Naoto Fukasawa

Naoto Fukasawa (1956) graduated from Tama Art University in 1980. Until 1988, Fukasawa worked as a designer at Seiko-Epson corp. In 1989 he left Japan for the United States. In January 2003 he founded his own desk in Tokyo. Fukasawa also joined the advisory board of the Japanese company 'MUJI'. In December 2003 he founded '± 0', 'plusminuszero', producing household objects ranging from umbrellas to electronics. Naoto Fukasawa's designs have won more than 50 design awards in Europe and America. Alongside Japanese projects, there is a scala of projects with Italian, German and other European companies.