Tokujin Yoshioka

Tokujin Yoshioka
Tokujin Yoshioka in 2008
Born (1967-01-20) January 20, 1967
Saga Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Known for Design, contemporary art
Website www.tokujin.com

Tokujin Yoshioka (吉岡徳仁, Yoshioka Tokujin, born January 20, 1967) is a Japanese designer and artist.

He has won many international design awards with many of his works chosen as part of permanent collections in museums worldwide, including Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Le Centre national d’art et de culture Georges-Pompidou (Centre Pompidou) in Paris, and Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[1]

He was chosen by Newsweek magazine as one of the 100 Most Respected Japanese in the World.[2]

Profile and biography

Tokujin Yoshioka was born in Saga Prefecture, Japan in 1967. Since childhood, influenced by Leonardo da Vinci, learnt painting, such as oil painting, and had particular interest in science.

After graduating from the Kuwasawa Design School in Tokyo in 1986, he studied under the designers Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake.[3]

He established Tokujin Yoshioka Inc. in 2000.[4]

Tornado / Design Miami 2007

By giving figure to various human senses, using immaterialistic elements, such as light, sound and smell, creates expressions that is unique, surpassing the concept of shape.

His work is by no means restricted to the mere recreation of the beauty of nature. By introducing experimental methods into his expressions of natural energy, scientific principles and the elements of natural structure, he creates stunning works which transcend human senses in that those who come in contact with them experience them personally, via their own memory and senses. His works also reflect concept of nature inherently Japanese, pursuing roots of Japanese culture that perceptualize natural energy and aura.

He has designed for Issey Miyake and other global companies such as Cartier, Swarovski, Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Toyota, and Lexus, and has been announcing new works at Salone del Mobile Milano[5](world’s largest international furniture exhibition) in collaboration with Italian furniture brands, including Kartell, Moroso, Glas Italia and Driade.

He has won many international awards, including Design Miami Designer of the Year, presented to a designer who has made the most significant contribution to design globally, Elle Deco International Design Awards Designer of the Year and Milano Design Award.

Representative works

Chairs created out of natural structure 2001

Water Block (2002)

Paper chair 'Honey-pop' (2000) is a chair that changes shape from plane to three-dimensional. By spreading open a 1 cm layer of 120 layers of thin paper, a honeycomb structure is born, and only when a person sits on it, the shape is fixed and the work is completed.[6] 'PANE chair' (2006) is made like fiberous structure of plants, creating a structure with thin fibers of 1mm intertwining. During the production process, a block made of fibers is placed in a paper duct and put in oven as if baking a bread and by adding heat, the form of chair is shape memorized and completed. Chair made of natural crystals 'Venus - Natural crystal chair' (2008) is a work that is transformed into a chair by growing natural crystals in a water tank to create crystalline structure.

Glass projects 2002

Has announced starting with glass bench 'Water Block' (2002), 'Transparent Japanese House '(2002), 'Chair that disappears in the rain' (2002), 'Waterfall' (2005-2006), 'KOU-AN – Glass Tea House' (2015), 'Water Block-KATANA' (2017). Glass bench 'Water Block' has been exhibited at Musée d'Orsay in Paris since 2011.

Musée d'Orsay, Paris 2011 Water Block 2002

Musée d' Orsay, Paris, 2011

At Musée d' Orsay in Paris, participated in renewal project of the Impressionists Gallery. Together with works of representative Impressionists, Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 10 'Water Blocks', glass bench is permanently displayed. It blend in with light painted by the Impressionists painters, creating a space that starts a new conversation between history and contemporary.[7]

Crystallized Project 2008

Natural crystal chair 'Venus - Natural crystal chair' (2008) is a work in which in a water tank, natural crystals are grown to form crystalline structures and transformed into a chair. One music piece creates one painting. With crystal paintings, 'Swan Lake', 'Destiny' and 'Moonlight', music is played during the growth process of crystals and is completed when forms of crystals are changed with the vibrations of sound. 'Rose' is a sculpture crystallizing colour pigments of rose, expressing the energy of life.[8]

