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Designer
Kazuhide Takahama
Kazuhide Takahama was a Japanese architect and designer, born in 1930 and deceased in 2010, according to the Museum of Modern Art. Cassina's biography says that he studied architecture in Tokyo and began his professional work in the studio…
Biography
Background
Kazuhide Takahama was a Japanese architect and designer, born in 1930 and deceased in 2010, according to the Museum of Modern Art. Cassina's biography says that he studied architecture in Tokyo and began his professional work in the studio of Kazuo Fuioka.
Signature Style
Cassina places Takahama among its contemporary designers and describes him as a furniture and lighting designer. Its Italian biography says that after coming to Italy he developed an increasingly defined personal stylistic vocabulary through contact with active Italian designers.
Notable Works
Cassina's designer page lists Bramante, Cnosso, Tulu, Djuna, Antella, Gaja Bar and Gaja among his works in the Cassina catalogue. MoMA's online collection records his Saghi Lounge Chair (1972).
Legacy
Takahama's work connects his architectural education in Tokyo with a long Italian design collaboration. Cassina records that he came to Italy in 1957 for the Milan Triennale, where he met Dino Gavina, beginning a collaboration that would last for many years. Cassina's catalogue continues to present his furniture and lighting designs, while MoMA preserves a work by him in its collection.
