Kazuo Kawasaki
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Kazuo Kawasaki (川崎和男) 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).
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.
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