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Designer
Shoichi Uchiyama
Shoichi Uchiyama is a Japanese designer who was born and bred in Tokyo. Since the foundation of Shoichi Uchiyama Design Office in 1977, he has been committed to creating lighting fixtures with glare-free indirect light.
Biography
Background
Shoichi Uchiyama is a Japanese designer who was born and bred in Tokyo. Since the foundation of Shoichi Uchiyama Design Office in 1977, he has been committed to creating lighting fixtures with glare-free indirect light.
Signature Style
He seeks quality lighting through the design of fixtures and devotes himself to realizing the beautiful effect of indirect light in space. His basic concept is to create the ideal light distribution and eliminate uncomfortable glare by controlling light, through thorough understanding of light source characteristics. Full-scale mock-ups with the actual light source let him examine the intensity and colour of the light and the shadows cast on objects, and this strict process leads to simple, functional forms with a minimalistic beauty of Japanese tradition.
Notable Works
His Enigma pendant for Louis Poulsen was launched in 2003 with the Enigma 425, and the larger 825 and the 545 followed in 2005 and 2007.
Legacy
He has won the iF Award in Germany and the Good Design Award in Japan.
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