Tokujin Yoshioka

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Tokujin Yoshioka ( Japanese 吉岡 徳 仁 , Yoshioka Tokujin ; born January 20, 1967 in Saga Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese product designer , graphic artist and architect .

life and work

After finishing school, Yoshioka began studying at the Kuwasawa Design Kenkyūjo (Kuwasawa Design School). After graduating, he first worked for one year at Shirō Kuramata , before he designed window decorations, exhibition concepts and fashion accessories for four years for Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake in 1988 . In 2000 he founded his own design office Tokujin Yoshioka Inc . in Tokyo. In his furniture designs, he was often inspired by design principles and materials from nature. In 2001, for example, he developed the Honey Pop Chair, an armchair made of paper, which received its stability from a honeycomb structure.

Tokujin Yoshioka subsequently worked for Italian furniture manufacturers such as Driade , Kartell , Moroso and Cassina, who specialize in the production of design objects . Yoshioka became internationally known for his designs of seating furniture, which were presented several times at the International Furniture Fair in Milan . For some companies such as Lexus , Swarovski or Moroso, the designer also designed the space concept for the trade fair appearance.

Yoshioka has been working with optical fiberglass since 2002 . In addition to the Chair that disappears in the rain , he also designed Waterfall , the world's largest glass table made of optical fiberglass. The water block object was integrated into the permanent exhibition of the Musée d'Orsay .

Another focus of Yoshioka's work is the development of exhibition concepts, interior design and shop window decorations for boutiques and stores. He has been equipping exclusive fashion boutiques around the world for Issey Miyake for 20 years. In 2016 he presented an installation of exhibition figurines for Miyake's 1970s and 1980s fashion collection made of cardboard and acrylic , which was shown at the National Art Center .

For the Austrian crystal glass manufacturer Swarovski he developed the Stardust Crystal Palace concept for the design of the flagship stores , which he realized in Ginza , among other places . In the following years he worked with various automobile companies such as BMW , Audi , Nissan , Toyota , Peugeot and Lexus , with luxury goods manufacturers such as Hermès and Cartier as well as with Apple and Bang & Olufsen . He designed the exhibition Story of… for Cartier . . .- Memories of Cartier creations (2009) and Cartier Time Art (2011). Yoshioka provided graphic designs for logos and product lines for various fashion and cosmetics companies . Among other things, he designed the new logo for the Tokyo Metropoliton Art Museum in 2011 .

Many of his designs are now shown in permanent and special exhibitions in renowned museums of applied arts, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York , the Center National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou in Paris , the Victoria and Albert Museum in London , and the Cooper -Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein .

Tokujin Yoshioka, together with Shiro Kuramata, is considered the most influential Japanese designer and has been named Designer of the Year several times . Its design office in Shibuya is located in a 150 year old, from the Shimane Prefecture translocated rice warehouse.

Works (selection)

Seating furniture Paper Cloud, at the Milan Furniture Fair 2009

Furniture

  • Hexagon 690/691 table for Desalto
  • Element table series for Desalto
  • The Invisibles Collection furniture series for Kartell
  • Sparkle furniture series for Kartell
  • Ami Ami furniture series for Kartell
  • Boing furniture series for Driade
  • Nami table for Driade
  • Tokio Pop furniture series for Driade
  • Tokio Soft furniture series for Driade
  • Mermaid armchair for Driade
  • Ori armchair for Driade
  • Cassina armchair for Heaven off line
  • Kiss me Goodbye armchair
  • Paper cloud seating for Moroso
  • Bouquet seating for Moroso
  • Moon armchair for Moroso
  • Memory armchair for Moroso
  • Brook seating for Moroso
  • Armchair Panna Chair for Moroso
  • Luminous table for Glas Italia
  • Prism furniture series for Glas Italia
Design Miami: Tornado (2007)

Installations

  • Issey pour homme , for Issey Miyake (1995)
  • M coupé , BMW (1998)
  • Making things , for Issey Miyake (1998–1999)
  • Hoofbeat , for Hermès (2002)
  • Dressage , for Hermès (2003)
  • Organic gate , for Bang & Olufsen (2004)
  • Remembrance , for Hermès (2006)
  • An installation of tissue , for Moroso (2007)
  • Toyota Motor Show (2007)
  • Swarovski Ginza (2006-2008)
  • Story of ... for Cartier at Tokyo National Museum (2009)
  • Lake of Shimmer , for Swarovski, Baselworld 2009
  • Wings of Sparkle , for Swarovski, Baselworld 2013
  • Cartier time art , for Cartier (2014)
  • Tornado , for Tokujin Yoshioka (2015)
  • Grid body for Issey Miyake (2016) at the National Art Center

