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FUNABIKI Coco

Profile

Graduated from Tokyo Univ. majoring in Sociology

 

1989~1995
Oxford Univ. Rewley House Association Japan: Representative

 

1989~2024
Tokyo Design Center,inc.: President

 

1996~2009
Good Design Award: Judge

 

1998~2024
Japan Design Consultant Association: Representative

 

2003~2005
ASEAN Good Design Award: Judge

 

2002~2004
Environmental and Equipment Design Award: Judge

 

2007~2009
sozo_comm Promotion Director

 

2008~2014
Kuwazawa Gakuen: Board member

 

2010~2012
Aichi Univ. of the Arts: Visitng professor

 

2011~
Musashino Art Univ.: Board member

 

2014~
Ikedayama Environmental Association: Representative

 

2017~2018
Forestry Agency: Council member

 

2023~
Japan Furniture Industry Association: Auditor

Portfolio

Tokyo Design Center

In 1992, the TOKYO DESIGN CENTER is the first full-scale complex of interior design showrooms of its kinds in Japan came into being. Since then It has functioned as a core meeting place for architects, designers, manufacturers and also their clients. Now it accommodates 5 professional associations of spatial design to enlighten each other and to corporate design into people’s daily life.

Tokyo Design Center
Left: Tokyo Design Center Building Right: Opening Exhibition 'Mario Bellini'
Left: L'Oreal Workshop "Art & Science" Right: Explore Reality

sozo_comm project

Japan is full of talented designers with fresh ideas, superb skills and know-how to stimulate consumers’ mind in so many fields. METI supported them as a mediator between classic handiwork and current stylish fashion to successfully develop markets world wide.

sozo_comm; Maison & Objet in Paris
Left: sozo_comm; Ambiente in Frankfurt Right: crafTec; Maison & Objet

Designer Condominium

In the 1990s, by organizing a dream team of top designers in architecture, interior, lighting, gardens and acoustics, Funabiki conducted “mansion diagnostics” from a design perspective and produced the development of apartments truly worthy of the name “designer condominium”.

Parkcity Hibarigaoka
Left: Denenchohu Park Mansion Right: Yoyoginomori Park Mansion

Archi-Depot; Japanese architectural models

The exhibition of outstanding architectural scale models of 41 renowned Japanese architects, who are introduced in a group for the first time in the world. This exhibition took place at Triennale di Milano during Milano EXPO.

Milano Trienale
Exhibition of architectural models

JDCA journal

JDCA journal Vol.7

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