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Naoto Fukasawa
The first monograph to be published on one of the best-known Japanese product designers working today
Edited by Naoto Fukasawa with essays by Antony Gormley, Jasper Morrison and others
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- Naoto Fukasawa (b.1956) is one of the best-known Japanese product designers working today, achieving widespread recognition with his groundbreaking wall-mounted CD player, designed for MUJI in 1999
- Fukasawa has won acclaim for his innovative designs of familiar objects, which are based on his close observations of how we use things in our everyday lives
- This is the first monograph to be published on this imaginative designer
- This book charts his success within the IDEO design firm in the USA, at MUJI and in his own company, Naoto Fukasawa Design
- Explores all aspects of Fukasawa's design range, from umbrellas and vases to sofas, mobile phones and packaging
- Illustrated with never-before-seen photographs and drawings and edited by Fukasawa himself, this book places the designer's products into the context of the contemporary design world and offers a first-hand account of Fukasawa's design philosophy
- Includes contributions from Antony Gormley, Jasper Morrison and Bill Moogridge from IDEO
Specifications
- Hardback
- English
- 290 x 250 mm, 11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in
- 240 pp
- 300 colour illustrations
- ISBN-13: 9780714845869
- ISBN-10: 0714845868
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