Maori Kimura
木村 茉央里
Textile & Accessories designer
Based in Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
From Japan
ABOUT
Maori Kimura is a Japanese textile and accessory designer based in the Netherlands.
She specializes in three-dimensional textures with a focus on materials and patterns.
Her wish is to make your daily life more enjoyable and colorful by having "things" filled with ideas and techniques that stimulate your curiosity.
After graduating from Textile Design Course at Tama Art University in Tokyo, she worked for ISSEY MIYAKE as a textile and bag designer for seven years. Then, she learned glassblowing and ceramics in Denmark to explore new ways of expression in 2021. Since 2022, she has been based in Rotterdam as MAORI KIMURA DESIGN STUDIO.
素材と模様にフォーカスした立体的なテクスチャーを得意とするテキスタイル・バッグデザイナー。
好奇心を刺激するアイデアやテクニックが詰まった「モノ」と時間を過ごすことで、日々を楽しく彩りたいと考えています。
多摩美術大学 生産デザイン学科 テキスタイルデザイン専攻卒業後、 テキスタイル・バッグデザイナーとして ISSEY MIYAKE に7 年間勤務。新たな表現技法を探究するため、2021年にデンマークへ留学し吹きガラスと陶芸を学ぶ。2022年より MAORI KIMURA DESIGN STUDIOとしてRotterdamを拠点に活動しています。
SERVICES
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Bag and Accessory design
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Textile design
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Product design
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Color direction
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Package design
CAREER
2012 BA in Department of Product and Textile Design,
Textile Design Course, Tama Art University
2012 - 2013 Package designer at Nexta corp.
2014 - 2021 Accessory/Textile designer at ISSEY MIYAKE INC.
2021 - Freelance designer
AWARDS
2012 Shimanto Newspaper bag -free category- [Swaying Pleats Bag]
2012 MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL JUNIOR DESIGNER AWARD 2012 Nominated [POP-UP PATTERN]
2012 Got a prise university’s final exhibition [POP-UP PATTERN]
2011 Kamiwaza(Paper craft) award [Bloom coaster]
EHIBITION
2023 The Art of September / Amsterdam, the Netherlands [Floating color]
2013 Milanosalone Contemporaly Japanese Design Exhibition / Milano,Itary [POP-UP PATTERN]
2013 Shanghai International Student Expo / Shanghai, China [POP-UP PATTERN]
2010 HANDMADE IN JAPAN AWARD by creema / Dusseldolf, Germany [with book]
CONFERENCE / LECTURE
2014 The 6th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education/ Tokyo, Japan
2013 Department of Architecture Aichi Institute of Technology/ Nagoya, Japan
PUBLISH
2015 Un nouvel art du pli
-Guillaume; Genevaux, Chloe; Trebbi, Jean-Charles Bounoure- [POP-UP PATTERN]
