Naoto Fukasawa

Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1956, Naoto Fukasawa graduated in Product Design from Tama Art University. After experiences at Seiko Epson and IDEO San Francisco, he founded the IDEO Tokyo office in 1996, before starting his own independent studio in 2003. He collaborates with over 70 international brands and his design, based on the concept of “Without Thought”, fuses functionality and human behavior. He is curator of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, vice president of Tama Art University and has received prestigious awards, including the Isamu Noguchi Award in 2018.