Jin Kuramoto is a Japanese designer who established JIN KURAMOTO STUDIO INC. in 2008. Born and raised on a small island in the countryside, he loves fishing and people a lot. He designs all kinds of products such as furniture, home appliances, eyeware, and automobiles with the belief that the form of things each tell a different story. He values the process of repeat trial and error, touching materials, listening to their voice, prototyping in a studio full of inspiration, and making positive accidents. His work has won a lot of international awards, including the Red Dot Award, Good Design award, and the iF Product Design Award.

1976

Born in Hyogo Prefecture Japan

1999

Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art

2000 – 2008

Worked as an in-house designer

2008

Established JIN KURAMOTO STUDIO

2010

Lecturer for Kyoto University of Art & Design, Kyoto
Lecturer for Keio University SFC, Tokyo

2011 – 2018

Lecturer for Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa

2015 – 2022

Jury of Good Design Award (Japan)

2020

Jury of Compasso d’Oro (Italy)

2020 | 2023

Jury of iF Design Student Award (Germany)

2016 –

Lecturer for Musashino Art University, Tokyo

2023 –

Guest professor of Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa

2023 –

Board Director of Japan Creative Association

2023 –

Vice-Chairman of judging committee for Good Design Award (Japan)

2024 –

Lecture for Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo

Trade name

JIN KURAMOTO STUDIO INC.

Address

4-8-5-5F, Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, ZIP 153-0061

Tel

+81-3-5942-7272

Email

info@jinkuramoto.com

Clients

HAY, OFFECCT, Sika-Design, HONDA, Nikon, TOYOTA, Nedre Foss, Smaller Objects, AGC, Audio-Technica, arflex JAPAN, NTT docomo, Sony, KDDI.etc

Staff

Design director : Jin Kuramoto

Designer : Kengo Sasaki, Miyu Ikeda, Shotaro Tokioka, Shanshan Liu

Assistant Designer : Teppei Tsuchida

Management : Sakiko Funakoshi