Katsutaka
Inoue

Katsutaka Inoue approaches his design practice with a perspective formed through his time spent in theater, work experience in the restaurant industry and years on the BC development snowboard team. When engaged in any practice, to him, the show must always go on, follow your recipe, training is just as important as the competition.

He often uses his life experiences to keep himself grounded:
Moments of pressure are handled with the intention and mindfulness needed to stay calm in front of a shocked crowd.
Your tools, knowledge and skills must synergize; just like the vinegar, kombu and sugar in sushi rice.
The obsession and appreciation for technical design, and hand craft is manifested with the same energy it takes to fail the same snowboard trick over and over again, until it is done right.

Following his graduation, Katsutaka plans to continue training himself in CLO3d and dyeing with natural indigo.