Yoshimi Kono is president of Kono Designs, a New York City based design firm.
He was previously a partner at Vignelli Associates working as a product, graphic and interior designer.
Mr. Kono was born in Japan and received a degree in architecture at Tama Art University in Tokyo in 1981.
He joined Shigeru Uchida at Studio 80 in Tokyo as a designer and in 1984 he was promoted chief designer.
He has worked on a wide range of projects including showrooms for Artemide and Poltrona Frau; product, packaging and retail design; set design for Radio Televisione Italiana; Sasaki Crystal tableware; and design in the field of graphic and publications.
Examples of Mr. Kono’s work have appeared in numerous international publications, and his honors include awards from the Japan Display and Sign Design Associations.
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