- 1934
- Born in Hongo,Tokyo
- 1950
- Enters the woodcraft department of the Tokyo High School of
Industrial Art - 1955
- Enters the Department of Interior Design at the Kuwasawa Design
Institute - 1957
- Begins work at the Advertisement Department of San-ai Co., Ltd.
- 1964
- Freelances at Matsuya Co., Ltd
- 1965
- Establishes Kuramata Design Office
- 1972
- Receives the Mainichi Industrial Design Award
- 1981
- Joins Memphis at Ettore Sottsass's Invitation Receives the First
Japan Design award - 1990
- Receives the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 1991
- On February 1,dies at the age of 56
After his death
- 1991
- The exhibition "Sealing of Dreams" Gallery MA, Tokyo
- 1996
- The exhibition "Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991" Hara Museum of
Contemporary Art, Tokyo - 1997
- The international tour of the exhibition "Shiro Kuramata
1934-1991"
