Naoto Fukasawa

Didactics

Designing Atmospheres

II edition

• English

• October 2026

• Interior Design and Architecture

Bio

Naoto Fukasawa is known for his designs devoted to simplicity, sublime beauty, and subtle yet original ideas. Fukasawa has designed a wide range of products, from high-tech and electronic equipment to architecture, high-end craftsmanship furniture and objects, and interiors. He collaborates with leading international brands such as MUJI, Herman Miller, B&B Italia, Boffi, ERCO, Molteni, Emeco, Maruni, and many others throughout Europe, America, and Asia. Fukasawa is one of the directors of 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT. He also sits on the design advisory board of MUJI and is the art director of Maruni.

In 2006, he established “Super Normal” together with Jasper Morrison. In 2017, he became a member of the judging committee for the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize. He is the Vice President of Tama Art University. Since 2012, he has served as Director of The Nihon Mingei-kan (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum). In 2022, he founded the Design Science Foundation. Fukasawa has received numerous awards from Japanese and international institutions, including the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize, the 2026 German Design Award Personality of the Year, the 2018 Isamu Noguchi Award, and the 2024 Collab Design Excellence Award.

He has also been awarded the title of Royal Designer for Industry (Royal Society of Arts). Fukasawa has published several books, the most recent being Naoto Fukasawa EMBODIMENT (Phaidon, 2018). ​