Masayo Ave

Born in Tokyo in 1962, Masayo Ave is a graduate of architecture from Hosei University in Tokyo and completed a Master’s degree in industrial design at the Domus Academy in Milan. In 1992, she founded her own design studio “Ave design corporation” and, in 2000, established the design collection “MasayoAve creation”. Her projects, widely ranged from daily objects to architecture and from modern handicraft to mass product, have been developed in a perfect harmony of tradition and advanced technology. Her ingenious originality is based on her artistic research into the potential value of materials. She has received international acclaim in various fields of design. Since 2004, she is a guest professor at the University of the Arts in Berlin.



Corona di Muse hand-pleated scarf, Produced by MasayoAve creation, 2002

References: Authentics, DuPont Corian, Yamaha and many others.

Publications: “Sound of Material”, École des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Étienne, France 2001; Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy 2003; Musée de la Céramique, Vallauris, France 2004; Berlin University of the Arts, Germany 2004; Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy 2005; Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia 2006; “Spirit Garden”, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan 2006.

Awards: Napoleon Bulkian Foundation Textile Design Competition, France 1991; Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany 1996 (Grant); Paris Emballage 96 Package Design Competition, France 1996; ICFF Editors Awards, USA 2000; Chaumont Contemporary Garden Design Competition, France 2004; Le Corti Garden Design Competition, Italy 2004 (1st prize); Architektur & Wohnen Mentor Award 2006.

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