Tokujin Yoshioka was born in Japan in 1967 and, in 2000, after studying at length with Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake, set up Tokujin Yoshioka Design in Tokyo. Working with Issey Miyake for over 20 years, Tokujin has created among many things, the Issey Miyake and A-POC stores and an installation at the Cartier foundation in Paris entitled Issey Miyake Making Things. Tokujin’s oeuvre includes Honey Pop and Tokyo Pop chairs for Driade, a futuristic Japanese garden in the Driade store in Milan, Tofu lamp for Yamagiwa, Stardust chandelier for Swarovski Crystal Palace, shop windows for Hermes and the Toyota stand at the Tokyo car show.

Tokujin’s work is in the permanent collections of the most prestigious museums in the world: MoMA in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris, The Vitra Design Museum and Victoria & Albert.

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