MIKIYA KOBAYASHI / Designer / MIKIYA KOBAYASHI INC. CEO

MIKIYA KOBAYASHI

Designer / Director

Mikiya Kobayashi, born in Tokyo, in 1981, established his own studio in 2006.
Since his beginnings, Mikiya Kobayashi's creation process was focused on the perception of its designs, looking for uniqueness in minimal shapes. Thanks to his inclination for natural resources, wood has become one of the main material used for his projects over the years. Kobayashi has been always closely related to his cultural heritage, connecting the tradition with new concepts, manufacturing processes and technologies. His process, always close to materials, and his challenging approach have led the studio to work within a large variety of projects, from industrial design products to furniture and interior. Running together a design studio and showroom/store, he has been able to get direct feedback from customers about the products, which helped him to keep on improving his design. Mikiya Kobayashi was born in 1981, and graduated at Musashino Art University, Tokyo in 2004. In 2005 he worked for FIELD FOUR DESIGN OFFICE, one of the biggest interior design firm in Japan. In 2006 he founded his studio in Tokyo and began designing for wood products companies such as H CONCEPT and DREAMY PERSON, where he started his own design brand KIME. Later, he worked on several product designs for LEMNOS and Timbre. In 2008, he collaborated with KARIMOKU FURNITURE, wood furniture company active for over 70 years in Japan, designing a furniture collection named HARU. Since then, he started directing his own brands for the japanese largest furniture companies including FUJI FURNITURE, TAKUMI KOHGEI and TENDO MOKKO. He also worked on furniture projects for MASTERWAL. In 2010, he received international design awards such as the "IF Gold award" and the "Red dot design award". In 2011, he opened his shop "TAIYOU no SHITA" in Tokyo, offering his own designs together with a curated selection of furniture and products. In 2016 he launched TAIYOU&C. a furniture brand for contract and home use, where he invited international designers to collaborate on the collection. More recent projects included the design of a shoehorn collection for LEMNOS, a radio/speaker for LEXON (France), a bistrot chair for MAISON DRUCKER (France), a fabric collection for AQUACLEAN (Spain) and a stool for DIABLA (Spain), a GANDIABLASCO new brand. In 2018 he opened his second studio in Valencia, to better connect with the increasing number of european clients, and established the lifestyle brand IMPLEMENTS, with the desire to deliver products that enrich people's lives.

小林 幹也

デザイナー / ディレクター

1981年東京都生まれ。2005年武蔵野美術大学工芸工業デザイン学科卒業。
インテリアデザイン会社勤務後、MIKIYA KOBAYASHI DESIGN設立。
家具、プロダクトからインテリアデザインまで幅広く携わり、国内外のクライアントとともにデザインを提案している。2010年ドイツのiF product design awardにて金賞、ドイツred dot award、,グッドデザイン賞、adc賞など受賞歴多数。2011年にはショップ「TAIYOU no SHITA」をオープン。2012年 株式会社小林幹也スタジオ設立。2018年 ライフスタイルブランド「IMPLEMENTS」をオープン。東京とスペイン・バレンシアを拠点に活動。

PROFILE

1981 Born in Tokyo
2005 Graduated from MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY
-06 FIELD FOUR DESIGN OFFICE, Japan
2006 Established MIKIYA KOBAYASHI DESIGN
2011 Opened the store TAIYOU no SHITA
2012 Established MIKIYA KOBAYASHI INC. in Tokyo, Japan
2016- Judge at Good Design Award
2018- Opened a design studio in Valencia, Spain
1981 東京生まれ
2005 武蔵野美術大学工芸工業デザイン学科インテリアデザインコース卒業
-06 株式会社フィールドフォー・デザインオフィス勤務
2006 MIKIYA KOBAYASHI DESIGN設立
2011 ショップ「TAIYOU no SHITA」を開店
2012 株式会社 小林幹也スタジオ へ改名、法人化
2016- グッドデザイン賞審査員
2018- ライフスタイルブランド「IMPLEMENTS」を開店
2018- スペイン・バレンシアにデザインスタジを開設

LECTURER

2010 ICS COLLAGE OF ARTS / Adjunct lecturer
2014 MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY / Lecturer
2015- ICS COLLAGE OF ARTS / Adjunct lecturer
2017- TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY / Adjunct lecturer
2018-- TOKYO ZOKEI UNIVERSITY / Adjunct lecturer

講師

2010 ICSカレッジオブアーツ 非常勤講師
2014 武蔵野美術大学工芸工業デザイン学科 特別講師
2015- ICSカレッジオブアーツ 非常勤講師
2017- 首都大学東京 非常勤講師
2018- 東京造形大学 非常勤講師

AWARD

2017 IF PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD 2017 (GERMANY) / Winner
2014 GOOD DESIGN AWARD (JAPAN) / Winner
2013 ELLE DECOR YOUNG JAPANESE DESIGN TALENT 2013 / Winner
2012 Tokyo ADC Award / Winner
2011 Selected SPOTLIGHT 2011 DESIGNER by DESIGNNET
2010 IF PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD 2010 (GERMANY) / Gold Award Winner
red dot design award 2010 (GERMANY) / Winner
2008 International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa 2008 (JAPAN) / Finalist
Toyama Product Design Competition 2008 (JAPAN) / Grand Prix Winner
100% DESIGN TOKYO 2008 (JAPAN) / 100% AWARD Winner
2007 SaloneSatellite 2007 (ITALY) / DESIGN REPORT AWARD 2007 Finalist

受賞歴

2017 IF PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD 2017(ドイツ) / 受賞
2014 GOOD DESIGN AWARD / 受賞
2013 ELLE DECOR YOUNG JAPANESE DESIGN TALENT 2013 / 受賞
2012 ADC賞 / 受賞
2011 SPOTLIGHT 2011 DESIGNER (DESIGNNET) に選定
2010 IF PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD 2010(ドイツ) / 金賞受賞
red dot design award 2010(ドイツ) / 受賞
2008 国際家具デザインコンペティション旭川 2008 / 入選
富山プロダクトデザインコンペティション 2008 / グランプリ受賞
100% DESIGN TOKYO 2008 / 100% AWARD 受賞
2007 サローネサテリテ 2007(イタリア) / DESIGN REPORT AWARD 2007 ファイナリスト

COMPANY

MIKIYA KOBAYASHI INC.

TOKYO OFFICE
5-28-8 Himonya Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-0003 JAPAN
     
VALENCIA OFFICE
Carre Dels Cavaliers, 46001 Valencia SPAIN
     
joy@mikiyakobayashi.com

株式会社 小林幹也スタジオ

[英文社名 MIKIYA KOBAYASHI INC.]
設立 2012年7月2日 (創業 2006年4月)

TOKYO OFFICE
152-0003 東京都目黒区碑文谷5-28-8 IMPLEMENTSビル
Tel. 03-6421-3926 / Fax. 03-6421-3927
     
VALENCIA OFFICE (スペイン)
Carre Dels Cavaliers 8, 46001 Valencia SPAIN
     
joy@mikiyakobayashi.com

業務内容

プロダクトデザイン開発およびディレクション業務
インテリアデザイン、プランニング及びデザインなど設計業務
デザインコンサルティング及び企業顧問
ライフスタイルブランド「IMPLEMENTS」の運営
特注家具・セミオーダー家具・壁面造作・什器・キッチンなどのデザイン及び制作

SHOP & SHOWROOM

IMPLEMENTS

5-29-8 Himonya Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-0003 JAPAN
URL. www.implements.jp

IMPLEMENTS

152-0003 東京都目黒区碑文谷5-29-8
www.implements.jp