One more japanese designer to be impressed of!

Toshiyuki Kita


was born in 1942, kita studied at the naniwa design
college, osaka and after graduating he worked for
an aluminum company, developing new products.
In 1967 he opened his own design office, and began
his research on contemporary products and traditional
handcraft pieces. In 1969 he started developing
furniture and working in italy. He has worked with
companies such as moroso, bernini and bilumen,
cassina, sharp, stokke, mitsubishi. He is a professor at
the product design department of the Osaka university
of art. Kita has received numerous awards for his
designs and his work has been exhibited at the George
Pompidou centre -paris, the museum of modern art -
hiroshima, the international world exposition -sevilla
amongst others. Kita is president of the japanese
design association NPO, advisory board.

http://www.toshiyukikita.com