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Kazuhiko Tomita

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Vittorio Bonacina

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INTRODUCTION

BORN in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1965

STUDIES B. Eng. Industrial Design at Chiba University in Japan (1989)

MA. Furniture Design at the Royal College of Art, London (1992)

AND

- in 1993 establishes 2.5-Dimensional Design; produces

ceramic bowl “Stars” with A.Mendini & E.Sottsass;

- in 1993 presents his own collections in international fairs

- in 1997 Slide lecture, Royal College of Art, London

- in 2000 Art Director of Covo, Rome

designes the COVO SHOP in Rome

- in 2001 Rim tableware collection with Vico Magistretti

for Rörstrand, Sweden

- in 2004 Art Director for Nussha, Paris

AWARDS

- in 1990 Cassina Scholarship & British Council Grant

to study at the Royal College of Art, London

- in 1991 First Prize in “Architectural Future of Stainless Steel

competition”, London

- in 1992 Marchette Award, Royal College of Art, London

- in 1997 Roter Punkt Award, Design Zentrum Nordrhein

Westfalen, Essen; Asahi Modern Crafft Awards,

Osaka; Honorable Citizen Prize, Verona

- in 1998 Judge's Prize, International Ceramic Exhibition

in Mino; G-mark special / Good Design Award,

small&medium enterprises dept., JIDPO, Tokyo;

The International Design Year Book, London

- in 1999 Design Plus Award, Frankfurt / Main;

The International Design Year Book, London

- in 2001 2 Design Plus Awards, Frankfurt / Main;

The International Design Year Book, London

Designing 21st Century, Taschen, Köln

- in 2002 The International Design Year Book, London

2 Honarable Mentions, Intl.Ceramic Compe. Mino

A+ Award, Accent on Design Fair, NYC

SHAPE Award, Frankfurt / Main;

EXHIBITIONS

- in 1999 2.5-dimensional design, solo exhibition, Ozone

Gallery, Living Design Centre, Tokyo

- in 2001 Italian Design Furniture on Tour, around the world

- in 2002 'COVO' exhibition, Totem gallery SOHO, NYC

- in 2003 'RE-FUSION'exhibition, Quattrocento, Milano

- in 2003 FUSION: Architecture+Design in Japan,

Israel Museum, Jerusalem