DIMAD presents “JAPAN DESU”, a serie of exhibitions and activities that will showcase the creativity of leading Japanese designers and brands present around the world and that will take place at the Central de Diseño and Casa del Lector at Matadero Madrid.

“Activities will be carried out by experts who will bring the latest developments in the discipline to topics of interest to contemporary society: safe, connected and sustainable mobility for the cities of the future; architecture and design in Japan: graphics, fashion, product and interior design, video games, etc.

Among the featured guests are the Japanese designer based in New York, Nao Tamura; Giovanny Arroba, Senior Design Director of NISSAN, who will talk with Fabio Filippini, former design director of PININFARINA and independent consultant in Automotive Design; Cutu Mazuelos, CEO and partner of STONE DESIGNS.”

Please stop by if you are in Madrid!

I am thrilled to be part of Japan Design/Arts beyond borders International Symposium curated by Rossella Menegazzo at the University of Milan. Please stop by if you happen to be in Milan.

It will feature the participation of Japan’s most important designers and architects currently active on the international scene and Japanese and Italian designers who have written the history of design via intercultural synergies and collaborations centring on Milan.

The notables include Kengo Kuma, Natoto Fukasawa, Makio Hasuike, Toshiyuki Kita, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Setsu & Shinobu Ito, Andrea Branzi, and Reiko Sudo, as well as representatives of the younger generation such as Nao Tamura, Keiji Ashizawa, and Kosuke Araki.

The symposium focuses on contemporary Japanese design with its cultural implications, drawing on classical arts and the permeability of boundaries between creative idioms, from calligraphy to painting, arts applied to design, and architecture, and extending out to embrace the arts of flowers and scents. The categories of “fine arts” (bijutsu) and “applied arts” (kōgei) were borrowed from Europe in the late 19th century, while the concept of graphic design in contemporary terms replaced the concept of “technical-decorative design” (zuan) in the 1950s.

Jean Prouvé Exhibition: From Chairs to Architecture. Now on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) until October 16.

Art direction by Yasushi Yagi and Patrick Seguin. This remarkable collection offers a comprehensive look at Prouvé’s consistent approach to creation, spanning from furniture to architecture. At the kind invitation of Mr. Yagi, I contributed a written piece sharing my perspective as a designer.

This is a rare opportunity to experience the extraordinary world of Prouvé. If you’re interested, be sure to visit before the exhibition ends next week!

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Ambientec team and I are very excited to collaborate with the master plant artist Satoshi Kawamoto and install 120 TURN+ lamps at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan for the SALONE DEL MOBILE.

I am thrilled to be one of the speakers at TEDxWasedaU, a TED TALK event hosted by Waseda University on June 26, 2022. The theme of this year is “Dear Us” and “Connection”.

I will speak about “the power of interconnection” and look back on my journey as a designer beginning at the age of 19. -In these times of Pandemic, war, racism, and rapid change, I hope that this talk will provide an opportunity to reaffirm the deep connections between us.

The installation showcases thirteen 1:1 scale segments of the toilets that are part of The Tokyo Toilet project. SKWAT, an artist collective from Tokyo, teams up with Japanese artist DAIDO MORIYAMA and graphic designer Satoshi Machiguchi, to introduce The Tokyo Toilet, realised within the public space of Tokyo, in Milan during Milan Salone Design Week.

Happy to introduce CASCADE and to be part of SOTTOVETRO an exhibition curated by Jean Blanchaert by WonderGlass!

“Made in WonderGlass” is pleased to present SottoVetro, an exhibition curated by renowned art critic Jean Blanchaert within the prestigious surroundings of the Fondazione Berengo, in conjunction with the 59th Venice Biennale and the 2022 edition of Homo Faber.

WonderGlass intends to take visitors into an intimate landscape with this exhibition, presenting each artist’s secret – recipe – for creativity.
This coterie of contemporary artists and their artistic approaches to glass create a unified landscape of vibrant patterns, enticing textures, and pulsing colour palettes that spread their visual appeal. The observer is asked to explore the various combinations of materials that provide a powerful semantic effect, presenting itself in radically distinct experiences each time.

I am delighted to announce our new project TURNPLUS by Ambientec won Archiproducts Design Award 2021!

Honored to be a part of an exhibition ISSEY MIYAKE WATCH 25 watches by 12 designers at 2121 DESIGN SIGHT.

New Sage series from Ambientec currently showing at IFFT “+TALENTS” Tokyo!

