Mistletoe Of Tokyo’s New Serendipitous Office

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.