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.
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).
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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 MASUNAGA
- TAKEFU KNIFE VILLAGE
- Lemnos
- STUDIO VOICE ONLINE
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