Collection: SIWA 紙和

Naoto Fukasawa is a Japanese product designer.
With his designs devoted to the sublime beauty of form imbued with the power of silence, Fukasawa has designed for a wide range of leading brands worldwide. He has garnered international recognition, not only for his designs but also for the essence, thought and expression at the heart of things through design.
 
Winner of numerous awards, including the 2018 Isamu Noguchi Award. He was accorded the title of Honorary Royal Designer for Industry (Royal Society of Arts, UK).  Since 2012, he is the Director of Nihon Mingei-kan (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum). 

Naoron is a new paper-like material developed with the traditional washi-suki   papermanufacturing technique, by the Japanese paper maker ONAO based in the Ichikawadaimonarea. It is soft to the touch, light and flexible, yet very strong.

With the flexibility of Japanese paper, it is highly durable and water-resistant that does not tear