Ryota Matsumoto

Ryota Matsumoto (松本良多) is a co-director of an award-winning interdisciplinary design office, Ryota Matsumoto Studio. He is a media artist, writer, photographer, designer and producer. Born in Tokyo, he was raised in Hong Kong and Japan. He received a Master of Architecture degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2007 after his studies at Architectural Association in London and Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art in early 90’s. Matsumoto has previously collaborated with a cofounder of the Metabolist Movement, Kisho Kurokawa, and with Arata Isozaki, Cesar Pelli, Peter Christopherson (Coil, Hipgnosis) MIT Media Lab and Nihon Sekkei Inc. He has taught architecture and interdisciplinary design strategy as a lecturer and visiting critic in the United States and Europe. As a video producer, he has worked with Peter Christopherson for Japanese Nike commercial and contributed to the promotional projects for his first solo album as Threshold Houseboys Choir.