About

Being born and raised in the Netherlands while having Asian roots influenced my look on the world and its cultures. It gave me a broad perspective.
As a designer I believe in flexibility and adaptability. Living in the 21st century, the digital world is accessible anytime and anywhere on your mobile phone or computer. Also we can travel the real world by jumping on the airplane, we can be nearly anywhere on the world within 24 hours, in a complete different world with other people, colors, nature, buildings, customs, ideas and products. These technological advances have made us, western people, world citizens.
World citizens are no longer tied to one particular place, city or country. Whether it’s for leisure or work, people are increasingly mobile, and this has effect on the way we live. It requests flexibility and adaptability. This is why these are the keywords in my work and life.

This is my vision on a big scale but also on a small scale i feel flexibility should be an important part of life. Technology and innovation allow us to combine different products and make these products more efficient, fun or flexible.

With my products I try to improve people’s lives, by making products more enjoyable by efficiency.


Danny Kuo
 




Expositions / Events

Graduation show, Dutch design week

Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2010

Designersfair

Cologne, Germany 2011

Salone del Mobile

Milan, Italy 2012

Shanghai Design Week, COCplus

Shanghai, China 2015

Eastpak, Designers Event

Shanghai, China 2015

Furniture China, Designers market

Shanghai, China 2015
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Macao International Design Exhibition

Macao 2015
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Selection of Publications

CCTV2

China 2008

re-flect magazine

Germany 2008

Modern Home decoration

China 2011
 

Nisha magazine

Israel 2011
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Nya RUM magazine

Sweden 2011
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Elle decoration

China 2011



LQ magazine

Ukraine 2011
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Meta trend

Korea 2011
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Ceasar Magazine

Romania 2011
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Marie claire maison

France 2011
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f5 magazine

Russia 2011
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Artbox magazine

Great Brittain 2011
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Glamour magazine

Italy 2011
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Dagblad van het noorden

Netherlands 2011
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Eindhovens dagblad

Netherlands 2011
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Metaal & Techniek

Netherlands 2011
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Bookshelf book

International 2012
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Eco Style Book

International 2012
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Wallpaper magazinek

International 2012
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Noblesse website

China 2015
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Italy, World Expo, Elle magazine

Italy 2015
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Education & Skills

Design education

Design Academy Eindhoven
Man and Activity, 2010 Graduated

Language course

Fudan University Shanghai
Mandarin, 2006 successfully completed

 

Tsinghua University Beijing
Mandarin, 2013 successfully completed

 

Jiaotong University, Shanghai
Mandarin, 2014 successfully completed

Language skills

Dutch - Native
English - Fluent
Chinese - Professional proficiency (Hsk5)
French/German - Basic level

Computer skills

MS Office
Adobe cs4
Autocad
Solidworks
Keyshot
Google Sketchup
Rhinoceros 4.0

Material/tech. skills

Wood
Metal
Plastics
Ceramics
Textile
Lasercutting
3d printing
CNC milling
Lathe