Meet our designers

Three Toyota designers come together and discover for the first time at CeMAT fair the finished products that they created: the BT Movit, BT Levio and Toyota Tonero.

Meet the Designers

  • Tadayuki Yakushi

    Manager, TICO Design Office

    The model he is most proud to have designed:
    Toyota Traigo48

    Personal achievements in design:
    I hold the world record for “Fastest compressed air powered car”

    Design awards he received:
    iF design award 2009, 2015
    German design award special mention 2015
    Good design award (Japan) 2002, 2005, 2012

    School/education:
    Musashino Art Univ., Tokyo, Japan

    What inspires him:
    Always think from a different angle.

    Design philosophy:
    Think like the user, make the concept and bring it to life.

    Lives in:
    Aichi, Japan

  • Magnus Oliveira Andersson

    Magnus Oliveira Andersson

    Head of Design, TMHE Design Center

    The model he is most proud to have designed:
    BT Levio, BT Optio

    Other design achievements:
    Construction machines, boats, furniture, electronic devices, etc.

    Design awards he received:
    iF design award 2009, GOLD 2012, 2014, 2015
    Red dot award 2015
    German design award 2016
    Good design award (Japan) 2015

    School/education:
    M.F.A Industrial Design from HDK – School of Design and Crafts, Univ. of Gothenburg, Sweden

    What inspires him:
    Everything can be inspiring; it all depends on how you look at the world.

    Design philosophy:
    Simplicity

    Lives in:
    Linköping, Sweden

  • Gregory Smiley

    Industrial design Manager, TMH North America

    The model he is most proud to have designed:
    Toyota 8BNC, 8BRU

    Other design achievements:
    Experimental aircraft and watercraft, laptop, PCs and consumer electronics

    School/education:
    B.S. Industrial Design from the University of Bridgeport CT, USA

    What inspires him:
    Nature and the natural systems, invention and innovation

    Design philosophy:
    An advanced, quality appearance enhances the brand and showcases technological achievement. Often, there’s huge thought and effort behind the design solution that looks the simplest and easiest to use.

    Lives in:
    Greene NY, USA