Kazuko Koike

Kazuko Koike (小池一子, Koike Kazuko; born 1936) is a creative director born in Tokyo. She graduated from the School of Arts, Letters and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. She is member of the Advisory Board for Muji[1] (“Mujirushi Ryōhin”) since its founding and Professor Emeritus at Musashino Art University in Tokyo.

She is the founder[2] and president[3] of Kitchen Inc., an all-women studio that planned and produced design-related projects (since 1976).[4] She is founder and president of Sagacho Exhibit Space, an alternative space for arts in Saga, Koto-ku, Tokyo (1983–2000).[5] She is editor and author of books including Issey Miyake, East Meets West (Heibonsha, 1978); Kukan no Aura (Aura of Space) (Hakusuisha, 1993); Fashion: Fashion as a Form of Polyhedron (Musashino Art University Press, 2004); Japanese Coloring (Libro, 1981); and Japan Design (Libro, 1984). Major awards include the 1985 Mainichi Design Prize[6] and the 1995 Japan Award for the Promotion of Art and Culture.[7][8]

In September 2012, she curated the exhibition "Ikko Tanaka and Future/Past/East/West of Design" at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo.[9]

In March 2022, her works will be displayed in an exhibition, "Alternative! Kazuko Koike Exhibition -- Soft-Power Movement of Art & Design".[10]

## Works

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### Editing/Writing Work

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* The Heibon Weekly "Weekly Fashion", a magazine (1959) [10]

* Fashion News from Hanae Mori, a tabloid (1966)[10]
* SO-EN, a magazine (1966-77)[10]

### Translation Work

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* Through the Flower: My Struggle as a Woman Artist by Judy Chicago (1979, Parco Publishing)[10]

* Eileen Gray: Architect/Designer (1991, Libro Port/2017, Misuzu Shobo)[10]

## Honours

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* Juzo Itami Award (2022)
* Person of Cultural Merit (2022)[11]

## References

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1. ^ "Kazuko Koike Talk Event: A Life with MUJI". Peatix. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
2. ^ "TrAIN - Kazuko Koike". transnational.arts.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
3. ^ Fields, Pamela (1997). On the Record: Re: Japan : 1996-97, Media Directory of Japan Specialists in the United States and Japan. U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON). p. 146.
4. ^ Gleason, Alan (2012). "Sagacho Exhibit Space: Giving an Incubator of Japanese Contemporary Art Its Due". artscape Japan. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
5. ^ "Alternative! Kazuko Koike Exhibition — Soft-Power Movement of Art & Design". 3331 Arts Chiyoda. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
6. ^ "Kyokendo Jushōsha Ichiran". Mainichi Design Awards (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
7. ^ "Exhibition "Ikko Tanaka and Future/Past/East/West of Design"". Archived from the original on 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
8. ^ "Rekidai Jushōsha" (in Japanese). Japan Arts Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
9. ^ "Ikko Tanaka: Between past and future, East and West".
10. ^ a b c d e f "Alternative! Kazuko Koike Exhibition — Soft-Power Movement of Art & Design". 3331 Arts Chiyoda. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
11. ^ "松本白鸚氏ら6人に文化勲章 功労者に松任谷由実氏ら". The Nikkei. 25 October 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

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