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