Teruhiro Yanagihara was born in 1976 in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. After graduation, he established his design studio ISOLATION UNIT / in Osaka in 2002. Since then, he has been working in the fields of space design, product development and art direction for national and international clients such as KARIMOKU, LIM Hair Group, Kakitsubata, Kimuraglas, Mater, OFFECCT. His works have been subject of numerous exhibitions in Japan and Europe and have been published in various books and major magazines. He is nominated for the Elle Décor Young Talent of the Year 2010.The name ISOLATION UNIT / emerged from the principle of personal relativity, of how things and people correlate as individual entities. The crucial element of design is an objects rapport with its surroundings.