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Ken Okuyama (born 1959) is a Japanese industrial designer and owner of the Ken Okuyama Design company. Okuyama formerly worked for Pininfarina designing and supervising projects such as the Enzo Ferrari and Ferrari P4/5.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina: A Dream Come True )〕 His given name is but goes by outside Japan. He was born in the city of Yamagata, Japan, but lives in Italy, speaking Japanese, Italian, and English fluently.〔 ==Career== Okuyama graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1986.〔 For the next 3 years he was a visiting professor at Tohoku University of Art and DesignIn 1991, he returned to teach part-time at the Art Center College of Design in California. Between 2000 and 2004, he was Chair of the Transportation Design Department at the college, but in 2004, he was offered a job at Pininfarina.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ken Okuyama returns to Pininfarina as Creative Director )〕 Ken Okuyama worked for General Motors and Porsche, helping design the new generation Porsche 911 (aka 996) as well as the Boxster.〔 Before moving to Pininfarina, he worked for General Motors in the Advanced Concepts Center in California.〔 On 10 May 2004, Ken Okuyama began work as Creative Director at Pininfarina.〔 He had been working with Pininfarina before, supervising the design of the Enzo Ferrari. As Creative Director Ken oversaw projects including the Ferrari 599, Mitsubishi Colt CZC, Maserati Birdcage 75th and Ferrari P4/5.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ferrari and Pininfarina: The Story Continues )〕 In 2006, Okuyama left Pininfarina and set up his own design firm, Newton Design Lab. In late 2007, Okuyama launched the ''Ken Okuyama Eyes collection'', an eyewear collection manufactured in Japan. In 2008, Ken Okuyama presented his first concept car under his own name - the K.O. 7 Spider, a carbon fiber and unpainted aluminum two-seater. The K.O. 7 was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2008. Ken Okuyama has cooperated with the luxury watch producer TAG Heuer, having fitted the TAG Heuer Grand Carrera at the dashboard of the car. The interior of the concept car was inspired by the design of the TAG Heuer watch. In 2008, Ken Okuyama's design studio produced the first 20 models of the K.O. 7 Spider, already pre-sold to an 'inner circle' of designer's fans. It was followed by the production of 99 cars in 2009 and 99 more in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ken Okuyama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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