Architect, Product Designer. Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1937. He established Kurokawa Masayuki Architect Studio (http://www.k-system.net/) in 1967, Butsugaku Research Institute (http://www.k-system.net/butsugaku/) in 1998, and Designtope Co. Ltd. (http://www.designtope.net/) in 2001. He is a guest professor at Kyoto Seika University (Japan), Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design (Japan), and Fudan University (China). Received Ph.D from Kanazawa College of Art (Japan). He is a member of Japan Industrial Designers’ Association, Japan Design Committee, The Japan Institute of Architects, Japan inter-design forum, and more.

Publications
“Archigraph” Masayuki Kurokawa×Koichi Inakoshi (1992, TOTO Publishing)
“Design Mandala” (2004, Kyuryudo)
“Design No Shujihou (Rhetoric of Design)” (2006, Kyuryudo)
“Yattsu No Nihon No Biishiki (Eight Japanese Senses of Beauty)” (2006, Kodansha)
“Design To Shi (Design and Death)” (2009, Socym Shuppan) and more
Prizes
Mainichi Design Award (Japan)
The Good Design Award (Japan)
iF Design Award (Germany) and more

Collections
The Museum of Modern Art in New York (USA), The Denver Art Museum (USA), and Metropolitan Museum of Art (USA) and more