Kossi Aguessy

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 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. 

 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
 Permanent Collection, MoMA ps1, 2011
 Conversation(s), Bensimon Gal, Paris, 2011
 Permanent Collection, Museum of Arts and Design MAD, New-York USA, 2011
 Multiversités Créatives, Musée George Pompidou/ Beaubourg, Paris, France, 2012
 Magic, Bensimon Gal, Paris, 2012
 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 

 Sources 

 Centre Georges Pompidou ressources, Archived 2015-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
 MAD Museum resources
 External links 
 www.kossiaguessy.biz
 www.aguessy.life
 Ultimate design is not a concept but life on Yatzer.com
 Kossi Aguessy on Multiversités créatives
 Jeune Afrique Kossi Aguessy
 Egodesign on Kossi Aguessy
 Kossi Aguessy on French Ministry of Culture

Category:1977 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Togolese people
Category:Human
Category:Togolese artists
Category:People wey komot Lomé
Category:Alumni of Central Saint Martins
Category:21st-century Togolese people
Category:Togolese sculptors
Category:Togolese designers
Category:Brazilian artists
Category:Togolese expatriates insyd de United Kingdom
Category:Togolese expatriates insyd de United States
Category:Togolese expatriates insyd France