Rainbow Church 2010, 2013

Architecture created using more than 500 crystal prisms, the 'Rainbow Church ', focuses on human sense of light perception, and is a work that is completed when a person experiences light. It is an architecture that expresses light itself, filling the space with rainbow colors as light is dispersed by prisms.[9]

Kou-An – Glass Tea House 2011, 2015-2017

At the 54th Venezia Biennnale International Art Exhibition, Glasstress 2011, the collateral event of the 54th La Biennale di Vennezia, the glass tea house – KOU-AN was presented as an architectural project and in 2015, was built on the stage (observation deck) of Shogun-zuka, a mound of Shogun, Seiryu-den, which is a precinct of Tendai Sect Shoren-in Temple.[10] Ao (Blue) Fudo Myo-o statue, a national treasure, one of the three great Fudo, god of fire, is dedicated to Seiryu-den. From its 220 meters altitude big stage, you can enjoy a panoramic view over Kyoto city below. In the year 794, Emperor Kanmu visited this place and appreciating its basin formation (landscape) was convinced that Kyoto is the most suitable place to be designated a capital, initiating construction of the ancient capital city. So, it is said that this is the original point where ancient capital city of Kyoto, a city that symbolizes Japanese culture began.[11]

Representative works

Snow / Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 2010 (1997)
Honey-pop (2001)
Venus - Natural crystal chair (2007)
Rainbow Church (2010) at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in 2013
KOU-AN Glass Tea House (2011) at Shogunzuka Seiryu-den, Kyoto 2015-2017
  • 2000　Tokujin Yoshioka Design
  • 2000　TōFU / Yamagiwa
  • 2001　Honey-pop
  • 2001　THINK ZONE / MORI building
  • 2002　Water Block
  • 2002　Transparent Japanese House
  • 2002-2003　Chair that disappears in the rain
  • 2004　Souffle / Maison Hermès
  • 2005-2007　MEDIASKIN / au design project KDDI
  • 2006　The Gate – Tokujin Yoshioka x Lexus
  • 2006　Waterfall
  • 2006　PANE chair
  • 2007　Tornado / Design Miami
  • 2007　Rainbow chair
  • 2007　Tear Drop / Yamagiwa
  • 2006-2008　Swarovski Ginza flagship store
  • 2007-2008　VENUS – Natural crystal chair
  • 2007-2008　Crystallized Painting – Moonlight / Destiny / Unfinished
  • 2008　Eternal / Swarovski Crystal Palace
  • 2010, 1997　Snow
  • 2009　Moon Fragment / Cartier
  • 2009　Lake of Shimmer / Basel World / Swarovski
  • 2010　X-RAY / KDDI iida
  • 2010　Stellar / Swarovski Crystal Palace
  • 2010, 2013　Rainbow Church
  • 2011　KOU-AN Glass Tea House / The 54th La Biennale di Venezia – Glasstress 2011
  • 2011　The Impressionist Gallery renewal project / Musée d'Orsay
  • 2013　Crystallized Painting – Swan Lake, Spider's Thread, Rose
  • 2013　Wings of Sparkle / Basel World / Swarovski
  • 2014　Cartier Time Art – Mechanic of Passion / Power Station of Art
  • 2015-2017　KOU-AN Glass Tea House / Shogunzuka Seiryu-den, Kyoto
  • 2017　Spectrum
  • 2017　Water Block – KATANA
  • 2017　S.F chair

