AZUMI is the design studio of Shin Azumi and Tomoko Azumi, established in London in 1995.

Shin Azumi

Born
1965, Kobe, Japan

Experience
1989 - 92 NEC Design Centre Co. Ltd. Personal Computer Dept., Japan

Education
1994 MA in Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art, UK
1989 BA in Product Design at Kyoto City University of Art, Japan

Awards
1992 Good Design Award on "Personal Word Processor - Bungo Mini 5 si, JIDPO, Japan
1991 Good Design Award on "PC Engine DUO", JIDPO, Japan
1989 Grand Prize of Seki Cutlery Design Competition, Japan

Tomoko Azumi

Born
1966, Hiroshima, Japan

Experience
1990 - 92 Toda Construction Corporation, Design Room, Japan
1989 - 90 Kazuhiro Ishii Architect and Associates, Japan

Education
1995 MA in Furniture Design at the Royal College of Art, UK
1989 BA in Environmental Design at Kyoto City University of Art, Japan

Awards
1995 FX/HNB Furniture Award at the New Designers Exhibition,UK
1993 ABSA/Arthur Andersen Trophy Design Award, UK
1989 Grand Prize of Misawa Student Housing Design Award on "Spiral House", Japan

Public Collections

"Table=Chest"
Victoria & Albert Museum, Crafts Council, Geffrye Museum, Brighton Museum, UK

"Wire Frame Chair & Stool"
Stedelijk Museum, Holland

"Wire Frame Reversible Bench"
Crafts Council, UK

Commissions

2000 Mandarin Oriental Hotel / Hyde Park, SPA furniture

1999 Folkestone Library Café furniture, Folkestone

1998 Kettle's Yard Gallery / benches and chairs, Cambridge

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Awards

2001 "General Product Design - Best Furniture," FX International Interior Design Awards, UK

2000 "Product of the Year" of FX International Interior Design Awards, UK
Good Design Award, JIDPO, Japan

1999 Good Design Award, JIDPO, Japan
Peugeot Design Awards / Ceramic, at Oxo Tower Wharf, UK
Furniture Futures Award, by Design Week, UK

1998 100% Blueprint Design Award, UK - Finalist

1996 NESS Café Chair Design Award at " Design Resolutions",UK

Books

2001 Penny Sparke, Design Directory Great Britain, Pavilion Books, London
M. De Lucchi edit, The International Design Year Book 2001, Laurence King, London

2000 Tectonic, an exhibition catalogue, Crafts Council, London
I. Maurer edit, The International Design Year Book 2000, Laurence King, London

1999 Alex Payne edit, Ideas = Book - monogram of Azumi, Black Dog Publishing, London
C. Frayling, Art and Design: 100 Years at the Royal College of Art, Collins & Brown, London
Creators' File for Living, Gap Publication, Tokyo
J. Morrison edit, The International Design Year Book 1999, Laurence King, London

1998 Peta Levi, New British Design 1998, Mitchell Beazley, London 1998
R. Sapper edit, The International Design Year Book 1998, Laurence King, London

Recent Articles

The Observer 'Life' Magazine (UK) 1 April 2001, "The Transformers" by Tamsin Blanchard.