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2007-10-13

WEEK 4: Naoto Fukasawa ±0 Lecture & Tea

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Pacific Rim students had an amazing question and answer session with renowned product designer Naota Fukasawa over tea and cake, after his lecture at Tamabi.

Fukasawa's representative works include MUJI'S CD player (part of the permanent collection, MoMA New York), the mobile phones "Infobar" and "neon" and the ±0 brand of household electrical appliances and sundries. In recent years, he has released a host of new works with Italian companies B&B Italia, Driade, Magis, Artemide, Danese and Boffi.

http://www.plusminuszero.jp/

Fukasawa's publications include:
Naoto Fukasawa monograph (Phaidon 2007)
Super Normal: Sensations of the Ordinary (with Jasper Morrison)

2007-10-14

WEEK 4: Kamakura Field Trip

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Field trip to Kamakura, the ancient capital of Japan -- lead by Yoshihide Seita, President of Tamabi.
CLICK HERE to see more pix of the Kamakura field trip