Profile
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1956 and graduated from Tama Art University’s Product Design Department in 1980. With his designs devoted to simplicity and sublime beauty, Fukasawa has designed for more than 60 leading brands worldwide in Italy, Germany, America, Switzerland, Spain, China, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, and Japan, as well as consulting for major international manufacturers. His Wall-mounted CD Player for MUJI is part of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s permanent collection, while his HIROSHIMA Armchair for MARUNI is part of Design museum Danmark’s permanent collection. He has won numerous awards for his work including the 2018 Isamu Noguchi Award, the IDEA Gold Award in the U.S., the iF design award Gold Prize in Germany, and the Good Design Award Gold Prize in Japan. Fukasawa has authored books including ‘An Outline of Design’ (TOTO Shuppan), as well as producing two monographs of his work, first one was published in 2007, ‘Naoto Fukasawa' (PHAIDON), and the recent book, in 2018, ‘Naoto Fukasawa EMBODIMENT’ (PHAIDON). He is a professor in the Integrated Design department at Tama Art University. He is the chairman of The Nihon Mingei-kan (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum).
