Design ideas stretching to infinity.
His hot products with wide appeal include fabric, tote bags and re-usable bottles.
Katoh is an active artist and has also illustrated children's as well as adult picture books.
In the 70's, he began creating many designs and plans, working with a variety of mediums. These items would be sold domestically as well as overseas.
After working as chief designer for a stationery company, he designed goods incorporating ceramic, wood, melamine, glass, towel, tote bags and T shirts,while continuing to work on illustrated books.
Gakken has published thirteen of Katoh's children's books. Yet another of his books was chosen for a prestigious Japanese children's book award.
He earned a good reputation as the designer who created the“Solarbear” character.
The book “Solarbear” was published in 2006 by Sony Magazines. It is a cute story educating people about the problems of global warming. http://www.solarbear.jp
This year, 2008, he will illustrate three additional children's books.
Katoh's creations are gaining popularity overseas and have been shown at exhibitions such as Maison & Objet in Paris and NYIGF in New York.
His products are currently available at MoMA in San Francisco, Le Bon Marche in Paris and many gift（zakka) shops all over the world.
Presently, Katoh is hard at work on many kinds of new products as well as oil paintings to be shown at a private exhibition in New York City.
Adjacent to his studio, his own atelier shop & private gallery has become a special destination for travelers worldwide.

www.shinzikatoh.com(Japan）
www.shinzikatoh.co.uk（United Kingdam）　
www.shinzikatoh.co.kr（Korea）
www.shinzi-katoh.co.kr（Korea）

■ Work

"Shinzi Katoh Design Office" is a design and planning company in Japan.
We create and manufacturer goods such as tableware, fabric, stationery etc. with partners, and big enterprises in Japan.
Our goods are well known for there sophistication and unique design so they are expanding to all over Japan.
Also we are broadening our horizons to make inroads into foreign markets.
It is no exaggeration to say that we are in the front line of the trade of Japanese design.

If you feel interested in our design, planning or products, please feel free to contact us.
It is possible to design original ZAKKA or characters for you.

email: shopping@shinzikatoh.com



■ Products

Cups, plates, cutlery, bags, notebooks, clocks, towels, stuffed toys etc. The number of our items is in the thousands
and growing everyday.
Every piece is unique and easy to use, so we have many collectors..
In Japanese, we call these goods ZAKKA they make people feel happy and exist comfortable air.
This is what we always keep in our heart when we create new designs.