Chiori Ito

1966
Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

1990
B.F.A. (Interior Design) Women's College of Fine Arts (Renamed Joshibi University of Art and Design)

1990-1991
Worked for Mayumi Miyawaki Architect & Associates

1999
Launched a design office Chiori Ito Design in Sapporo

2000
M.Ed. Hokkaido University of Education

Awards and Grants

1992-1994
Studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture by a grant from Danish Government

1995
Selected to the First Yupo Design Award

1996
Received Award of Excellence from Sapporo International Design Award (Collaborated with Masaru Miyawaki)

2005
Nominated for Company's Award for Design Competition in Kainan City the Final。

2006
Received the Blond Prize from Dyson: womanfuman.com 2006, Life Changing Design Idea

2007
Selected to Community Design Category of the First Kids Design Award

2007
Received Association's Special Award from DDA Award for Display Design

Exhibitions

2005
Solo Exhibition, LIFE X LIVE: Chiori Ito's Furniture and Design (La Galleria, Sapporo)

2007
Group Exhibition, Forms of Transparency (CAI, Sapporo and Interoffice Showroom, Osaka)

2008
a chair designed for Kimino Isu (Your Chair) Project in 2007, which annually donates original chairs to infants in local districts, was housed to the Asahikawa Museum of Art (Asahikawa)。

2008
Exhibition of , a collaboration unit with Kana Hoshi, Between the Lines (Living Design Gallery, Tokyo)

2011
Group Exhibition, Approach to Art and Design (Room11 Art Space, Sapporo)