Kazuo Kawasaki
Kazuo Kawasaki (川崎和男) Ph.D is a Japanese industrial designer born in Fukui Prefecture in 1949. He graduated from Kanazawa College of Art in 1972.
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Kazuo Kawasaki
Kawasaki is a professor at Osaka University and a visiting professor at Tama Art University and Kanazawa Institute of Technology. Representative works include the wheelchair "CARNA" (part of the permanent collection at MoMA New York[1]), the "Kazuo Kawasaki" brand of eyeware[2] and the "EIZO" brand of computer displays.[3]
One of his research projects is artificial heart design.
Kawasaki was Apple design director in the early 1990s and designed portable computer devices (named MindTop, POPEYE, Pluto, Sweatpea, JEEP).
References[]
- ^ "The Collection | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ "masunaga-opt.com". www.masunaga-opt.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ "Kazuo KAWASAKI G-mark Award History NANAO". www.ouzak.co.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
External links[]
- KazuoKAWASAKI.jp
- Kazuo KAWASAKI Progressive Inclusive Design Office
- KazuoKAWASAKI official Blog
- KazuoKAWASAKI artgene Blog
- OUZAK Design
- 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art 「artificial heart:Kazuo Kawasaki」
- EIZO
- FORIS.TV
- Kazuo Kawasaki
- TAKEFU KNIFE VILLAGE
- Lemnos
- STUDIO VOICE ONLINE
Categories:
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Apple Inc. employees
- Japanese industrial designers
- Japanese people with disabilities
- Osaka University faculty
- People from Fukui Prefecture
- Japanese artist stubs
- Designer stubs