worked on interior and spatial design projects including restaurants, cafés, izakaya, elderly care facilities, and commercial spaces.

Responsibilities included:

Space planning

Interior concept development
Drawing production

Material selection
Client communication

Coordination with contractors

Interests

Japanese architecture

Hospitality design

Restaurant culture

Spatial storytelling

Cultural experience design

Lighting and atmosphere

Traditional and contemporary Japanese aesthetics

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Japanese
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational
German
Basic

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

name:Yamagishi koumuten Inc.>
designer
CIVIL ENGINEERING
December 2021 - Today (4 years and 6 months)
Aichi Prefecture, Japan
・ Designed layouts and interiors for restaurants and retail spaces. ・ Created 2D/3D drawings using Vectorworks and renderings with Photoshop/Illustrator. ・ Coordinated with clients and construction teams through design and implementation phases.
Adobe Photoshop Graphic Design Adobe Illustrator Architectural Design Interior Design
energy Inc.
Interior designer
April 2020 - November 2021 (1 year and 7 months)
Aichi Prefecture, Japan
・ Rendering images.<software:photoshop, illustrator> ・ Suggesting plans of house interiors. ・ Preparing documents. ・ Discussing with clients related to plans.
Interior Design Adobe Photoshop Vectorworks interior design Adobe Illustrator
Nangu Taisha Shrine
priest
April 2019 - March 2020 (11 months)
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
・ Adoration. ・ Cleaning around the shrine. ・ Acting local contribution. ・ Holding traditional festival. ・ Passing on the Japanese traditional culture.
Architecture Priest Operations Management Project Management Festival