About
Nao Tamura is a designer in the most modern terms. Her talents cross-over cultures, languages, disciplines, concepts and styles with consistency of smart thinking always at the heart of her work. She is truly global in her insights and execution. As a product of Tokyo and New York City creative communities, her solutions are equally at ease in the world of 2-D and 3-D with an uncanny ability to find that emotional connection with the audience. Nao defies the kind of categorization that the industry status-quo often insists upon. Her unique solutions are more than simply design and possess a rare balance of innovation and beauty.
Nao Tamura has also received a number of prestigious awards including: Gold of Industrial Design Excellence Awards, IF Design Award, Red Dot Design Award, EDIDA/Young Designer Talent, 1st prize of Milano Salone Satellite Award and so on.
-John C Jay
exhibits
| Matadero Madrid | Central de Diseño, Japan Desu | Power of Interconnection | ’22 |
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| Arti oltre i confini | Simposio Internazionale Milano | Power of Interconnection | ’22 |
| Venice Biennale | CASCADE | WonderGlass+Fondazione Berengo | ’22 |
| TED TALK | Waseda U | Power of Interconnection | ’22 |
| Clerkenwell Design Week | Triangle | The Tokyo Toilet | ’22 |
| Triennale Milano | Triangle | The Tokyo Toilet | ’22 |
| 2121 DESIGN SIGHT | Issey Miyake Watch | Seiko | ’21 |
| IFFT Interior Lifestyle Living | Sage | Ambientec | ’21 |
| Design Miami | SunShower | LEXUS | ’19 |
| Milano FuoriSalone | Festive Glow | Ambientec | ’19 |
| AXIS Gallery | TURN, Sage | Ambientec | ’19 |
| LightBox Gallery | IsseyMiyake + Ambientec | ’19 |
| Milano FuoriSalone | Fluid | WonderGlass | ’17 |
| Tokyo Design Week | Weaving The Light | Panasonic | ’17 |
| Milano Salone Internazionale del Mobile |
Fog Installation | WonderGlass | ’16 |
| Milano FuoriSalone | Momento | WonderGlass | ’15 |
| Palais De Tokyo Museum | D’Days Paris | Horizont | ’15 |
| Milano Salone | Amazing in Motion | LEXUS | ’14 |
| Milano FuoriSalone | Morphing installation | WonderGlass | ’14 |
| Maison & Objet Paris | Landscape | WonderGlass | ’14 |
| Design Miami | Night Flowt | WonderGlass | ’13 |
| Miami Design Week / LUMINAIRE | Design+World2013 | ’13 |
| Milano FuoriSalone | Flow(T) | WonderGlass | ’13 |
| New York Design Trust for Public Space Event |
Rings | Artek | ’12 |
| Finland Project 2012 Design for Nature | July stool | Nikari | ’12 |
| Milano Salone Internazionale del Mobile |
Seasons | Covo | ’12 |
| Milano Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Salone Satellite |
Alight | ’11 |
| Design Miami / LUMINAIRE | transFORM | Seasons | ’10 |
| Milano Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Salone Satellite |
Seasons | ’10 |