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Naoto Fukasawa
Naoto Fukasawa is renowned for his quiet yet powerful designs that do not assert the designer’s individuality but instead visualise human emotions from the perspective of everyday people. To date, he has worked on design and consulting projects for over 70 leading global brands. His design portfolio spans a wide range of fields, from household items to precision electronics, furniture, architecture, and mobility. His work, encompassing not only design but also the underlying philosophy and expression, has received high acclaim across countries and disciplines, establishing him as one of the most influential designers in the world.
He has won numerous design awards both domestically and internationally, including the Isamu Noguchi Award, the IDEA Gold Award (USA), the iF Design Award Gold (Germany), and the Good Design Award Gold (Japan). He holds the title of Royal Designer for Industry, awarded by the UK Royal Society of Arts. In 2024, he received the Collab Design Excellence Award, an accolade presented by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Fukasawa serves as the Director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum and Vice President of Tama Art University. He is also a Director of 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, a member of MUJI’s Design Advisory Board, and an Art Director for Maruni. Additionally, he is a juror for the Loewe Craft Prize. In 2006, he co-founded the Super Normal project with Jasper Morrison. In 2022, he established the Design Science Foundation with the aim of exploring the connections between design and science.
His publications include the monograph Naoto Fukasawa EMBODIMENT (Phaidon Press) and co-authored works such as DESIGN SCIENCE_01 and DESIGN SCIENCE_02 (Gakugei Miraisha).
