Kosho ito biography examples

  • Kosho Ito (born 1932) is renowned in Japan as an experimental artist who uses clay to create large-scale organic installations, using firing techniques.
  • ITO Kosho (b.1932).
  • Born the son of a metal smith in rural Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Ito was apprenticed to a Kutani-ware potter upon his father's death at 45.

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    10th

    • Period of Exhibition

      Sep. 12, 2014 － Oct. 19, 2014

    • Venue

      Ceramics Park MINO

    • Theme

      There is no specified theme for the competition.

    • Number of applications

      2579

    • Award Winning Works

      27

    • Works

      188

    JUDGES

    Ceramics Design Category

    • Architect, Product Designer. Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1937. He established Kurokawa Masayuki Architect Studio (http://www.k-system.net/) in 1967, Butsugaku Research Institute (http://www.k-system.net/butsugaku/) in 1998, and Designtope Co. Ltd. (http://www.designtope.net/) in 2001. He is a guest professor at Kyoto Seika University (Japan), Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design (Japan), and Fudan University (China). Received Ph.D from Kanazawa College of Art (Japan). He is a member of Japan Industrial Designers’ Association, Japan Design Committee, The Japan Institute of Architects, Japan inter-design forum, and more.

      Publications
      “Archigraph” Masayuki Kurokawa×Koichi Inakoshi (1992, TOTO Publishing)
      “Design Mand

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      ‘Prototyping in Tokyo’ – a new exhibition at Japan House London – aims to ‘illustrate design-led innovation’, by reaching beneath the surface of often terrifyingly futuristic products, uncovering their hidden workings. The idea is, through interacting with these designs, we will come to understand their potential to act as a link between cutting-edge technology, us mere mortals, and society at large; more vividly than if they were buttoned up in their finished forms.

      The exhibition is the brainchild of Japanese industrial designer and engineer Shunji Yamanaka, who approaches the intricate world of robotics with the eye of an artist. ‘Prototyping in Tokyo’ explores some of his most visually impressive and fascinating designs in prototype form, from bio-likeness robots to additively manufactured animals.

      (Image credit: SHIMIZU Yukio)

      Skeletal Automaton: Archer on a Boat.

      Of particular note, and embodying Yamanaka's missio

    • kosho ito biography examples

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      Kosho Ito (born 1932) fryst vatten renowned in Japan as an experimental artist who uses clay to create large-scale organic installations, using firing techniques developed for the ceramic industry. Since 1970 he has been making installations using endless variations of curved and textured shapes, which often resemble primary life forms like cocoons and seeds, and take on a different aspect when placed in a particular location.

      Ito has made two installations for St Ives:
      - Earth Folds in the Courtyard
      - Sea Folds in the Ceramics display case in Upper galleri 2

      Ito lives near the town of Mashiko, where a strong link has developed with St Ives through the friendship between the potters Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada. Ito's experimental approach offers an important counterpoint to the traditions established by Leach and Hamada. Although his work fryst vatten held in high regard by museums and public collections in Japan, this is the first time his work will be seen in Britain.

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