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From the same year he moved to Milan where he lived until his death, mainly collaborating with Alberto Rosselli and Gio Ponti of the Studio Ponti-Fornaroli-Rosselli from 1967 to 1974. In 1985 he founded his own studio Isao Hosoe Design.\n\r\nHosoe was a member of the ADI, the SIE (Italian Society of Ergonomics), the Japan Design Committee and the Japan Inter-Design Forum. He was Professor of Industrial Design at the Polytechnic University of Milan and at the Sapienza University of Rome. He has taught in several institutions: the Faculty of Architecture in Alghero, Domus Academy, the University of Siena, ISIA of Florence, Institute of Design in Cagliari, Les Ateliers in Paris, Elisava of Barcelona, RISD in Providence, and the University of Lisbon.\n\r\nSeveral projects of Hosoes' are on permanent display at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and also in Milan and Chicago. He has received numerous awards, regionally and internationally, for projects in the field product design and interior design, transportation, telecommunications and electronics: these include the Compasso d'Oro by Iveco Space for Carrozzeria Orlandi, the Good Design Award of Japan and Chicago and the Gold Medal at the Milan Triennale.\n\r\nHe died on October 3, 2015, in Milan. \r\n","physicalDescription":"Table lamp, a black plastic flexible tube, strong enough to be pushed into upright or angled positions with part of itself on the ground as a curled base (snake-like).  Black shiny metal fitting and shade.  The round shade has a white interior, and is cut off at an angle to provide directional light from a small round bulb.  The whole fitting swivels on the main tube.  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