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
 




Selection of Publications

CCTV2

China 2008
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re-flect magazine

Germany 2008
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Modern Home decoration

China 2011
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Nisha magazine

Israel 2011
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Nya RUM magazine

Sweden 2011
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Elle decoration

China 2011
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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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Education & Skills

Pre-art school

Koning Willem I College, Den Bosch
Abcreatief, 2004, successfully completed

Design education

Design Academy Eindhoven
Man and Activity, 2010 Graduated

Language course

Fudan University Shanghai
Mandarin, 2006 successfully completed

 

Beijing polytechnic university
Mandarin, 2007 successfully completed

Internship

HotHouseDesign Shanghai
Furniture design, 2008

 

Yeh Design, Frankfurt
Product design & development, 2008

Language skills

Dutch - Native
English - Good
Chinese/French/German - Basics

Computer skills

MS Office
Adobe cs4
Rhinoceros 4.0
Google Sketchup

Workshop skills

Wood
Metal
Plastics
Ceramics
Textile