Major exhibitions

KOU-AN Glass Tea House (2011) at Shogunzuka Seiryu-den, Kyoto 2015-2017
  • 1998-2000　ISSEY MIYAKE Making Things / Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Ace Gallery NY, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo[12]
  • 2002　Tokujin Yoshioka Honey-pop, MDS/G
  • 2005-2006　Tokujin Yoshioka x Lexus / Museum of Permanente[13]
  • 2005　Stardust / Swarovski Crystal Palace / Milano Design Week[14]
  • 2007　Tornado / Design Miami / Designer of the year 2007[15]
  • 2007　Tokujin x Moroso / Milano Design Week[16]
  • 2009　Story of … Memories of Cartier Creations / Tokyo National Museum Hyokeikan[17]
  • 2008　Second Nature / 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT[18]
  • 2010　Sensing Nature / Mori Art Museum[19]
  • 2010　The Invisibles Snowflake / Kartell Gallery[20]
  • 2011　TWILIGHT - Tokujin Yoshioka / Moroso / Milano Design Week[21]
  • 2011　Tokujin Yoshioka : Waterfall / Sharman Contemporary Art Foundation[22]
  • 2011　KOU-AN Glass Tea House / The 54th La Biennale di Venezia – Glasstress 2011[23]
  • 2011-2012, 2014　Cartier Time Art / Bellerive Museum, Artscience Museum, Power Station of Art[24]
  • 2012　TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA 2012 CREATOR OF THE YEAR / Maison & Objet[25]
  • 2013　TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA_Crystallize / Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo[26]
  • 2014　La Biennale di Venezia – The 14th International Architecture Exhibition 2014[27]
  • 2015　Make Yourself Comfortable / Chatsworth House[28]
  • 2015　TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA_TORNADO / Saga Prefectural Art Museum[29]
  • 2015-2017　KOU-AN Glass Tea House / Shogunzuka Seiryu-den, Kyoto[30]
  • 2017　TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA_SPECTRUM / Shiseido Gallery[31]
  • 2017　TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA x LG : S.F / Milano Design Week[32]

Permanent collections

Major awards

  • 1997　JCD Design Award – Grand prize (Japan)[33]
  • 2000　I.D. Annual Design Review (USA)[34]
  • 2001　I.D. Annual Design Review (USA), A&W Award The Coming Designer for the Future (Germany)[35]
  • 2002　Mainichi Design Award 2001 (Japan)[36]
  • 2005　Talents du Luxe (France)[37]
  • 2007　The 57th Art Encouragement Prizes for New Artiest (Japan)
  • 2007　Good Design Award – Gold prize (Japan)[38]
  • 2007　Design Miami – Designer of the Year 2007 (USA)[39]
  • 2008　Wallpaper Design Awards 2008 – Best furniture designer (UK)[40]
  • 2008　DFA Design for Asia Awards 2008 – Grand Award (Hong Kong)[41]
  • 2009　ELLE DECO International Design Awards – Designer of the Year 2009 (Italy)[42]
  • 2010　The 100 Most Creative People in Business 2010 (USA)[43]
  • 2010　TOKYO Design & Art ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS – Artist of the Year (Japan)
  • 2011　A&W Architektur & Wohnen – Designer of the Year 2011 (Germany)[44]
  • 2012　Maison & Objet – Creator of the Year 2012 (France)[45]
  • 2016　ELLE DECO International Design Awards (EDIDA) 2016 (Italy)[46]

2017　Milano Design Award 2017 – Winner (Italy)[47]

Publications, collection of works

  • 2001　Tokujin Design (gap / Japan)
  • 2006　Tokujin Yoshioka Design (English edition, Japanese edition) (Phaidon / UK)
  • 2008　Second Nature (Kyuryudo / Japan)
  • 2009　Invisible Forms (Esquire Magazine / Japan)
  • 2010　SENSING NATURE (Heibonsha / Japan)
  • 2010　TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA (Rizzoli / USA)
  • 2013　TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA_Crystallize (Seigensha / Japan)
  • 2017　KOU-AN Glass Tea House (Kyuryudo / Japan)

