Born in Japan in 1979. Yota Kakuda moved to London in 2003 where he gained experience under AZUMI and Ross Lovegrove. After earning his MA in product design at the Royal College of Art, he moved back to Tokyo in 2008 to join Muji as a product designer. In 2011 he established the eponymous design studio Yota Kakuda Design in Tokyo where he has collaborated with companies such as Ligne Roset, Kirin, Muji and JINS.
