Celebrating Great Designers
Discover a curated list of talented designers from various disciplines, including graphic design, web design, interior design, and more. Our directory showcases designers who have made significant contributions to their respective fields.
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Akira Kikuchi
Japan (JP)
Established in 1848 in Ôshû City, Iwate Prefecture JAPAN, Oitomi began as Hoshodo. Founder Oikawa Rigenta, a tea ceremony kettle craftsman for the Date clan, shaped Oitomi's 170-year legacy rooted in the tea ceremony. Iwate Prefecture's ironware, rooted in Morioka and Ôshû, gained "Nambu Ironware" status. We artisans strive to share the enduring charm of this legacy, passed through generations in our region. As artisans, we prioritize sustainable production to preserve iron's potential—a foundational resource for human civilization since Earth's beginning—for the well-being of future generations.
View ProfileMing-Li Chang
United States of America (US)
I have a deep respect for my culture’s rich heritage and craftsmanship and I see product design as a way to change the narrative. As a designer, I am a divergent thinker who approaches the decision making process through trial and error, finding value in every idea. Whether I’m designing lifestyle, home goods, lighting or furniture, I create objects that are oddly purposeful. Decisions are based on taking insights to ideate concepts that have a clean, approachable aesthetic without being overcomplicated. By illustrating convincing narratives, I want to bring ideas to life in a way that others might say “I could’ve done that”.
View ProfileNima Keivani
Iran (IR)
Nima Keivani is an award-winning professional Iranian architect, who has found his own architectural firm,” Keivani Architects”, with his brother, Sina Keivani, Since 2009. After publishing their projects worldwide, their practice received international attention in architectural magazines, books, and websites. He was also the lecturer in different workshops and masterclasses in Europe and the Middle East and Asia universities and architecture associates.
View ProfileAIA Life Designers
China (CN)
AIA Life Designers : Promoting architecture with a positive impact on health. Founded in 1965 by a team of architects and engineers, AIA Life Designers is today a major multi-disciplinary consultancy company, providing a full range of combined expertise and services in architecture, engineering, as well as in project management, urban planning and sustainable development. AIA Life Designers is also one of the major architecture firm in healthcare sector in France. Headquartered in Paris with several offices in main cities in France such as Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux etc. the firm is also established overseas in China, Geneva and Luxemburg. Diverse projects are implanted in more than 20 countries and regions throughout five continents. Our architects, engineers, economists, urban planners, landscape architects, BIM engineers and model makers collaborate in an atmosphere of open, interactive and diverse pedagogy. AIA Life Designers is able to offer a high level of commitment and know-how in sectors where the specificity of the activities and the complexity of the functions require innovation and synergy between architectural design, engineering, and many specialized fields of expertise. Our key expertise in Health and Well-being, Industrial Facilities, Urban Planning and Generative City allows us a multi-disciplinary approach for each project. Every project pursued by AIA Life Designers represents a commitment to offering innovative architectural solutions underpinned by our teams’ continual review process through our excellence workshops (on the Environment, Education, Health, Urban Diversity and Smart Cities). Our aim is to shape the future of our cities and design structures that contribute to the health and well-being of future inhabitants. Our urban and societal commitments are also highlighted by the work of the AIA Foundation set up in 2011, which is engaged in forward-looking urban planning and publishing work on links between architecture, health and the environment (aiafondation.fr).
View ProfileFranck Giral
Japan (JP)
Franck Giral is a structural engineer turned architect. He is a certified PMP (Project Management Professional), as well as a real estate licensee and licensed architect in Japan. Franck started in 2020 the architectural firm ABD Architecture LLC based in Sapporo that specializes in the development and design of ski rental properties in the international ski resort Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan. Franck's architectural breakthrough project is with Grand Tsuru Niseko, a 3 property luxurious villa development. Franck leverages his technical background in engineering and project management to enhance architectural design for the benefit of his international affluent clients and developers.
View ProfileShelley Mock
Australia (AU)
Through a series of big life decisions, Shelley has found herself living and working in Shanghai, for well over a decade now. After completing her Master's degree in Architecture in Australia (including a 2 year stint in Mexico on student exchange) she headed for the bright lights and noodles of Shanghai, looking for a new challenge. Through her work experience there, she was eventually led towards Interior Architecture, preferring to work within the more intimate connection people have with their immediate surroundings. She has since completed numerous projects, both built and unbuilt, ranging from residential, through commercial, to the experimental.
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