Keiji Ashizawa

Keiji Ashizawa
 
 

Keiji Ashizawa

Architect / Designer
Founder of Keiji Ashizawa Design and Ishinomaki Laboratory

Japan

 

Keiji Ashizawa graduated from the Yokohama National University Department of Architecture and began his professional career in 1996, working in an architecture firm. In 2002, he officially joined the bespoke steel furniture workshop 'super robot', where he began working on original furniture and lighting fixtures. In 2005, he founded Keiji Ashizawa Design, whose motto is 'Honest Design'. Ashizawa designs architecture, interiors and furniture with an emphasis on craft. In addition to working on a variety of domestic and international architecture and interior projects and for furniture manufacturers, he is also the head of Ishinomaki Laboratory, which was born as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake.