Brand Name Furniture and Design: Tokujin Yoshioka (Japan) 吉岡徳仁

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Furniture Designer + Interior Architecture - Tokujin Yoshioka (Japan) 吉岡徳仁

Born in 1967. Lives and works in Japan.After learned design from Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake, Tokujin founded Tokujin Yoshioka Design in 2000.

his works include shop design for Issey Miyake, space design for Nissan, BMW, Shiseido.
Tokujin has collaborated many projects with Issey Miyake for almost 20 years and gained a high evaluation from the oversea, including shop designs for 'Issey Miyake', 'A-Poc'; installation for exhibition 'Issey Miyake',

'Making Things' at the Cartier Foundation in Paris.

At the Milano Salone del Mobile in 2002, introduced his paper chair 'Honey-pop' and Driade 'Tokyo-pop'. He also designed an installation for Driade, transforming the entire space into a futuristic Japanese Garden.

His designs include Yamagiwa’s lighting fixture 'ToFU'; a futuristic chandelier designed for the Swarovski Crystal Palace entitled 'Stardust'; window installations for HERMES; TOYOTA booth designs for the Tokyo Motor Show.

One of the most recent and experimental works is 'PANE chair' (bread in Italian) that was presented at the Milano Salone del Mobile in 2006. It was selected to be a part of the Centre Pompidou and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and it is one of the most recent and very experimental art piece Tokujin has created. While it goes through almost the same steps as baking bread, the fibers memorize the shape of the chair caused by heat. The chair was shown at the exhibition 'Tokujin Yoshioka x Lexus L-finesse – Evolving Fiber Technology' at the Museo Permanente. Tokujin also created a large-scale fiber installation, using more than 700km of fibers that shaped the whole space into a gigantic lens.

In Autumn 2006, Tokujin presented his one-man show 'Tokujin Yoshioka – Super Fiber Revolution' at AXIS Gallery as a compilation of his research and study in fibers. Simultaneously his new book 'Tokujin Yoshioka Design' was published worldwide from the British art publisher PHAIDON. He always undertakes experimental designs in pursuit of new possibility for the future.

He has received many awards and his works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Center Pompidou in Paris, the Vitra Design Museum in Berlin, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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Tokujin Yoshioka (吉岡徳仁)出生於日本的佐賀縣，畢業於東京的桑澤設計學院，他喜歡前進與創新，透過不斷探索與設計，將不同的材質與顏色，以最原始、簡潔，又帶詩意的方式讓人驚喜。

2001年他設計了Honey-pop 椅子，以120 張平面的玻璃紙堆疊膠合而成，精密切割出椅子的側面形狀，再打開來呈現三度空間的蜂巢狀結構，延展性從二度空間變成三度空間，有非常堅實的支撐力。2002及2003 年他創造了最著名的Tokyo-pop系列，衍伸自Honey-pop椅子，並且加入了更多椅子的樣式和材質選擇，這二個系列由義大利知名家具公司Driade生產製造，也是該品牌在家具市場上暢銷商品。

2003年Tokujin Yoshioka 為無印良品(Muji) 從事室內設計的示範。針對80年代日本普遍公寓內部的作改裝設計，以化繁為簡，清出空間為原則，只保留最低限度的功能性家具使用，顏色的使用以「無色」為原則，保留所使用材質的原色，沒有紛擾的其他顏色，落實環保的概念。這個室內設計專案，表現極簡主義的概念，去蕪存菁，勝過任何一種裝飾繁複的室內設計。

吉岡德仁(Tokujin Yoshioka,1967) 是一名多產的日本設計師, 過往一直和Issey Miyake合作無間, 其它合作過的品牌包括 Hermès, Muji, Bang & Olufsen 和Swarovski等。

他在2002年接受City Magazine時曾指出設計過程的三大元素, C,CONCEPT; M, MATERIALS和F, FORM, 而他個人著重於概念和物料上,所以在過往三年,他一直醉心於研究纖維,fiber的多樣性以及怎樣把fiber應用在傢具設計上。

27.10.2006 - 5.11.2006期間於日本東京AXIS gallery, 他就展出這張利用fiber造出的Pane chair。這張PANE chair 於Milano Salone de Mobile平地一聲雷, 成為國際傳媒訪問的對象。PANE chair的特點不止在於那cushion般的彈性多元脂, 而在於它整個沒在任何金屬支橕的設計。’PANE’於意大利文是bread的意思, 而它的整作過程真的有如焗製麵包一樣, 要把定了雛形的纖維放於焗爐令那纖維能把形狀記下並固定。

Tokujin Yoshioka’s Collection

“Boing”Chair Designed for Driade in Milan fair 2004

Boing , design for Driade

Making its debut at the recent Milano Salone del Mobile 2005, the Boing collection of chairs by Tokujin Yoshioka for Driade continues to show the designer in fine form. The event also saw the debut of Yoshioka's beautiful crystal chandelier for Swarovski.

“Kiss me good by”Chair Designed for Driade in Milan fair 2004

‘kiss me goodbye’ armchair for driade, 2004

“Tokyo Pop” Chair Designed for Driade in Milan fair 2002

Tokyo Pop – Sofa ‘tokyo pop’ seating for driade, 2002

Tokyo Pop – Armchair Tokyo Pop - Stool

Tokyo Pop2 – Stool , 2003

Tokyo Pop is a family of seating of single-block polyethylene, made possible by a rotational plastic production technique which allows for its complex hollow form. The design, modified from its original model of paper honeycomb, maintains an organic shape consistent with an imprint of the human body. The four versions are well suited for both indoor and outdoor use and are available in an ivory similar to th ehue in rice paper, gray-green or orange. An upholstered version for indoor use is available in various shades of wool."

“Honey pop” at the Milano Salone del Mobile in 2002

Honey-Pop. A chair designed by Tokujin Yoshioka made entirely out of paper.

Media Skin

Tokujin Yoshioka x Lexus L-finesse - Milano Salone 2006

PAN chair process model

Super Fiber Revolution

Pane chair Designed for Moroso in Milan fair 2007

Design Miami, held from December 7 - 9, honors Tokujin Yoshioka with the Designer of the Year Award.

According to Design Miami: "Tokujin is a master of technical innovation, developing imaginative methods

of production completely unique in the field. Marrying traditional craft to cutting edge technology, his work evinces a remarkable ability to transform mundane materials - glass, plastics, fabrics, paper, even tissuesinto magical objects and environments."
About Tokujin Yoshioka
Tokujin Yoshioka was born in Saga Prefecture, Japan in 1967 and has wanted to be a designer since the age of 6. After graduating from Kuwasawa Design School in Tokyo in 1986, he studied with Shiro Kuramata (1987-1988) and in 1988, he began a working relationship with Issey Miyake that lasted for nearly two decades. In 2000, he founded Tokujin Yoshioka Design.