Yuichi Nara

Born in Tokyo in 1977. In 1999 he graduated from the Architecture Course of the Construction Department at Yokohama National University, moving to Italy in 2000. He began designing after a period working at a glass studio and an architect's office in Venice, and in 2006 graduated from Venezia Construction University. During a trip to Noto, Japan, he was so struck by the richness of the nature and the way of life there that he decided to return to Japan, settling in Notojima. In 2007 he established the Noto design office. Studying local materials and learning local techniques to apply them in his work, he seeks to design products that enrich everyday life. Alongside his design activities, he also grows rice in a rented, untilled paddy field.