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Thomas Meyerhoffer is a Swedish designer, innovator and entrepreneur.He is the owner and principal designer of Meyerhoffer Inc., an award-winning design firm. He is also regarded as one of the more progressive surfboard shapers in the world and is the founder of his own surf brand. Meyerhoffer believes in design which connects with people on a deeper level through form and innovation. He is the recipient of multiple international design awards such as D&AD, IDEA, IF and (Red Dot Awards ). In addition, Meyerhoffer has been a participant in major design exhibitions in the Cooper Hewitt , San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Design Museum London. His projects have included Apple, Cappellini, Coca-Cola, Cynthia Rowley, (Griffin ), Danger, Neil Pryde, Nike, (Orrefors ), (Smith ), Puma, Sony Ericsson, The North Face and Vulcan Ventures. ==Early life== Meyerhoffer was born in 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden. Before attending university, Meyerhoffer served his compulsory service in the Swedish Armed Forces Medical Care Division. Afterwards, Meyerhoffer originally attended the St. Martins College of Art in London. Realizing he wanted more from his design education, after three months, he applied to Art Center College of Design in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland. At Art Center, Meyerhoffer was the recipient of the Dr. Tech. Marcus Wallenberg Foundation Scholarship and spent two (exchange) semesters studying at the Art Center campus in Pasadena, California. During his semesters in Pasadena, he will admit to spending a lot of time driving his beloved 1968 Lincoln Continental 2-Door Coupe around California, and traveling to Maui to surf and windsurf. During his last year of studies, Meyerhoffer won the Sony Design Vision - International Student Design Competition for his design/invention of WallGame, an in-home entertainment interaction console. This award included him receiving the highest honor and his first travel experience to Japan in which he visited Sony Headquarters in Kyoto and traveled around for 10 days. He also won the Gold Star (now known as LG) Design Award for his innovation of the Syntais, portable composting product. Meyerhoffer graduated with honors, a B.S. in Industrial Design from Art Center College of Design, Switzerland. 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「Thomas Meyerhoffer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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