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Azusa Murakami (born 1984) is a Japanese architect, artist, and designer. She is the co-founder of art collectives Studio SWINE and A.A.Murakami.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Azusa Murakami was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1984.[3]
She graduated from University College London, Bartlett School of Architecture, with a Bachelor's degree in Architecture in 2006. She attended the Royal College of Art in the MA Design Products programme in 2010.[4] She was a student of Jurgen Bey and Tord Boontje.[5]
In 2011 she founded the art collective Super Wide Interdisciplinary New Explorers (Studio SWINE) with her husband and partner Alexander Groves.[6][7] Working together as both SWINE and A.A.Murakami, the duo have created works such as New Spring, Meteorite Shoes,[8] Metropolis I,[9] Sea Chair, and the Humble Administrator’s Chair and Table.[10][11] Murakami has collaborated with companies such as Swedish brand COS,[12] the BMW group,[13] and participated in the Craft x Tech initiative's Tohoku Project..[14][15] Her work is in the the Design Museum Gent,[16] the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), and a number of private collections, as well as having been exhibited by other institutions.[17][18][19][20] Shewas was also included in the What is Luxury? exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum and participated in the 56th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition.[3][1]
Azusa has been recognised with awards from the Cannes Film Festival, Designers of the Future (Swarovski), and Wallpaper* magazine.
She has spoken at Design Indaba,[21] and participated as a member of the jury for the 2019 Dezeen Design Awards.[22]
Gallery of works
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References
[edit]- 1 2 Gopnik, Blake (11 December 2020). "The Mixed Message of Earth-Friendly Design". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ↑ Roux, Caroline (2017-12-01). "Studio Swine: art world bubbles". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- 1 2 "Working in Design Abroad: A Field Expanding to the Ends of the Earth｜松本優真／行政・建築・都市・デザイン分野の書籍企画・編集". note（ノート）. 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ "Azusa Murakami". Royal College of Art. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ Ray, Debika (2017-04-03). "Studio Swine: "If something can cross the line from being repulsive to desirable, then that is all the stronger"". ICON Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "How Studio Swine Uses Technology to Bring Us Closer to Nature". Whitewall. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Studio Swine". Ala Champ. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ↑ "Meteorite Shoes by Studio Swine". www.frameweb.com. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Metropolis I". Studio Swine. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ "Humble Administrator's". Studio Swine. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ "Studio Swine's Experimental Design Changes Perceptions – and Tells Stories". Azure. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "A New Spring in Milan with Studio Swine and COS". www.culturedmag.com. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "A.A.Murakami's new immersive art installation SYMBIOSIS premiers at Art Basel in Basel 2026". BMW. June 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ "Participating designers". Craft x Tech. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Metropolis. I". Craft x Tech. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ "Sea Chair No. 8 – Studio Swine & Kieren Jones". Design Museum Gent. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Azusa Murakami | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Floating World: A.A.Murakami (May 4–September 21, 2025)". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ "Balloon Museum - A.A.Murakami". Balloon Museum (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ "Beyond the Horizon". Centre d'Art Santa Mònica. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
- ↑ "Studio Swine on making sustainable design desirable". Design Indaba. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Azusa Murakami | Judges | Dezeen Awards". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
External links
[edit]- Official site
- Azusa Murakami at the Museum of Modern Art
- Explore art deco Miami with Studio Swine, brief CNN Style interview