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