designboom interview: toshiyuki kita

born in 1942, toshiyuki 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.

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