Mistletoe is an incubation office started in 2016 by serial entrepreneur Taizo Son, the younger brother of billionaire Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son.
Mistletoe functions as a quasi-residency for entrepreneurs where Son uses his own capital to co-found business and then mentor them.
“An office isn’t a place for working,” explained Son, as a tried to communicate his vision for the new space.
“What an office really needs to be is ‘a place that induces serendipity.’ ” In other words, the office needed to be fluid, while also encouraging curiosity and interactions between the residents.
So the architects several different spaces within the office such as a theater for showcasing project, a kitchen and communal areas.