the Editorial Commitee, Artisans & Artists

Architect, born in Tokyo in 1979. Founded ATTA – Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects in Paris, France.

His philosophy, “Archaelogy of the Future”, creates architecture from the memory of the place, bridging the past with the future. Tane’s major works include Estonia, National Musem, Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, the Al Thani Collection - Hôtel de la Marine, and Imperial Hotal Tokyo New Main Building (scheduled for completion in 2036).

Born in 1989 in Kyoto Prefecture. Second son of Mamoru, the 9th generation of Kojima Shoten.

After graduating from high school in 2008, he began training as a lantern craftsman under his father. He inherited the 10th generation together with his older brother Shun, and has been president of Kojima Shoten since 2021. He also produces original uniforms for ateliers.

Born in 1938 on Taketomi Island, Okinawa Prefecture. Graduated from Joshibi College of Art and Design, Department of Fashion Design.

In 1970, she studied under Fukumi Shimura in Kyoto, and in 1980 established “Kuuru Koubo” on Iriomote Island. In 1998, she launched the brand “Maapai” in collaboration with textile designer Chiaki Maki and fashion designer Michiyo Masago. In 1999, she exhibited in Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her life and craft were also featured in the French television program “Au fil du monde: Japon” (2017).

Born in 1958 in Fukuoka Prefecture. Fascinated by the tea ceremony, he aimed to become a kaiseki chef while working at a design firm to learn tearoom design.

In 2004, he moved to Tango and established Studio Tochi, where he began exploring woodworking and textiles. From around 2010, he began working with metal wire textiles.

Born in 1981 in Hiroshima Prefecture. Completed graduate studies in Japanese-style design research at Nihon University and studied tea ceremony.

Graduated in 2006 and joined Fujimori Koumuten, where he currently serves as president. In addition to tea house construction for tea ceremony schools and public facilities, he is involved in the design supervision and renovation of temples, shrines, and private residences. First-class architect.

Born in 1972 in Kyoto Prefecture. After graduating from university, he entered the path of pottery making and inherited the name Zengoro Eiraku in 2021.

In 2023, he held his first post-succession solo exhibition, “Succession Memorial: Senke Jisshoku 18th Zengoro Eiraku Exhibition,” at the Nihonbashi Main Store of the Mitsukoshi Department Store. He is working on reviving the doburo brazier, which is the origin of his family profession.

Born in 1975 in Kyoto Prefecture. After studying product design at a Japanese art university, he went to the United States to study graphic design and worked as a designer in New York.

After returning to Japan and completing approximately five years of training at an established karakami workshop, he opened Kamisoe in 2009.

Born in 1976 in Mie Prefecture. In 2007, he joined a sukiya architecture construction company in Kyoto to study tea house construction.

He was involved in projects including the renovation of tea-rooms as well as sukiya houses in the Nanzenji Temple area. He began woodblock print production and karakami woodblock creation in 2009. He established Kanazawa Moku Seisakusho in 2012.

Born in 1973 in Kyoto Prefecture. After graduating from high school, he trained at Seikodo Nakajima, a mounting workshop for Urasenke tea ceremony practitioners. He became representative of Fujita Gasodo in 2024.

He frequently collaborates with contemporary artists.

Born in 1988 in Nara Prefecture. Completed her doctoral program in Intermedia Art at Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. After experiencing traditional

Japanese dyeing and weaving in Kyoto, and developing an interest in optical illusion effects, she creates paintings by layering gridlike forms with acrylic paint in multiple layers. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Japan, France, Switzerland, and other countries.

Born in Shiga Prefecture in 1974. Torii worked for a construction company specializing in sukiya architecture, which carried out design/construction work including sukiya construction and cultural property restoration.

Then, in 2015, he founded Atelier Kokonoma, a design and construction business focusing on wooden architecture. For residential, commercial and public architecture projects, he engages in discussions from the standpoints of planning, supervision, design and construction.

Born in Tokyo in 1975. After completing a PhD specializing in sculpture and the conservation of cultural assets at the Graduate School of Conservation, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2009, Masuda worked as a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School’s Sculpture (Conservation) Studio from 2009 through 2021. In 2010 he set up Hoju Chokoku Kobo, K.K. In addition to showing his own sculptures, he also crafts Buddhist statues and works on the restoration of cultural properties. Masuda was presented with the Nomura

Art Award in 2009. In 2019 he held a solo exhibition of his wood carvings at Matsuzakaya Nagoya. He has also shown numerous works in group exhibitions and at art fairs.

Born in 1978 in Kyoto Prefecture. After graduating from university, he joined Takamuro Tatami Kogyosho. He married the second daughter of the 6th generation Setsuo Takamuro (whom he had been dating since his student days) and inherited the 7th generation in 2019.

First-class Tatami Production Technician. Full member of the Cultural Property Tatami Technology Preservation Society. The only tatami industry recipient of “Future Master Craftsman” award.

Composer/music producer born in the UK in 1964. Since 1987 he has been based in Tokyo, engaging in numerous projects including music for film and television, as well as brand sound for advertising.

With studios in Tokyo, LA and Lake Towada, in recent years he has expanded his creative range to include music based on his signature sonic storytelling approach, using field recordings.

Born in 1969, Daisuke Igarashi graduated from the Department of Painting in the Faculty of Art and Design at Tama Art University. Upon winning the AFTERNOON Shikishou from Monthly AFTERNOON in 1993, he made his debut as a manga artist.

Igarashi’s major works include Witches, which received an Excellence Award in the Manga Division at the Japan Media Arts Festival, and Children of the Sea, winner of an Excellence Award from the Japan Cartoonists Association. His manga Kamakura BAKE-Neko Club is currently in serialization. In addition to illustrating numerous picture books, Igarashi has also written and illustrated works such as Bus-saurus. He also handled the key visuals for the Aichi Triennale 2025.

