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Kazuhide Takahama was a Japanese designer born in Miyazaki, Japan..
Kazuhide Takahama
Kazuhide Takahama was born in Miyazaki on the Japanese island of Kyushu, in He graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in and went on to join the practice of architect Kazuo Fujioka.
Shortly after, he oversaw the design of the Japanese Pavilion for the Milan Triennale, which proved to be a life-changing event – when he met Dino Gavina, the founder of Gavina SpA (now part of Knoll), Simon International (now part of Cassina), and began a lifelong collaboration with him.
This successful relationship resulted in Takahama releasing several designs through Gavina.
Takahama was fascinated by modern art and was especially taken with the Dada movement of the early 20th century, which proved to be a constant.In , Knoll aquired Gavina. Takahama released three lounge collections during this time — the Marcel, Raymond and Suzanne (named after Takahama’s sister). They were all added to Knoll’s portfolio. The Suzanne () became the most popular collections, remaining in the catalog while the others were removed.
In , Takahama moved to Italy after being persuaded by Gavina to make a permanent