Kodai Iwamoto Japan, b. 1991
Kodai Iwamoto (b. 1991, Japan) studied product design at Kobe Design University in Japan. While studying for a bachelor's degree there, he joined a DESIGN SOIL, and when his studies at Kobe were completed, he moved to Lausanne in Switzerland, where he lived for 2 years, gaining practical skills at a master course in École cantonale d'art de Lausanne.
In “PVC Handblowing Project”, Japanese designer Kodai Iwamoto uses glass-blowing techniques to remodel plastic pipes into vases. Tokyo-based Iwamoto began his Plastic
Blowing project with the desire to transform a mass-produced material into a piece of art. He combines the "old-fashioned" manufacturing process of glass-blowing with cheap, readily available PVC pipes that are typically used in plumbing.
Exhibition
2020 - Exhibition Tour by REHOGAR X (Valencia, Spain)
2019 - Exhibition Tour by REHOGAR X (Madrid, Spain)
2019 - Meet My Project (Milan, Italy)
2019 - on Flower Power at La Galleria Nazionale (Rome, Italy)
2019 - DESIGN TRANSFIGURED at Georgetown University Art Galleries (Washington D.C., USA)
2018 - EX-PORTATION (Milan, Italy)
2018 - MATERIAL OF THE YEAR (London, UK)
2018 - Solo Exhibition at Adidas Originals Flagship Store (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 - Exhibition Tour by REHOGAR X (Barcelona, Spain)
2018 - Exhibition Tour by REHOGAR X (Donostia, Spain)
2017 - Re-Importation 02 (Tokyo,Japan)
2016 - Re-Importation(Tokyo, Japan)
2016 - Ventura Lambrate (Milan, Italy)
2015 - Photobooth by Ecal (Milan, Italy)
2014 - Ventura Lambrate 2014(Milan, Italy)
2013 - Salone Satellite 2013(Milan,Italy)
2012 - Salone Satellite 2012(Milan,Italy)
2012 - HABITARE 2012(Helsinki,Finland)
2012 - Eating in Open Air(Joint Project with Aalto University)(Tokyo,Japan)
2012 - Design Tide Tokyo 2012(Tokyo,Japan)
2012 - Living & Design 2012(Osaka,Japan)
2011 - Salone Satellite 2011(Milan,Italy)
2011 - Design Tide Tokyo 2011(Tokyo,Japan)
Education
2014-2016 ECAL, Master in Product design (Lausanne, Switzerland)
2013-2014 Kobe Design University, Ma Product design
2009-2013 Kobe Design University, Ba Product design
Award
2018 - Future Dome Prize Winner
2018 - Dezeen Award, Selected in Short List
2017 - Good Design Award
2017 - Thailand Green Design Awards
2017 - European Product Design Award
2017 - Kagoshima Design Award
