

岸 玄昌
Gensuke Kishi is a product and interior designer based in Rennes, France.
His work is based on a wide range of design experience, from product design to spatial design, with an emphasis on integrated design thinking and a multifaceted approach. He has participated in design projects and exhibitions not only in Japan and Europe, but also in the USA, Asian countries, designing new and unprecedented works by combining the unique cultures, materials and crafts he has come into direct contact with in each region with the traditional skills of craftspeople in local Japanese industries. His works, which are a contemporary interpretation of materials and traditional crafts, is internationally acclaimed and is sold in prominent museums and department stores around the world, including MoMA Design Store, NY, and M+Museum, Hong Kong, and has been featured in international media such as The Guardian and Dezeen.
岸 玄昌はフランス、レンヌを拠点とするプロダクト、インテリアデザイナー
製品デザインから空間デザインに至るまで幅広いデザインの経験に基づく、総合的なデザイン思考と多角的なアプローチを重視した作品を提案しています。活動の幅は日本、ヨーロッパにとどまらずアメリカ、アジアの国々などでデザインプロジェクトや展示会の参加をしており、世界各地で直接触れた独自の文化、素材、工芸を日本の地場産業における伝統的な職人の技術と融合することで今までにない新たな作品をデザインしています。
素材と伝統工芸に対し現代的な解釈をして製作される作品は世界的にも高く評価され、MoMA Design Store, NYやM+Museum, Hongkongなど世界各地の著名な美術館や百貨店で販売されており、The Guardian, Dezeenといった国際的なメディアでもこれらの作品は取り上げられています。
Exhibitions
2021._ SICF Spiral Independent Creators Festival, Tokyo, Japan
2022._ CERTOSA INITIATIVE, Milan Design Week, Italy
2022._ Tokyo International Gift Show 2022
2023._ Ambiente Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
2023._ SHOPPE OBJECT, New York, US
2024._ Ambiente Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
2024._ Zip Zone Event in Tortona, Milan Design Week, Italy
2024._ SHOPPE OBJECT, New York, US
2024._ London Design Festival 2024
Awards
2012._ Fukuoka City Christmas Display Design Contest Excellence Award
2013._ Dream Bed Design Contest Honorable mention
2017._ Tsubame City Young Design Competition Excellence Award
2019._ Tsubame City Young Design Competition Grand Prize.
2019._ Italy A' Design Award & Competition Bronze Design Award winner
2019._ Toyama Design Competition Honorable mention
2020._ GOOD DESIGN® Awards
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd.
2021._ JAPAN TSUBAME INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CONTEST 2021
2021._ NIIGATA IDS DESIGN COMPETITION 2021
2022._ JIDA MUSEUM SELECTION 2021
2022._ Hong Kong Smart Design Award Silver Prize
2022._ The 94th Tokyo International Gift Show Autumn 2022 Kitchen & Dining Goods Contest Grand Prize