Shizuka Tatsuno

Creative Director & Designer, Shizuka Tatsuno Studio​ ​Inc.

Creative Director and Designer. She graduated from Kingston University in London with a Product & Furniture Design degree and established her design studio in 2011. She specializes in exploring the hidden potential in things and elevating them to visible forms by creating practical tools and emotive objects. Beyond design, she is deeply involved in design aesthetics, conceptualization and development, and product planning, which form a brand's core. She strives to create simple expressions that focus on the project's key concepts. Her work extends beyond traditional frameworks, encompassing various fields around product design, including art direction, exhibition space direction, food design, and art production.

A member of the judges of the Good Design Award and the judge of Takaoka Craft Competition, and has received numerous awards, including the ELLE DECOR Japan edition Young Japanese Design Talents award and the Good Design Award. Please scroll below to view other past projects under Awards / Exhibition

2011

Established her own design office

2013

Received the Grand Prix Award of Japan Traditional Craft Forum 2013

2014

Received the Grand Prix Award of Kagoshima New Specialty Products Contest 2014

2015

Selected in The Wonder 500™

Received the Discover Japan Award for SHIZUKA TATSUNO Booth in rooms 34

2015-2018

Assumed the position of Part-time Instructor – Department of Design, Nihon University College of Art

2016

Received ELLE DECOR Young Japanese Design Talents

Received OMOTENASHI Selection

Received JIDA Design Museum Selection

2017

Established “Shizuka Tatsuno Studio Inc.” Design Office

Received the Grand Prix Award of the Yamaguchi Prefecture special product promotion prize

Received TOPAWARDS ASIA

Selected in Trends at Ambiente 2017 for “hiiro”

2018

Received the Good Design Award

Received the Best Buyer’s Choice prize (Grand Prix Award) at the Interior Lifestyle Exhibition

2020

Judge for the Good Design Award

Received the Good Design Award

2021-2023

Judge for the Good Design Award
Judge for the Takaoka Craft Contest