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Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA in 1962. Graduated from the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles in 1985. Continued studies as a research student at Nippon Daigaku, and later worked under Takenobu Igarashi. Established design studio, Normal Y.K., in 2000. Launched the "Vols" cell phone design for the KDDI AU Design Project in 2006. Has exhibited widely throughout Europe, the United States, and Japan. Currently serves as a panel member for 100% Design Tokyo. Honored with the Tokyo Designers Block Frame award for best installation on 2003, and three Good Design awards. [+/-] more profile.. [+/-] Japanese profile.. |
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Hong Kong Day Off
April 27, 2010 3:30 pm
Last week I was in Honk Kong, for a trade show, and a few meetings. On Sunday the owner of the company that makes my watches took us out on his boat. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday. In the background, Ryan, and Matthew Waldman of Nooka Watches.
Another award for Dolly
April 13, 2010 1:07 pm
I woke up to some more good news this morning. S&P Dolly has won its second award this year. This time, it’s the prestigious Red Dot Design Award. Thank you good people at Normann Copenhagen. IF Design Award
February 12, 2010 11:13 am
New Year Resolution: Tofu
January 27, 2010 1:47 pm
Last weekend I went to a New Years party at Gwenale Nicolas’s house. He, and his wife, Reiko, have never been big fans of tofu, so their new year’s resolution was to learn to like it. (No explanation was given, but I am assuming because it is healthy?) All who attended we instructed to bring the best tofu they could find. Here are the results:
Nico in Africa
December 11, 2009 12:05 pm
Nico’s new T-shirt
November 16, 2009 6:27 pm
Hello Dolly
August 26, 2009 6:33 pm
I made, and sold the Dolly Salt and Pepper Shaker a few years ago in Japan, but it was too complicated for me to produce at the time. Now the Danish brand Normann Copenhagen has taken it on, and will begin selling world-wide. If any brand can do Dolly justice, it is Normann Copenhagen. You can check out their site at here.
Evil Nico
July 8, 2009 4:41 pm
Nico found Madoka’s lipstick the other day when we weren’t looking. 先日、私たちが見ていない時にNicoがまどかの口紅を発見してしまいました。
Mujinkun no Ryoha-kun
July 1, 2009 6:33 pm
I found this picture the other day as I was sorting out my computer: Those of you who were in Japan around 1998 may remember the popular Mujinkun series of commercials. Yes, this is me as “Rohya-kun”. I wasn’t in any of the TV spots, but I was developing the Mujinkun website at the time. This photo was posted on the site advertising my services as the head webmaster of Chantosei (Planet Chanto). You can see some of the old Mujinkun commercials here: Opening Night / Old Friends
June 17, 2009 4:34 pm
Long time, no blog. Apologies. Last Friday I went to two exhibitions of note. First to Takenobu Igarashi’s show at Designshop +Gallery. The show presents many of the exploratory models for his numerous public sculptures of the past two decades. I used to work under Igarashi many years ago while he was developing some of these pieces, so it was a stroll down memory lane for me. I was a graphic designer at the time, but seeing Igarashi working on products, and developing these 3D pieces inspired me to eventually go into product design myself. 先週金曜の夜、2つの展示会に出かけました。ひとつ目が、五十嵐威暢氏の20年に渡る実験的な彫刻の模型が一同に介した「Designshop +Gallery」での展示会。
If you are interested (and in Tokyo), the show is called “Market”. Here is the information: マケット展 Next, was the “Stool” case study exhibition by Tonerico, at Gallery Le Bain. This show exhaustively explores subtle variations on a simple stool form. The prototypes are beautifully made by Tendo Mokko. Worth a look if you are into this kind of thing.
Schedule: June 9 to June 26, 2009 ((closed Mondays)) TONERICO:INC. Case Study 01 [ STOOL ] No pictures of the good folks of Tonerico, but I did run into my old friend Gwenael Nicolas of Curiosity.
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