The Tokyo Outpost is Ripple Collective’s permanent presence in Japan. Bridging knowledge and culture, from Abu Dhabi to Tokyo, and back.
Design Outpost
5-18-6 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Open now
Part of Ripple Collective.
(1)Us, in Tokyo
It is not a project office, a pop-up arrangement, or a base maintained only when commissions are underway. It is a deliberate, long-term investment in being part of this market.
To understand it from the inside, to build relationships that are not contingent on any single brief, and to be here when the next conversation begins, not only when the last one ended.
The Outpost exists because of a conviction we have held across every market we have worked in: the best work does not come from the best pitch. It comes from the deepest understanding. And deep understanding requires presence, in conversations that carry no immediate commercial purpose, in the accumulation of context that only comes with time, in relationships that carry trust before they carry a brief.
(2)What happens here
- (1)WorkspaceA base for the Ripple Collective team and partners working in Japan.
- (2)Fount cornerObjects made in Abu Dhabi, and the stories behind them.
- (3)Lab and galleryExhibitions, talks and workshops with the city’s designers and makers.
- (4)Guest houseFor team members and collaborators, for longer and deeper stays.
(3)For Japanese organizations
For Japanese organizations working with Ripple Collective, the Outpost means there is always someone local to speak with, someone who understands both the work the Collective does and the business culture here.
Initial conversations happen in person. Questions are answered in the same timezone. The relationship continues after a project closes, not only during it.
Establishing a permanent Outpost in Tokyo is a statement. Japan is not a territory to be accessed when the opportunity is right. It is a market we are committed to on the same terms we have committed to Abu Dhabi: for the long term, with patience, and with the intent to build something that lasts.
(4)Friends and program
Working relationships with Ishinomaki Laboratory, Kakimori, Karimoku and Snow Peak, and with the architect Keiji Ashizawa. A program at DesignArt Tokyo.





Visit
9am – 6pm (Japan time)(+81) 90 5130 8728info@ripplecollective.ae
(6)Scrapbook
It’s the stuff that lights up our brains.
- The Great Water Tower HuntA very good reason to look up, and a perfectly acceptable thing to become slightly obsessed with.
- The Zanzibar BagWhy a piece of canvas from sail was worth keeping for years.
- Dialing it backA screenless landline for kids (and maybe the rest of us).
- For the love of HelveticaOne font to rule them all. Let us explain why.
(7)Small Talk

Small Talk
Small Talk is our podcast that’s not a podcast: design conversations crafted with our friends as they pass through our Abu Dhabi studio.
Program
- Abu Dhabi Sessions30 October – 8 November 2026
- Final Draft17–18 April 2026
Join us
We’re always interested in good humans that can bring something fresh to the team and add something new to the Ripple Collective world.
Is that you?





