Naoto Fukasawa was born in 1956 in Yamanashi, Japan. He graduated from Tama Art University in 1980 and began his career at Seiko Epson, where he worked on advanced designs for watches and other micro-electronic devices. In 1989, he joined ID Two, a San Francisco-based product design firm that later became IDEO. In 1996, Fukasawa returned to Japan to establish and oversee IDEO’s Tokyo office. In 2003, he founded Naoto Fukasawa Design. Since 2001, he has served as a design advisor for MUJI and in 2003 launched the brand ±0 (Plusminuszero), which focuses on minimalistic home appliances and goods. Fukasawa has collaborated with renowned global companies such as B&B Italia, Driade, Magis, Artemide, Danese, Boffi, and Samsung, designing products across Europe and Asia. His work is celebrated for its seamless blend of functionality, simplicity, and intuitive usability, making him a leading figure in contemporary industrial design.
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Fukasawa Naoto
深澤直人
다른 사람들
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Born in Toronto, Canada in 1974. After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at McGill University in 1996, he moved to South Korea, where he lived for 10 years. He continued to live overseas for two more years—in Spain, Australia, and South Africa—before returning to Canada in 2009. Today, he lives and works in Toronto. A Father’s Son (2013) is his first novel. He is also the author of two nonfiction books, Roadmap to Korean (2003) and Faces of Korea (2004), a novella, and a …
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Ahn Jin-su
After graduating from the Department of Visual Information Design at Kyungpook National University, he majored in typography at the Department of Visual Communication (now Institute Digital Communication Environments, IDCE) of the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (HGK FHNW) in Basel, Switzerland. He received his master’s degree from the same school and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in the United States. He began teaching as a research assistant at the Basel University of … -
Sim So-mi
Sim So-mi is an independent curator based in Seoul and Paris, interested in exploring the relationship between urban space and artistic practice through exhibitions, public projects, and research, and reproducing it in curatorial discourse. She received the Young Artist Award from the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in 2021, the Hyundai Blue Prize Design 2021, and the Lee Dong Seok Award for Exhibition Planning 2018. She is a member of the editorial board of the cultural research … -
Kim Hyun-ho
Editorial director of VOSTOK magazine and head of VOSTOK PRESS. He is the editor of various publications and the director of PLATFORM-P. He has worked as the chief editor of the design journal Yanggwibi , editor-in-chief of the Seoul National University Press and Culture Center, and a member of the planning committee of the School of Photographic Theory and the bimonthly magazine Wordnbow , and received the Art in Culture New Vision Art Criticism Award. -
Choi Hyuk-kyoo
A member of the steering committee at the Center for Cultural Society and a former activist with the Cultural Action. Currently works in the field of cultural education. Maintains a steady interest in technology, culture, and labor while studying cultural theory and social sciences. -
Lu Jingren
Prof. Lu Jingren is a book designer and illustrator. During the 1990s, he studied under Prof. Kohei Sugiura (杉浦康平) in Japan. In 1998 he established the Jingren Art Design Studio. He was senior art editor of the China Youth Publishing House. He is now a professor of the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University and a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). Prof. Lu has received many book design awards at home and overseas, including the World’s Most Beautiful Book award … -
Jo Eun-ji
Studied Interaction Design at Delft University of Technology (Technische Universiteit Delft) in the Netherlands and Service Design and Design for Social Innovation at Politecnico di Milano in Italy. She earned her Ph.D. under the supervision of Ezio Manzini at Politecnico di Milano. Since 2014, she has been working as an assistant professor in the Department of Design at Hunan University in China. -
Doeun Park
She is a PhD candidate in the HCI Lab at Yonsei University. She is currently collaborating with HAII, a company specializing in digital therapeutics, to develop a voice agent that enhances executive functions in children with ADHD. Her research focuses on how children form relationships with computers and the resulting behaviors and emotions that emerge during this process. She has published in journals such as the International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction and has presented at … -
Ahngraphics
Ahngraphics is a Korean design publishing company and company founded by visual designer Ahn Sang-soo on February 8, 1985. It was converted to a stock company in 1990 and has grown into a comprehensive design company covering four sectors: design, digital, media, and publishing. It was the first design company to introduce DTP into practice, and contributed to the development of Korean graphic design through high-quality editorial design centered on letters. It celebrated its 30th anniversary … -
배상규
After studying Architectural Engineering at Yonsei University , they worked in the construction industry. Following their completion of the English Publishing Translation program at Gulbab Academy , they began working as a translator affiliated with Barun Translation . Their translated works include Japanese-Style Small Houses . -
Jiyo Architects
Kim Se-jin is an architectural practice founded in 2015 after graduating from Seoul National University’s Department of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture. His architectural work begins with the surface of paper and evolves into profound expressions of individuality and universal sensory experience. He served as a Seoul Public Architect in 2016 and has taught at Seoul National University’s design studio. Her accolades include winning the design competition for the Chebu-dong … -
Bong Seong-chang
2005년 경향게임스에서 게임 전문기자를 시작으로, 지디넷코리아 산업팀장, 씨넷코리아 편집장을 거치며 IT 전문기자로, 매일경제TV 산업팀장과 비즈한국 산업팀장을 거쳐 경제 전문기자로 전문 영역을 꾸준히 확대해 왔다. 2017년부터 비즈한국에서 개최하는 ‘브랜드비즈 컨퍼런스’를 기획 총괄하며, 기업의 브랜딩 및 디자인 전반에도 관심이 많다.