Shin Azumi

Shin Azumi was born in Kobe, Japan in 1965. After finishing his MA in Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art in 1994, he started working on furniture in the design studio Azumi (Tomoko). In 2005, he established his own, A Studio, in London. The client list of A Studio includes brands such as Magis, lapalma, Desalto, Muji, Authentics, Guzzini and many others from both Europe and Japan. Shin Azumi’s work has received numerous design awards in Europe and in Japan, amongst which the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize in 2004, the Blueprint 100% Design Award in 2003 and Product of the Year 2000, FX International Design Award (for his LEM stool). His works have been widely published and awarded as well as shown in exhibitions in many museums such as Victoria & Albert Museum (UK), Design Museum (UK), British Council (UK), Vitra Design Museum (Germany). His works were also acquired for permanent collections at Stedelijk Museum (Holland), Crafts Council (UK), Die Neue Sammlung (Germany) Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt (Germany), etc.