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Satoshi Sugie

Satoshi Sugie


Satoshi Sugie

Born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in 1982. Graduated from the Department of Business Administration at the Ritsumeikan University and the Tokyo Communication Arts School. Handled exterior design at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.fs design headquarters. Started the Smile Park design project in May, 2009. Strives to create products while sending real-life messages from around the world. He is an athlete who believes that encountering new people is the greatest form of education. (Played on the basketball team from elementary to high school and made it to the interscholastic athletic meet. Joined the boxing team in college and continued on to be named Kyoto Prefecturefs Featherweight Rookie of Year and finished third place in the featherweight class at the Kinki Tournament.)


- Designer Comments -

I used to watch as my mother made barley tea at home every day and poured it into plastic bottles. There was something inherently dull about these re-used bottles placed at the table. Could there be a way to enrich and beautify how these plastic bottles are re-used? This simple question led to the creation of the Heart Bottle Cap.