Born in Kyoto Prefecture in 1968, Shuji Nakagawa is the third-generation heir of a family of wooden oke [pail/bucket] makers and grew up surrounded by woodworking.

After graduating from Kyoto Seika University’s Faculty of Art, he apprenticed under his father, Kiyotsugu Nakagawa̶a Living National Treasure at Nakagawa Woodworking. In 2003, he opened his own workshop, Nakagawa Woodworking Hira, in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. His distinctive champagne cooler, developed in 2010 with a French champagne brand, earned widespread acclaim. Since then, he has collaborated with designers and artists in Japan and beyond and frequently exhibits his work internationally.

Born in Tokyo in 1985, Noritaka Tatehana graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts where he studied textile arts in the Department of Crafts.

His art draws on traditional Japanese culture and craft techniques to give expression to modern values, Tatehana burst onto the scene with his “Heel-less Shoes,” designed for Lady Gaga. The boldly original footwear, made entirely by hand, has since been acquired for the permanent collection by institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Born in Tottori Prefecture in 1980, Haruo Mitsuta earned his MFA in metal carving from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts.

During his time in school, he met Muneyuki Tomiki often called the last master of jizai okimono, or articulated metal figures and inherited Tomiki’s techniques. Mitsuta has exhibited in the traveling group show Amazing Craftsmanship! since 2017, and the Yonago City Museum of Art showcased his work in a 2023 solo show. Mitsuta’s specialty is his intricate, lifelike renditions of metal insects.

Born in France in 1994, Clara Imbert graduated with highest honors from Central Saint Martins.

Now based in Paris, she works primarily with metal, stone, and other materials with a sense of elemental texture and weight, crafting sculptures and installations inspired by science and the sacred. Her work has been exhibited in both solo and group shows in the UK, France, Portugal, and more.

In 1625, a samurai named Suzuki Echizen no kami Nuidono Ietsuna was summoned from Koshu the home province of the Nanbu clan to serve as an official foundry craftsman.

His arrival began a legacy, one of traditional artisanship that continues today. Since the twelfth generation, each head of the family has inherited the name Morihisa, producing tea kettles, iron kettles, and a range of other ironware using time-honored techniques. The current master, who became the 16th-generation Morihisa Suzuki in 2023, is a full member of the Japan Kōgei Association and the Metal Casting Artists and Craftsperson Association of Japan.

Born in Nancy, France, in 1941, Simone Pheulpin is a textile artist who splits her time between Puteaux (just outside Paris) and the Vosges.

She has received the Grands Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris (2017) and LOEWE Craft Prize (2018). Her works, now in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and other institutions, have garnered international acclaim.

Born in Geneva in 1973, Harumi Klossowska de Rola is a Switzerland-based artist who began designing fine jewelry in 2008.

She has created pieces for prestigious houses including Goossens, Boucheron, and Chopard. In recent years, her creative focus has shifted toward sculpture, with several of her works entering private collections around the world.

Born in 1986, based in Paris. Creates work at the POUSH art residency in Aubervilliers. Sponsored by le19M.

He expresses an outpouring of human emotions through drawings and embroidery using dense color field compositions. Three-dimensional works of imaginary animals are another characteristic. He held a solo exhibition in Los Angeles in 2022, and another in Paris in 2024.

Born in 1963, Xavier Veilhan is based in Paris. Since the late 1980s he has been presenting works inspired by classicism as well as modernity and cutting-edge technology, through a range of media including sculpture, painting, installations and video creation.

One of France’s leading contemporary artists, Veilhan frequently carries out collaborations spanning diverse genres including architecture, music and fashion. In 2022 and 2023 he created the visual universes for three CHANEL haute couture collection shows. Works by Veilhan has been shown in museums such as the Louvre and the Centre Pompidou.

Born in Marseille in 1979, Thomas Mailaender is a multimedia artist whose creative activity spans a diverse range of media and methods including photography, ceramics and collage.

He has classified and reconfigured over 10,000 photos gathered from the internet and other sources and transformed them into original works of art. In this and other projects, he undertakes image reconstruction and materialization incorporating elements of humor and satire.

Born in Strasbourg in 1988, a French artist of Senegalese heritage. Obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2013.

Inspired by Japanese art, moved to Japan in 2018. Carries out expression that fuses African and Japanese traditions through collages using washi paper, ink, and pigments. Has presented works in cities around the world, including London, New York, and Shanghai.

Born in London in 2001, Helena Roux-Dessarps is a Tokyo-based illustrator. Her pictures of nostalgia-evoking scenes, drawn with a delicate touch and bold compositions, have received much attention. In the Mini-Atelier, she has drawn an interactive mural that visitors will take part in completing.

She is also creating illustrations for leaflet and stickers for a children.

Born in 1990. Pauline Guerrier studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

She has since collaborated with numerous artisans in Benin, India, Chile, Morocco, and other countries around the world. She has had residencies at the Fondation Zinsou, Villa Swagatam, and Junqueira Residency. Her work spans various techniques such as drawing, sculpture, and installation, exploring themes of spirituality, ecology, science, and faith. She is represented by several galleries, including Romero Paprocki in Paris, Stems in Brussels, Foco in Lisbon, and IRL in New York.

Founded in New York in 2016 by wig/hair artist Tomihiro Kono and photographer/visual artist Sayaka Maruyama, Konomad is a creative platform now based in Tokyo.

Kono produces artistic wigs and head props, in addition to a variety of work for magazines, fashion shows, advertising, and more. In 2023, the platform created wigs for Björk’s album Fossora. They have also been active in the editorial world with the launch of Konomad Journal in 2025.