From ethernet cables to plastic tubes, unusual objects are business-as-usual when Kengo Kuma designs restaurants. The recent Interior Design Hall of Fame inductee is furthermore renowned for his expertise with natural materials, imaginatively reinterpreted. So when Steve Leung, an interior designer in Hong Kong, the most cosmopolitan of cities, enlisted Kuma to collaborate on a Japanese restaurant named Ta-ke, which means bamboo, choosing a signature element was a snap.