Architect Takashi Sugimoto, born in Tokyo in 1945,
studied metal sculpture before graduating from the Crafts Course of
the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music
in 1968. He founded Super Potato in 1973 and became a professor at
the Musashino University of Fine Arts in 1992. He received the
Mainichi Design Award in 1985 and 1986, as well as the Interior
Design Association Award in 1992.
Mira Locher is an architect and professor who works in the
U.S. and Japan. She studied at Smith College before receiving her
Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
After working for Team Zoo Atelier Mobile in Japan for seven years,
she set up an architectural practice in the U.S. with Takayuki
Murakami. Mira Locher is Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the
University of Manitoba (Canada). She is the author of Super Potato
Design, Zen Gardens and Zen Garden Design.
"We do not live only with clear-cut forms; rather, we exist in a world of forms that are often indistinct and vague." --Takashi Sugimoto, architect
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