WAKABAYASHI Hiroyuki

若林広幸 (1949~)

Japanese product designer and architect | 1949 born in Kyôto | 1967 works as an in-house designer | 1972 becomes independent, running his own interior design office | 1982 founds the “Hiroyuki Wakabayashi Architectural Institute” | 1994 designs the new “Rapi:t” express train – Nankai 50000 series – that links Ôsaka Namba Station with Kansai International Airport | 1995 Rapi:t wins the “Blue Ribbon Award” as for the most outstanding design of railway vehicles of the year

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