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Kita Toshiyuki: Designs for a Better Japan
INTERVIEWER You have worked in a number of countries around the world.
Do approaches to design differ from country to country?
KITA TOSHIYUKI There’s a design boom underway in Asia at the moment. Countries are taking design seriously as a project of national importance.
China in particular has announced its intention to develop design as a “new resource.” The government has set up specialist design departments in more than a thousand universities. Over 600,000 students are currently enrolled in design courses in China.
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Photo: Luigi Sciuccati
Chinese companies that used to focus on contract-basis production are now working hard to build their own brands.
Design is a big thing right now.
Toshiyuki Kita, Jon Pawson, Deyan Sudjic and Tony Chambers attend the Loewe Craft Prize at The Design Museum on May 3, in London.The huge Chinese market is bringing a new energy to design. A similar kind of design fever can be seen in Korea, where major design centers have been built. Seoul has ambitions to become a hub city for design in the Far