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Born in tokyo, Watanabe joined Gunnma Prefecture Industrial Arts Center where Bruno Taut was working in 1936. In 1949, he establisjed his own designing studio. He got famous by the low-cost Stiring Chair in 1952. His Torii Stool and Circular Center Table won gold medal at Teiennale di Milano in 1957. Besides interior and furniture design, clocks and watches. His 1972 design, Hibiya Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company's Pole Clock is defined as one of his major works. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of after-war Japanese design.

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