Kossi Aguessy

human
Ein sex anaa gender	male
Ein country of citizenship	Togo
Birth name	Kossigan Aguessy
Name wey dem give am	Kossi
Family name	Aguessy
Ein date of birth	17 April 1977
Place dem born am	Lomé
Date wey edie	19 April 2017
Place wey edie	Toulouse
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	French
Ein occupation	designer
Educate for	Central Saint Martins
Dema official website	http://www.kossiaguessy.biz

Kossi Aguessy (1977–2017; ein full name KossiGan Baaba-Thunde Aguessy) be Togolese den Brazilian industrial designer den artist. He go live for United Kingdom, United States den France.

Biography

Dem born am April 17, 1977, insyd Lomé, Togo, Aguessy study industrial den interior design at de Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design insyd London.

Independent since 2004, na he collaborate plus de StarkNetwork insyd Paris before he establish ein eponymous studio insyd Paris, France, insyd 2008, while he sanso dey take for de role of art director give de London-based, pan-African television channel VoxAfrica, wer na he be responsible for de visual den broadcasting identity of de media.

Insyd 2008, ein Useless Tool, a chair he manufacture wey he use military aircraft technology, make international design headlines during de Please Do Not Sit exhibition insyd Paris.

Insyd 2009, ein self-produced Sparkling Joke coffee table, he design dey use recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles den caps, catch de eye of Coca-Cola. He begin a collaboration plus dem, wey dey lead to de creation of de Coca Cola Sustainable Design Awards trophy den a set of furniture dem make plus de US beverages company den of recycled materials.

Insyd 2010, na dem feature Aguessy plus chaw of ein works, wey dey include ein emblematic Useless Chair, de Soissons porcelain floor lamp, den de 3some vase, by de Museum of Arts and Design insyd New York City insyd de Global Africa Project, an exhibition co-curate by Lowery Stokes Sims, MAD ein Charles Bronfman International Curator, den Leslie King-Hammond. Na ein work^[1] be part of de MAD Museum ein permanent collection since 2011.

Aguessy ein research insyd new manufacturing technologies den sustainable energy sources lead am to de establishment of de first Fab Lab (FabricationLaboratory), organize by de French Industrial Prospective den de Centre Pompidou, insyd Porto-Novo, Benin, insyd February 2012.

Dat same year, he design den manufacture Koss, de official 2012 present give de presidency of de United Nations Security Council, wey he conceive The Guardian, de monument wey dey celebrate de 50th anniversary of Togolese independence, while de Beaubourg Museum ein Multiversités Créatives exhibition showcase de designer ein first Benin Designed pieces.

Insyd 2013 The KossiAguessy Studio move from Paris to London den New York.

Na Aguessy ein works dey insyd de permanent collection of de Beaubourg museum collection since 2013. As such, he cam turn de first African-descent designer wey get a nominative section insyd de French contemporary arts den design museum.

Aguessy die for April 17, 2017.^[2]

Awards den exhibitions

Biographiques, Paris, 2003
Biographiques, Art Shanghaï SAF, Shanghai, China, 2004/2005
France 5 Exhibition, Paris, France, 2005
Performance, ArtParis, France, 2006
Fifi Design Awards 2007, Best 20 Perfume design, 2007
Please Do Not Sit, Tools Gal, Paris, 2008
WallPapper UK 10 best Design Awards, 2010
Sustainable Design Award, 2010
Freeze Art London, UK, 2010
G.A.P, Museum of Arts and Design MAD, New York USA, 2010–2011^[3]
Permanent Collection, MoMA ps1, 2011
Conversation(s), Bensimon Gal, Paris, 2011^[4]
Permanent Collection, Museum of Arts and Design MAD, New-York USA, 2011^[5]
Multiversités Créatives, Musée George Pompidou/ Beaubourg, Paris, France, 2012^[6]
Magic, Bensimon Gal, Paris, 2012^[4]
BrancoNegro, Artcurial, Paris, 2012
Permanent Collection, Musée George Pompidou/ Beaubourg, Paris, France, 2013
Making Africa - A Continent of Contemporary Design, Vitra Design Museum, Germany, 2015
OCTOBRE ORANGE, Vallois Gallery, Paris, 2015

References

↑ Hamelo, Gameli (2023-12-28). "Togo's First Major Art Park Is Helping the Country Reclaim Its Heritage: 'This Place Is Now Ours'". ARTnews.com (in American English). Retrieved 2024-01-20.
↑ Daniel, Jon (2015-09-24). "Kossi Aguessy: "Protesting is fine, but doing is even better"". Design Week (in English). Retrieved 2021-12-30.
↑ "The Global Africa Project Explores the Impact of African Visual Culture on Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design around the World". madmuseum.org (in English). Retrieved 2021-12-30.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Kossi Aguessy, designer sur Gallery S. Bensimon". Archived from the original on 2013-12-17.
↑ "Museum of Arts and Design Collection Database". Archived from the original on 2013-08-12.
↑ "L'évènement Multiversités créatives - Centre Pompidou".

Sources

Centre Georges Pompidou ressources, Archived 2015-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
MAD Museum resources

External links

[1] Hamelo, Gameli (2023-12-28). "Togo's First Major Art Park Is Helping the Country Reclaim Its Heritage: 'This Place Is Now Ours'". ARTnews.com (in American English). Retrieved 2024-01-20.

[2] Daniel, Jon (2015-09-24). "Kossi Aguessy: "Protesting is fine, but doing is even better"". Design Week (in English). Retrieved 2021-12-30.

[3] "The Global Africa Project Explores the Impact of African Visual Culture on Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design around the World". madmuseum.org (in English). Retrieved 2021-12-30.

[:0-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Kossi Aguessy, designer sur Gallery S. Bensimon". Archived from the original on 2013-12-17.

[5] "Museum of Arts and Design Collection Database". Archived from the original on 2013-08-12.

[6] "L'évènement Multiversités créatives - Centre Pompidou".

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