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Tokujin Yoshioka Design

Winner of many awards, Tokujin Yoshioka has his works as permanent collections of the MoMA, Center Pompidou, Vitra Design Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Architecture-Page | Snowflake by Tokujin Yoshioka

Snowflake

The Snowflake rug is another product by designer Tokujin Yoshioka that explores transparent fibers to create an object with a refreshingly new and innovative materiality. More

Architecture-Page | Fiber Architecture by Tokujin Yoshioka

Fiber Architecture

Designer Tokujin Yoshioka presents his visions for an architecture of the future in his explorations with Fiber Architecture. More

Architecture-Page | Remembrance by Tokujin Yoshioka

Remembrance

The humble straw is bound together to achieve dramatic effects in this highly creative installation by designer Tokujin Yoshioka More

Architecture-Page | Pane Chair by Tokujin Yoshioka

Pane Chair

Designer Tokujin Yoshioka redefines the experience of sitting with the Pane Chair which adopts refreshingly new material and structural configurations. More

Profile of Tokujin Yoshioka Design

Business Name
Tokujin Yoshioka Design
Location
Japan
Services
Product Design
Website
http://www.tokujin.com

Architecture-Page | Tokujin Yoshioka Design, Japan
Tokujin Yoshioka

Born 1967, Yoshioka trained under Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake before founding Tokujin Yoshioka Design in 2000.

He has collaborated with Issey Miyake on many projects for nearly 20 years.

His famous projects include designs for the ISSEY MIYAKE shops, A-POC and the installation for ISSEY MIYAKE exhibition -- Making Things -- at the Cartier Foundation in Paris.

Yoshioka introduced his paper chair Honey-pop and Driade Tokyo-pop at the Milano Salone del Mobile in 2002.

He also designed an installation for Driade, transforming the entire space into a futuristic Japanese Garden.

Other designs include spatial designs for Robot Meme Exhibition; window installation and exhibition for Hermes, Yamagiwa's lighting fixture ToFU and a futuristic chandelier designed for Swarovski Crystal Palace titled Stardust.

In the fall of 2006, his book "Tokujin Yoshioka Design" was published by Phaidon Press.

Yoshioka has received many awards and his works are permanent collections of the MoMA, Center Pompidou, Vitra Design Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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