Leather slippers and room shoes produced by Ninomiya Goro Shoten, a manufacturer of leather bags and accessories, as part of the Sumida Contemporary project. They were designed with the intent of creating indoor footwear that is well-made, long-lasting, and will age well – in contrast with many commonly available slippers.
Born in Tokyo, in 1980. From 2001 moved to Finland, studied Furniture design at Lahti Polytechnic (2001–2004 BA), and University of Art and Design Helsinki (Aalto University) for Postgraduate studies (2005–2008 MA). Since 2008, back to Japan, and he has been a designer at Jasper Morrison Tokyo Studio. Beside of that, established own design studio "kumano" in 2011, and works for interior, furniture, product design and project management, internationally. In 2021, he was inaugurated associate professor for Musashino Art University.
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