Very honor to be a part of meaningful exhibition “Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today” at Vitra Design Museum among other great talents that I admire.

“Be it in furniture design, fashion design, industrial design, or interior design, women have contributed crucially to the development of modern design, both creatively and commercially. And yet books about the history of design often fail to mention them. The exhibition »Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today« at the Vitra Design Museum seeks to help redress the balance. Presenting women designers from the past 120 years, it tells a new, many-voiced story of design against the background of the struggle for equal rights and recognition. Around eighty women in design are showcased in the exhibition, including protagonists of modernism like Eileen Gray, Charlotte Perriand, Lilly Reich, and Clara Porset, business leaders like Florence Knoll and Armi Ratia, but also lesser-known figures like the social reformer Jane Addams. Contemporary positions and future outlooks are represented by such designers as Matali Crasset, Patricia Urquiola, Julia Lohmann, as well as the collectives Matri-Archi(tecture) and Futuress.”

On the occasion of the Venice Biennale of Architecture this unique exhibition brings together the worlds of contemporary art and cutting-edge design through the medium of glass.

Milan, March 2021-Japanese light design brand Ambientec creates sophisticated portable lamps that blend a jeweler’s craftsmanship with the rigor of optical science.

“Light is a powerful symbol of vitality and hope, and TURN+ is intended to be a light that you keep close by, to keep you company through all the moods and moments of your life. A lamp that you light by gently touching it is one that can create a strong sensory and emotional bond.” TURN+ can provide 500 hours of light without electricity, and is fully waterproof.

We would like to share TURN collection with people all over the world and hopefully provide light in times of darkness – Nao Tamura”

WonderGlass, New project for The Nova Building in Westminster, London with a new Flow[T] ceiling bespoke installation!

“The Nova Building is ultra-modern, beautifully engineered and architecturally daring. A statement for living amid the grandeur of Westminster and Belgravia.”

I am happy to announce my latest project! This project was a part of “The Tokyo Toilet”project organized by The Nippon Foundation. This project aims for the realization of a society where all kinds of diversity are accepted, by building public toilets. 17 toilets that are accessible for anyone regardless of gender, age, or disability will be created. Please check The Tokyo Toilet site for more details!

New color/ Khaki is for sale as a limited model at the Issey Miyake Shop!

ISSEY MIYAKE WATCH

Sage lamp for Ambientec won interior Design’s 14th annual”Best of Year 2019″ in the Task Lamp category. Thanks for the amazing honor Interior Design.

We are thrilled to introduce installation for LEXUS called “SunShower”at DesignMiami.

Please come by if you are visiting Miami this week!

“Lexus has responded to the fair’s theme of “Elements: Water” by commissioning designer Nao Tamura to create an immersive, multimedia installation that evokes the wondrousness of this natural, outdoor phenomenon. SUNSHOWER was curated by Design Miami/ Curatorial Director Aric Chen and prominent Milan-based curator and author Maria Cristina Didero.

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TURN is among the awarded winners of the Good Design Award.

TOKYO MIDTOWN DESIGN HUB 82 EXHIBITION
“My favorite Design” -the selection from GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2019.

WonderGlass is presenting special editions at NOMAD VENICE! Please stop by and say hello to WG team.

We’re delighted to announce that out of over 4,500 entries from 87 different countries, our project TURN by Ambientec has made it onto Dezeen’s longlist in Lighting Design category! Thank you dezeen

Issey Miyake has been the biggest creative influence for me since I was young and this is my honor to be part of his creation. My watch will be the 18th model and I feel overwhelmed but thrilled to be in the collection with other designers I respect. There is an interview/ column on their site; thus, please look it over if you have a moment.

I am happy to introduce my new lightings “Sage” and “TURN” during Milan design week at Galleria Rossana Orlandi.

I will be at the site on the 8th and in the morning of the 9th.
Please come by if you happen to be in Milan!

All the best,
Nao Tamura

Milan Design Week
“Festive glow” Designed by Nao Tamura

We will be showing some new projects at AXIS gallery and there will be a talk session on the 14th. Please stop by if you happen to be in Tokyo!

Recently, I got this nice lifestyle image of the Tiki Light from Established & Sons

Please take a look at some other images styled in Tilney Court.

All day photoshoot for several new up coming products I designed for Pzhen. Very honor to work with an amazing team. Stay tune with the new products!

Thank you designmilk with amongst the other talented women!