Kazuko Okamoto was born in Chiba, Japan and currently lives in Milan. After graduating from Tokyo’s ICS College of Arts in 1998, Kazuko worked as a designer in Japan for ten years before moving to Europe.
After working in By Step Design Studio company , she stepped in the furniture and product design world as freelancer.
She won the 2nd prize of “Only for women 2011 Awards” at Salone del Mobile in Milan.