Yusuke Kawai

Yusuke Kawai began as an industrial designer at Toshiba, working on mobile phones, smartphones and laptops, then moved to Germany for roughly four years at Design3, working with Miele, B. Braun, LG, Huawei, Fujitsu and Toshiba across research, concept development and product design. Back in Japan he spent about two years at a local studio before opening his own practice, now run as Yusuke Kawai Studio in Tokyo.

His process runs from research through rapid physical and digital exploration to manufacturability, with AI folded into concept and visualisation. The Kawara collection for Pedrali, born from a self-initiated proposal, won the Stylepark Selected Award 2025 and reached more than 50 international outlets. He also represents Design3 Japan and teaches at Musashino Art University, with Good Design, iF and Red Dot awards.