NEW COLORS! (january, 2010)
new colors like tomato, peach, sakura and rose have joined the lineup of utan dolls on limited edition. you can get it only at designboom shop. buy now
utan doll's exhibited in designboom UNICEF exhibition in korea (october, 2009)
two of first utan dolls from the designboom archive were exhibited at
the 'design for the world' exhibition, in which each item was auctioned off to raise money for the good cause of UNICEF. more
yasuyuki senda was born in kyoto, japan. he studied architecture and design at the kyoto institute of technology and at the politecnico di milano and later worked in milan at studio facente. after returning to japan in 1998, he worked at his family business, studio karacho makers of karakami (wood-printed paper). he trained as a craftsman under his father and worked as director of the workshop. since 2006, he has worked as a freelance designer.
official capacity
architect prize
tsunami memorial design competition for the government of thailand:
honorable mention (2005)
park and ride traffic sign design contest for national land and transportation ministry, japan:
grand prix (2005) exhibition
designboom mart at ICFF, new york (2006)
designboom mart at 100%design tokyo (2006)
designboom mart at saint etienne 5th biennial international design festival (2006)
designboom mart at the seoul design olympiad (2008)
designboom UNICEF auction in seoul: design for the world (2009)