DESIGNER’s STORY
After graduating from Musashino Art University, she worked for a large electrical goods manufacturer. She eventually went on to found Design Studio S with roots in industrial design. The studio works in a variety of different fields. From everyday electronics and specialized healthcare technology to unique capsule hotels, Design Studio S effectively adapts its knowledge of and capability for design.
Fumie Shibata is a professor at Musashino Art University and a Judging Committee Chair of the 2018-2019 Good Design Awards. She is the author of the book ‘Forms within Forms’. Design Studio S has received many awards for excellence in design, such as the iF Gold Award, the Design for Asia Top, Culture, and the Gold Awards.
For Brokis, Fumie designed AWA and BONBORI collection.
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Timeless elegance and discreet shape are the words that best define Piero Lissoni’s style. His work is characterized by a personal language, that hides a simplified complexity. Lissoni’s architecture and design projects, seemingly minimal, are the result of a thorough research of both new technologies and materials.
After graduating in 1973 she worked as an Art Director at CentroKappa (1975-1979): planning and development of the image, sales instruments, sales outlets, exhibitions and special initiatives. During this period she collaborated with Alessandro Mendini at “MODO” magazine.
Born in 1962 in Lokeren, Belgium. As soon as he was qualified as an architect in 1985, he started work in Milan collaboratine with Cinzia Ruggeri and with studio Aldo Cibic-Sottsass Associati. In 1990 he established his own architects’ studio in Antwerp.
George Yabu is one of the founding partners at Yabu Pushelberg and oversees the creation and development of all design components for each project and product within its multidisciplinary practice. In his conceptual leadership and creative direction role, George reviews and refines the details of each project and product in collaboration with the design teams.
Giuseppe Bavuso is an architect and designer who lives and works in Seregno, located in the North of Milan. His projects are characterized by the combination of minimalistic rigour and accurate technical research thanks to the use of technological and innovative materials.
M.A. Lenka Damová 1983 has been living and working in Prague. Successfuly graduated at AAAD in Prague, concretely Department of Design in Zlín. Now has been occurring as a freelance designer, dedicated mainly to interior and product design.
