Began designing in Japan and Milano from 1969. Since then, Kita has
designed many best-seller products from European and Japanese
manufacturers world-wide. Many of his works are selected for permanent
collections in world famous museums such as The Museum of Modern Art in
New York (MOMA), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), etc. He is also very
active in revitalizing and promoting local Japanese traditional crafts
and industries as well. He is the Director of the international trade
fair for home and lifestyle renovation “LIVING & DESIGN”
and proponent of Japanese lifestyle renovation, the “RENOVETTA”
project. Professor, The Osaka University of Arts. In 2015, his
invitational exhibition “Il Lusso Della Natura” was held at Chiesa San
Domenico Church in ALBA. Multi-international awards includes the 1990
“Delta de Oro (Gold Prize)” Award of Spain and the prize “carrier
internazionale of Compasso d’Oro” of Italy in 2011. In 2016, he served
as The International Jury of Compasso d’Oro, Italy. He was bestowed with
the honorary title of “Commendatore” by the Italian republic, in 2017.
Received an “Intellectual Property Achievement Awards” from Japan Patent Office (JPO) in 2018.
His recent publications include “Power of Design”, “Local Industry + Design”, “Venture for Design”, and many more.