Architecture and architecture projects

  • Transforming Japanese Rice Warehouse, Tokyo (1999–2000)
  • Mori Building (2000-2001)
  • Swarovski Store, Ginza (2006–2008)
  • Rainbow Church (2008, 2013–2014), Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
  • Glass tea house, project at the Venice International Art Biennale (2015)
  • Floating fountain - design for the new Olympic Stadium in Tokyo (2016)

Product design

  • Martini glass for Bombay Sapphire (2003)
  • To watch series for Issey Miyake (2005)
  • Watch series O for Issey Miyake (2011)
  • Lighting series Planet for cartel (2015-2016)
  • Watch series V for Issey Miyake (2015)

In addition, he developed the corporate identity and the logos for products and campaigns for Kanebo (Chicca), Issey Miyake (Pleats Please), Fancl and Suqqu .

Awards (selection)

  • ID Annual Design Review (2000 and 2001)
  • A&W Award The Coming Designer for the Future (2001)
  • Kuwasawa Award (2001)
  • Mainichi Design Award (2002)
  • Talents du Luxe (2005)
  • Cultural Affairs Section of Government of Japan, Encourage Prize (2006)
  • Bulgari Brilliant Dreams Award (2007)
  • Good Design Award : Golden Award (2007)
  • Design Miami: Designer of the Year 2007
  • Wallpaper Design Awards : Best furniture designer 2008
  • Design for Asia Award : Grand Awards (2008)
  • Elle Deco International Design Awards : Designer of the Year 2009
  • Tokyo Design & Art Environmental Awards : Artist of the Year 2010
  • A&W Architektur & Wohnen: Designer of the Year 2011
  • Maison & Objet: Creator of the Year 2012

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tokujin Yoshioka . ( awmagazin.de [accessed on November 21, 2016]).
  2. ↑ Tokujin Yoshioka - designer profile | STYLEPARK. In: Stylepark. Retrieved November 21, 2016 .
  3. ^ Musée d'Orsay: Water Block. (No longer available online.) In: www.musee-orsay.fr. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016 ; accessed on November 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musee-orsay.fr
  4. ↑ Transparent Body Installation by Tokujin Yoshioka - TLmagazine . In: TLmagazine . March 23, 2016 ( tlmagazine.com [accessed November 21, 2016]).
  5. ↑ Swarovski flagship store Tokyo by Tokujin Yoshioka. (No longer available online.) In: www.designartnews.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016 ; accessed on November 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.designartnews.com
  6. ↑ Maison Hermés installation , accessed November 21, 2016
  7. ↑ SPACE | TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA INC. In: www.tokujin.com. Retrieved November 21, 2016 .
  8. ↑ GRAPHIC | TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA INC. In: www.tokujin.com. Retrieved November 21, 2016 .
  9. ^ Tokujin Yoshioka . ( awmagazin.de [accessed on November 21, 2016]).
  10. ↑ Glass is more! | Articles | TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA. In: www.glassismore.com. Retrieved November 21, 2016 .
  11. ↑ ARCHITECTURE | TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA INC. In: www.tokujin.com. Retrieved November 21, 2016 .
  12. ^ Transforming Japanese House. In: www.tokujin.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Swarovski Ginza Shop. In: www.tokujin.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016 .
  14. ^ Rainbow Church. In: www.tokujin.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Floating fountain 2016. In: www.tokujin.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Architectural draft for the Olympic Stadium , accessed on November 21, 2016
  17. ^ A b Tokujin Yoshioka . ( awmagazin.de [accessed on November 21, 2016]).

literature

  • Yoshioka Tokujin: Tokujin Design , Gap Publication Co., 2002 (engl.)
  • Yoshio Futagawa, Tokujin Yoshioka: Villages and Towns: Ostuni, Italy: Furniture Designers: Tokujin Yoshioka . ADA Edita, 2005
  • Paola Antonelli: Tokujin Yoshioka - Design . Phaidon, 2007
  • Tokujin Yoshioka, Kazuo Hashiba: Tokujin Yoshioka . Random House Incorporated, 2010
  • Tokujin Yoshioka - Invisible Forms, Access Publishing Co., 2010 (Eng.)

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personal data
SURNAME Yoshioka, Tokujin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 吉岡 徳 仁 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese industrial, furniture and graphic designer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th January 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Saga Prefecture , Japan