Kazuhide Takahama

Kazuhide Takahama was born in Japan in 1930 and graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1953. In 1957 he designed the Japanese stand at the XI Milan Triennale, where he met Dino Gavina, beginning a long working relationship and friendship. He settled in Bologna and designed seating for Gavina that Knoll went on to produce.

He also co-founded the brand Simon International and designed Bologna’s bus shelters, and he died in Bologna in 2010. Billiani reissues his Marcel coffee and side tables, designed in 1974 in metal rod and glass, with the help of his heirs.