Item Code: COVCTLTK8400
Suppliers Code: TK8400
Brand Name: Covo
Designer: Kazuhiko Tomita
Designer’s Profile: Born in 1965 Nagasaki, Japan.
Education:
1989 B.Eng.Industrial Design, Chiba University, Japan
1992 MA.Furniture Design, Royal College of Art, London
Practice:
1993 established 2.5-Dimensional Design; produced ceramic bowl Stars with A.Mendini & E.Sottsass
1993 presented own collections in international fairs
1997 Slide lecture, Royal College of Art, London
2000 Art Director for Covo, Rome designed and constructed COVO SHOP, Rome, Italy
2001 Rim tableware collection with Vico Magistretti for Rörstrand, Sweden
2004 Art Director for Nussha, Paris
Awards:
1990 Cassina Scholarship & British Council Grant to study at Royal College of Art, London
1991 First Prize in Architectural Future of Stainless Steel competition, London
1992 Marchette Award, Royal College of Art, London
1997 Roter Punkt Award, Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, Essen; Asahi Modern Craft Awards, Osaka; Honorable Citizen Prize, Verona
1998 Judge’s Prize, International Ceramic Exhibition in Mino; G-mark special Good Design Award, small & medium enterprises dept., JIDPO, Tokyo; The International Design Year Book, London
