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Ayako Aratani is a furniture designer and sculptor based in Detroit. She was born and raised in Japan, where she studied product design at Chiba University, graduating in 2007. In 2016, she received her Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art in the 3D design department. Her work embraces organic irregularities that are found in handmade beauty and warmth. Focusing on brass brazing and upholstery sewing, she explores design possibilities to push the boundaries of what furniture can be.
Her expertise and contributions to the field of design have been widely recognized, and she has received numerous prestigious awards. These include the iF Design Award, UNESCO Design City World Wide Things Collection, MUJI International Design Award Bronze prize, Good Design Award, and Saku City Chair Design Competition Gold prize. Her work has been featured in many prominent exhibitions, including a solo show as part of the Aratani Fay duo at Salon Gallery, the group exhibition “”Never Normal”” at Wasserman Project Gallery, and selected group exhibitions at the ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan, the Architectural Design Digest Show in NYC, Salone Satellite in Milan, Collective Design in NYC, and the Interior Design Show in Toronto.
Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom
From Computer
Log in and start your Zoom session with participants
From Phone
To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera