LEADING EDGE DESIGN corp. [Office] Phone: +81 03 6302 0632 email info@lleedd.com Shunji Yamanaka Designer, Founder 1982 B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering), the University of Tokyo, Japan 1982-1987 Exterior Designer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. 1987 Freelance Industrial Designer 1991-1994 Associate Professor, the Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan 1994-2013 President, LEADING EDGE DESIGN corp. 2008-2013 Professor, the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, Japan 2014 Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan [Awards and Honors] INFINITI Q45: Good Design, MITI, Japan, 1989 Ecru: Selected in the Innovative Design in Germany, 1992 Tagtype: iF Product Design Award, Germany, 2001 NTT DoCoMo OnQ: Good Design Award, 2004 / iF Product Design Award, Germany, 2005 OXO Daikon Grator: Good Design Award Gold Prize, 2006 Aimulet LA: Good Design Award Ecology Design Prize, 2006 Mainichi Design Award, the Designer of the Year in Japan 2004