Shin Azumi was born in Kobe, Japan in 1965. After finishing his MA in Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art in 1994, he started working as a designer and in 2005, he established his own firm ?a studio’ in London. His works have been widely published and awarded both in Europe and in Japan and shown in exhibitions in museums such as Victoria & Albert Museum (UK), Design Museum (UK), British Council (UK), and Vitra Design Museum (Germany). His works were also acquired as permanent collection by Stedelijk Museum (Holland), Crafts Council (UK), and Die Neue Sammlung (Germany).