London Design Biennale 2016
Yasuhiro Suzuki “A Journey Around the Neighbourhood Globe”

Yasuhiro Suzuki

Photo: Masako Nakagawa

Yasuhiro Suzuki was born in 1979 in Shizuoka, Japan. He graduated from Department of Design, Tokyo Zokei University in 2001 and is currently an associate professor at Scenography, Display and Fashion Design of Musashino Art University, and a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo’s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (Nakamura Lab). Using unexpected everyday discovery as a motif, he produces works, which remind us of our memories and arouse our empathy. Besides taking part in exhibitions held at Japan and abroad, he tackles actively public space projects and collaborations with companies and university research institutions. His major solo exhibitions include Neighborhood Globe (Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, 2014). He received a Mainichi Design Award in 2014. The collection of his work Neighborhood Globe, was published by Seigensha Art Publishing in 2015.

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About London Design Biennale

The London Design Biennale will provide a stage for over thirty countries to bring the best of their national design talent to London to discuss, debate and celebrate the possibilities of future design innovation.

The theme for 2016 is ”Utopia by Design,” celebrating the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More’s classic, and to reflect on the rich, contentious history of the modernist design it inspired.

The London Design Biennale is founded by the team behind the London Design Festival. It will overlap with the Festival, bringing a new international element to London, complementing its citywide programme of commissions and partner events every two years, reinforcing London’s reputation as the design capital of the world.