From Office Design to “Work Design”: VIS Chairman Nakamura (中村), Listed in March 2020 Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Has Consistently Practiced “Alignment Between Words and Actions”

Founded in 1998, ヴィス shifted its focus from commercial-space design to office design. To acquire its first customers, it used more than 600 postcards to build relationships and achieved profitability in its first year. The company focused its resources on developing its own people and its credo, and began establishing an organisation that integrated design and sales.

In 2003, it began renovating a small manufacturing facility and expanded its “Designers' Office” service, providing spatial design, website production and corporate profile production on a one-stop basis. Through personnel development and continuous sales activities, it overcame a cash-flow struggle lasting 4–6 months and secured its first project.

In 2008, it established its credo and created a system for training new employees through morning meetings. A culture that prioritised execution and a philosophy centred on the happiness of employees became the core supporting growth.

In 2010, it declared its intention to pursue an IPO as NEXT10 and listed on 25 March 2020. A state of emergency was declared shortly after the listing, but everyone persevered to prevent the numbers from falling, with the aim of expanding its social and customer base through the listing.

In 2022, it transitioned its management structure and appointed Kanaya as the successor. It adopted a structure that prioritises EQ and optimises personnel placement, and stated its policy of strengthening consulting on branding and proposals for new ways of working.

ヴィス currently plans to expand beyond office design into the design of ways of working and life design, with Work Design at its core, and aims in the long term to establish itself as a leading company.