╳ Tokujin Yoshioka

 ╳ A protégé of both Issey Miyake and the legendary industrial designer Shiro Kuramata, Tokujin Yoshioka is surely the ‘Designer’s Designer’. One of the most innovative designers working today, he has built a career using unconventional materials to create objects and spaces. Often employing paper and glass, as well as unusual elements, such as plastic drinking straws, Yoshioka transforms commonplace items to create objects of tensile strength and sublime beauty.

╳ Yoshioka's work has achieved a cult following among design lovers and leading design museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, have his pieces in their permanent collections. Awarded the Designer of the Year Award at Design Miami in 2007, Tokujin Yoshioka has completed many projects, installations and shop designs for Issey Miyake. His collaborations have expanded globally, and he now counts brands such as Cartier, Hermès, BMW and Swarovski as his clients.

╳ Thread Count Thought: the beauty that defines Yoshioka's designs is his ability to communicate a tactility and warmth not often associated with minimalist works.

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Pane Chair* 3
2003 - 2006

Ami Ami Chair
Kartell, 2008

Cartier Moon Fragment Perfume Bottle
Cartier, 2009

Boing Chair
Driade, 2005