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Umeda Hiroki (surname-given name)
humeda(at)studioume.net

industrial designer

1966 born in Japan

Professional experience
2005- Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai, Japan
2000- studio UME, Helsinki, Finland (moved to Sendai, Japan in 2005)
1991-97 Design Center, Canon Inc., Tokyo, Japan

Educational background
1998-2000 Dept. of Industrial Design, Dept. of Ceramics and Glass, University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, Finland
1991 Master of Engineering
1985-91 Department of Industrial Design, Chiba University, Japan

Exhibitions, prizes, etc.
2005 "Designersblock 2005", Studio Zeta, Milan, Italy (tableware, etc.)
2004 Exhibition "AKKUNA", Finnland-Institut in Deutschland, Berlin, Germany (tableware, etc.)
2003 Exhibition "night! night! night!", Shop iO, Tokyo, Japan (tableware, etc.)
2002 Exhibition "Design in Finland", Gallery Espacio Diedro, Madrid, Spain (tableware, etc.)
2002 Toyama Product Design Competition(invited designer), Toyama+Tokyo, Japan (furniture)
2002 Exhibition "Seiskarin Helmi", The Housing Fair 2002, Kotka, Finland (tableware)
2001 Exhibition "miksei", Version Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (tableware, etc.)
2001 Exhibition "EDGE", Finnish Embassy, London, U.K. (tableware, etc.)
2000 Exhibition "think 2000", Ateneum, National Museum of Art, Helsinki, Finland (porcelain tableware set)
2000 CFL dedicated Lighting Design Competition, European Commission (lighting)
1999 Exhibition "Accident", Rautatalo, Helsinki, Finland (sculpture)
1998 Exhibition "Shelters", INTO Gallery, Helsinki, Finland (lighting)
1998 International Jewellery Art Exhibition "Narratives" Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland (jewellery)
1996 Japanese Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan (vase)
1995 Good Design award, Japan (copy machine "Canon PC770")
1995 iF award, Germany (copy machine "Canon PC770")
1994 Lighting Object Exhibition, Gifu, Japan (lighting)