Kenji Ekuan

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Kenji Ekuan
Native name 榮久庵 憲司
Born (1929-09-11)September 11, 1929
Tokyo
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Tokyo
Residence Japan
Nationality Japanese
Alma mater Tokyo University of the Arts
Occupation Industrial designer
Organization GK Design Group
Website www.gk-design.co.jp

Kenji Ekuan (榮久庵 憲司 Ekuan Kenji?, September 11, 1929 – February 8, 2015) was a Japanese industrial designer, best known for creating the design of the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle.

Biography

Born in Tokyo on September 11, 1929, Ekuan spent his youth in Hawaii.[1] At the end of World War II, he moved to Hiroshima, where he witnessed the atomic bombing of the city, in which he lost his sister and his father, a Buddhist priest. He said the devastation motivated him to become a "creator of things".[2][3] Later he attended Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (present-day Tokyo University of the Arts). In 1957, he founded GK Industrial Design Laboratory (ＧＫインダストリアルデザイン研究所?).[1] "GK" stood for "Group of Koike", as Koike was the name of an associate professor at the university.[4]

In 1970, he became president of the Japan Industrial Designers' Association and five years later he was elected as president of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.[5]

During his lifetime he served as chair of the Japan Institute of Design, dean of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture was and a trustee of the Art Center College of Design.[3]

Ekuan died in the hospital in Tokyo on February 8, 2015, at the age of 85.[1]

Selected works

Products that Ekuan oversaw the design of included the following.

  • Kikkoman soy sauce bottle

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    Yamaha VMAX

Railway vehicles

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    Narita Express 253 series

  • E3 Series Shinkansen

  • Narita Express E259 series

Logos

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Government logo

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    Ministop store logo

  • Japan Racing Association logo.svg

    Japan Racing Association logo

He also served as co-general producer for the World Design Exposition 1989 held in Nagoya.[9]

Honors and awards

Published books

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References

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External links

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