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Designer
Daisuke Kitagawa
Daisuke Kitagawa was born in Shiga, Japan, in 1982 and graduated from the Kanazawa College of Art, Design Department, Product Design Major, in 2005. He joined NEC Design Co., Ltd. that year, began working as DAISUKE KITAGAWA DESIGN in 2011…
Biography
Background
Daisuke Kitagawa was born in Shiga, Japan, in 1982 and graduated from the Kanazawa College of Art, Design Department, Product Design Major, in 2005. He joined NEC Design Co., Ltd. that year, began working as DAISUKE KITAGAWA DESIGN in 2011 and founded DESIGN FOR INDUSTRY INC. in Tokyo in 2015.
Signature Style
His stated principle is "comfortable innovation": finding the essential issue and creating value that blends into society and everyday life, without being caught up in novelty. He works on "enrichment" that can be shared with everyone involved.
Notable Works
- Floe, the service tables he designed for Cappellini
- reti-co, nominated for the ELLE DECOR International Design Awards 2026
- essent, trifle, nod and 601ZT, which won GOOD DESIGN, iF, German Design or related awards
Legacy
He lectures at the Kanazawa College of Art (since 2015) and the Tohoku University of Art & Design (since 2016), and is a jury member for the GOOD DESIGN AWARD (Japan) from 2023.
