Leo Koda begins with unconventional ideas and sensitively refines them into functional products. By integrating these ideas into everyday objects, he challenges the stereotypes that arise from familiarity. Leo Koda (1997) is from Japan and based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He graduated in 2022 with a Master’s degree in Product Design from ECAL, Switzerland.
EDUCATION
2020 - 2022
ECAL / École cantonale d'art de Lausanne

MA Product design

2018
Yamagiwa Art Foundation

Scholarship

2016 - 2020
Musashino Art University

Industrial, Interior, Craft Design

2013 - 2016
Sakuyakonohana High School

Image Arts and Design

2010 - 2013
Sakuyakonohana Junior High School

Arts and Design

EXHIBITION
2025
GOOD SELECTION

Milan Design Week, IT

2025
Salone Satellite 2025

Rho Fiera / Milan Design Week, IT

2025
Crafting Plastic

Design Biennale Rotterdam, NL

2025
Vitra

Showroom, Copenhagen, DK

2024
Dutch Design Week

Piet Hein Eek, Eindhoven, NL

2024
Paris Design Week Factory 2024

Maison et Objet, Paris, FR

2024
Featured Projects 2024

THE CAMPUS, Tokyo, JP

2023
Above the Fallow Land

Dutch Design Week / Eindhoven, NL

2023
Five Artists Under 30

Designart Tokyo / Tokyo, JP

2023
The Series curated by Modern Design Review

Vienna Design Week / Vienna, AT

2023
Spiral Independent Creators Festival (SICF)

Spiral Tokyo / Tokyo, JP

2022
Rossana Orlandi GP

Qatar Museums - M7 / Doha, QAT

2021
"LOOK INTO THE CURVE"

DESIGNERT TOKYO 2021 Tokyo, JP

2021
The Lost Graduation Show

Rho Fiera / Salone del Mobile, Supersalone, Milan, IT

2021
Rossana Orlandi GP

Leonardo da vinci Museum / Fuori Salone, Milan, IT