Kensaku Oshiro

Kensaku Oshiro was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1977. After obtaining a Master's degree in Industrial Design from the "Scuola Politecnica di Design" in Milan, he joined the design team of Lissoni Associati studio, with whom he worked until mid-2012. He then moved to London to work with Barber Osgerby and in June 2015 he opened his own studio in Milan. He has participated in many exhibitions and competitions and has won prestigious international awards.

The most important of these are the Design Report Award in 2006 at the Salone Satellite, the Cristalplant Design Contest in 2012, the Gandia Blasco Design Contest and two special mentions at the Young & Design Award. In his career he has worked with many major companies in the design world, including Arrmet, for whom he designed the Kabira chair collection.