JAPANESE / ENGLISH
TAISEI MISHIMA DESIGN
Product Designer
Taisei Mishima
Born in Tokyo in 1992. After graduating from the University of Arts in the UK, I work as a freelance product designer based in Tokyo. Currently, he travels all over Japan, making use of local industries from traditional crafts to town factories. In order to be directly involved not only in product development but also in sales, I open my own shop in a 100-year-old old merchant house in Itabashi, Tokyo.
Business area
・ Furniture, daily necessities, disaster prevention supplies, baby products, pet products, kitchen products, etc.
・ Product design from mass-produced products to handicrafts, accompanying graphic design.
・ 3D CAD, drafting, rendering, prototyping(e.g. 3D printers) .
・ Design concept planning and brand direction related to product planning.
・ Various operations related to product development and market development.
・ Obtained a qualification as a disaster prevention officer and also works as a disaster prevention designer.
Biography
2017 After returning to Japan, worked as a freelancer based in Tokyo
2017 Graduated from UCA University for the Creative Arts, Department of Product Design, UK
2016 Exchange study abroad at NABA Art University in Italy
2014 Move to the UK alone and entered the Arts University, UK
1992 Born in Tokyo
Award
2019 Good Design Award 2019 Winner
2019 Toyama Design Competition 2019 Semi-Grand Prix
2018 Tokyo Handicraft Project Winner
2018 ASIA DESIGN AWARD 2018 Excellence Award (Winner)
2017 RADO STAR PRIZE UK 2017 Selected
2015 h Concept Design Competition 2015 Winner
Exhibition
2021 Roppongi Kuso Market (Tokyo)
2020 Designart 2020 (Tokyo)
2019 Maison&Objet Paris (Paris)
2019 Tokyo International Gift Show Autumn 2019 (Tokyo)
2018 Interior Lifestyle Tokyo 2018 (Tokyo)
2017 Re-Importation 02 in AXIS GALLERY (Tokyo)
2017 designjunction 2017 (London, invited exhibition)
2017 New Designers 2017 (London)
Media
2020 TV NHK “Good Morning Japan” Town Corner Information Room
2020 Magazines training magazine “Tarzan”
2020 Newspaper Nikkei Design MJ
2020 Magazines Design Magazine “AXIS” Next Creators
2018 Magazines design magazine “Discover Japan”