References

  1. ↑ MoMA <Tokujin Yoshioka Honey-Pop Armchair> Centre Pompidou < Fauteuil Pane Chair>
  2. ↑ NewsWeek (17 October 2007), As Industrial & Space designer.
  3. ↑ <Wallpaper>
  4. ↑ <Domus>
  5. ↑ <Salone del Mobile.Milano >
  6. ↑ “Domus” <Thanks to National Geographic. Tokujin Yoshioka: Pane Chair>
  7. ↑ “Musée d'Orsay Website” <Water brock benches> Archived August 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. “Designboom” <Tokujin Yoshioka: water block at Musee d’orsay>
  8. ↑ “Dezeen” <Second Nature by Tokujin Yoshioka> “Domus” <tokujin yoshioka crystallizes swan lake and rose> “Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo” <TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA_Crystallize>
  9. ↑ “Dezeen” <Rainbow Church by Tokujin Yoshioka>
  10. ↑ “Dezeen“ <Tokujin Yoshioka Installs glass tea house decide an ancient Japanese temple>
  11. ↑ “Tendai Sect Shorenin Web site” <Shogunzuka>
  12. ↑ “Fondation Cartier ”< ISSEY MIYAKE Making Things >
  13. ↑ ”Designboom”<tokujin yoshioka's polychromatic installation for LEXUS HS>
  14. ↑ ”Designboom ”<tokujin yoshioka x swarovski crystal palace>
  15. ↑ ”Dezeen”<Tokujin Yoshioka installation at Design Miami>
  16. ↑ ”Dezeen”<tTokujin Yoshioka’s Panna Chair installation at Moroso in New York>
  17. ↑ ”Domus”<The art of Cartier by Tokujin Yoshioka>
  18. ↑ ”21_21 Design sight”<Program outline>
  19. ↑ ”Designboom”<tokujin yoshioka for 'sensing nature' exhibition>
  20. ↑ ”Dezeen”<Snowflake by Tokujin Yoshioka for Kartell>
  21. ↑ “Dezeen” <Twilight by Tokujin Yoshioka for Moroso>
  22. ↑ ”SCAF”<Tokujin Yoshioka Waterfall>
  23. ↑ ”Designboom”<tokujin yoshioka: water block + kou an glass teahouse>
  24. ↑ ”Designboom”<tokujin yoshioka: cartier time art>
  25. ↑ ”Dezeen”<Tokujin Yoshioka announced as Creator of the Year at Maison & Objet>
  26. ↑ ”Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo”< TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA_Crystallize >
  27. ↑ ”Whitewall”<Tokujin Yoshioka’s “Rainbow Chair” Illuminates Venice>
  28. ↑ ”Domus”< Make Yourself Comfortable >
  29. ↑ ”Dezeen”<Tokujin Yoshioka uses millions of straws to recreate Tornado installation in Japan>
  30. ↑ ”Dezeen”<Tokujin Yoshioka installs glass tea house beside an ancient Japanese temple>
  31. ↑ ”Designboom”<tokujin yoshioka floods tokyo's shiseido gallery with infinite rainbow colors>
  32. ↑ ” Milano Design Week”< TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA x LG : S.F >
  33. ↑
  34. ↑ “red dot”<Tokujin Yoshioka Design>
  35. ↑ “red dot” <Tokujin Yoshioka Design>
  36. ↑ "Driade"<Tokujin Yoshioka>
  37. ↑ “centre du luxe"<laureats 2005>
  38. ↑ “Good Design Award” <2007 MEDIA SKIN>
  39. ↑ “Dezeen"<Tokujin Yoshioka installation at design miami>
  40. ↑ “coolboom” <Design awards 2008 by wallpaper>
  41. ↑ “DFAA” <DFAA2008> Archived September 14, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
  42. ↑ “EDIDA”<Tokujin Yoshioka>
  43. ↑ “Fast Company” <The 100 Most Creative People in Business 2010>
  44. ↑ “Designboom”<tokujin yoshioka: A&W designer of the year 2011>
  45. ↑ “Dezeen”<Tokujin Yoshioka announced as Creator of the Year at Maison & Objet>
  46. ↑ “EDIDA” <Tokujin Yoshioka>
  47. ↑ “Milano Design Awards” <Discover there Winners>
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