Tokujin Yoshioka

Tokujin Yoshioka is a Japanese designer born in Saga in 1967, founder of his Tokyo-based studio in 2000. After training under Shiro Kuramata and working at the Issey Miyake design office, he developed a poetic, material-driven design practice spanning furniture, exhibitions and architecture.His work for Kartell — including the Tokyo-Pop sofa (2002) and the Invisible chair series — explores transparency, atmospheric form and innovative use of plastics. Pieces by Yoshioka are in the permanent collections of MoMA, the Centre Pompidou and the V&A. The 3D Model Unity catalog includes high-precision NURBS 3D models of Tokujin Yoshioka pieces for Kartell, available for Rhinoceros 3D.