Kenji Ekuan
Profilo, sito web e 3 video si Kenji Ekuan considerato un tesoro nazionale vivente
Profile, website and 3 videos of Kenji Ekuan considered a living national treasure
Biography
1929
Born In Tokyo
1955
Graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
1957
Graduated form the Art Center College of Design (USA)
1957
Established GK Industrial Design Associates and took office as President
1970
Elected President of JIDA *1
1973
Executive Chairman of the Organizing Committee for ICSID '73 Congress, Kyoto
1976
Elected President of ICSID *2
1982
Appointed Chairman of the Committee for Exposition Facilities for Tsukuba EXPO
'85 1985 Executive Producer of the Osaka Design Festival '85
1985
Appointed Director of the Kawakawa Design School
1987
Appointed Co-General Producer of the World Design Exposition '89, Nagoya
1989
Appointed Chairman of the "Design - Up" committee for Tokyo
Metropolis
1995
Appointed Chairman of the Japan Institute of Design
1998
Appointed Chairman of the Design for the World
*1 JIDA
--- Japan Industrial Designer's Association
*2 ICSID
--- International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
Present status
Chairman
of GK Design Group
Chairman
of Design for the World
Senator
of ICISID
Chairman
of the Japan Finland Design Association
Board
Member of Japan Association of Artist Craftsmen and Architects
Board
Member of the Japan Society for Future Research
Dean of
Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Chairman
of the Japan Institute of Design
Trustee
of the Art Center College of Design (USA)
Advisory
Member of University of Industrial Arts Helsinki (FINLAND)
Committee
Member of Raymond Loewy Foundation Japan
Publications
Dogu Ko
(historical and philosophical analysis of the roles of "tools" in the
life of man); published by Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd. Tokyo 1967
Industrial
Design (the world of Dogu, its origins, its future); published by Japan
Broadcast Publishing Co., Ltd. (NHK Book), Tokyo 1971
The
History of Kitchen Utensils; published by Shibata Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.
Tokyo 1976
Makunouchi
Bento no Bigaku (the aesthetics of the Makunouchi Lunch Box); Published by Goma
Shobo Co., Ltd. Tokyo 1980
The
Philosophy of Tools; published by PHP publishers, Kyoto 1980
Butsudan
to Jidosha (the Buddhist altar and the automobile); published by Kosei Shuppan,
Tokyo 1986
Material
Things and Japanese; published by Tokyo Shoseki, Tokyo 1994
Soul and
Material Things; published by Holp Shuppan Publishers, Tokyo 1997
The
aesthetics of Japanese Lunchbox; published by MIT PRESS, USA 1998
The
Discourses of Dogu; published by Kajima Institute Publisheing Co., Ltd. Tokyo
2000
Awards
and Honors
ICSID
Colin King Grand Prix (ICSID, 1979)
Honorary
doctor of Science from Art Center College of Design (USA, 1981)
Honorary
Membership of ORNAMO (Finnish Association of Designers, 1981)
Honorary
Fellowship of IDIA (Australia, 1981)
Elected
tot eh Mexican Academy of Design (Mexico, 1984)
International
Design Award (IDSA, USA, 1988)
The
Award for contributions to Design Promotion (Japan, 1992)
The Blue
Ribbon Medal (Japan, 1992)
JIDA
Grand Prix (Japan, 1993)
Sir
Misha Black Medal (England, 1995)
Officier
de L'Ordre des Arts et des letters (France, 1997)
Honorary
Doctor form London Institute (England, 1999)
The
Order of the Rising Sun (Japan, 2000)
Honorary
Doctor form University of Art and Design Helsinki (Finland, 2001)
Lucky
Strike Designers Award (2003)
The
International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award of The People's
Republic of China (2004)
The
Insignia of Commander in the Order of the Lion of Finland (Finland, 2005)
