Designer Rika Kawato, born in 1981, is the daughter of a Danish mother and a Japanese father, and this influence from two such widely differing cultures has always been a fundamental element of Rika's work as a designer. After spending her formative years living with her family in places as diverse as Moscow, Stockholm, Tokyo and Boston, Rika is now permanently based in Tokyo.
She has previously created both a sofa and textile design for Erik Jørgensen, and otherwise she has mainly created textiles for Asiatic companies such as Sony and a number of car manufacturers such as Toyota and Honda since completing her studies at the Rhode Island School of Design.