Naoto Fukusawa

Born in Yamanashi, in 1956, Fukasawa graduated from Tama Art University’s Product Design Department. Early in his career he engaged in the design of microelectronic devices. In 1989, Fukasawa moved to the United States and joined IDEO. Fukasawa regards achieving simplicity in design as a way to achieve completeness, and harmonious relationship between users, objects and environments as a purpose for design. Such a way of thinking is also described as “Outline”. Today, Fukasawa is based in Tokyo. He is also a university professor and a member of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Research Group on Applications for Strategic Design.