Leo Koda is a Product Designer from Japan based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Behind his playful ideas and crazy approach lies a delicate understanding of process and deep background research.
From the age of 12, he specialized in Art and Design from secondary education, graduating in 2022 with a Master Product Design from ECAL, Switzerland.
Leo Koda (1997) は 12 歳よりアート・デザインを中等教育課程より専攻し修了する。
遊び心に満ちたアイデアと軽快なアプローチの裏には、 一見すると想像できないような、プロセスへの繊細な理解と背景への深いリサーチが備えられている。
2022 年にスイスの ECAL を卒業後、オランダの Eindhoven に自身のデザインスタジオを構える。.
EDUCATION
2020 - 2022
ECAL / École cantonale d'art de Lausanne
MA Product design
2018
JIN KURAMOTO STUDIO
Internship
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
2023
Five Artists Under 30
Designart Tokyo / Tokyo, JP
2023
Behind the back
Dutch Design Week / Eindhoven, NL
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
2020
Graduation Show
Musashino Art University Tokyo, JP
2019
"Speed Flat"
Joshibi Art Museum Tokyo, JP
2018
"Speed Flat"
AXIS GALLERY Tokyo, JP