This book is the paperback edition of the first monograph to be published on Naoto Fukasawa, one of the best-known Japanese product designers working today.

Naoto Fukasawa (b.1956) achieved widespread recognition with his groundbreaking wall-mounted CD player, designed for MUJI in 1999 and 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 book charts his success within the IDEO design firm in the USA, at MUJI and in his own company, Naoto Fukasawa Design and explores all aspects of Fukasawa's design range, from umbrellas and vases to sofas, mobile phones and packaging.

This book is the paperback edition of the first monograph to be published on Naoto Fukasawa, one of the best-known Japanese product designers working today.

Naoto Fukasawa (b.1956) achieved widespread recognition with his groundbreaking wall-mounted CD player, designed for MUJI in 1999 and 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 book charts his success within the IDEO design firm in the USA, at MUJI and in his own company, Naoto Fukasawa Design and 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