Selected Projects
A single fold. The flat becomes form, the form becomes space.PORRO
A single fold. The flat becomes form, the form becomes space.
Light is fleeting. Here it settles, layers, and softly stays.WonderGlass
Light is fleeting. Here it settles, layers, and softly stays.
It was never about the lamp. It was about that moment.Established & Sons
It was never about the lamp. It was about that moment.
Not the drama of waves. The quieter forms they leave behind.Gandia Blasco
Not the drama of waves. The quieter forms they leave behind.
Like a tool worn smooth by years of use.Ambientec
Like a tool worn smooth by years of use.
A store where you can feel the pleats being made.ISSEY MIYAKE
A store where you can feel the pleats being made.
Three slices, each imperfect, joined into one.NIKARI
Three slices, each imperfect, joined into one.
It began with the way a kimono is made.PORRO
It began with the way a kimono is made.
Wind off the ocean, moving through fourteen stories of air.Toyo Ito Architects
Wind off the ocean, moving through fourteen stories of air.
A stream, stopped mid-fall. Time goes on around it.WonderGlass
A stream, stopped mid-fall. Time goes on around it.
Hand-stitched leather that darkens in its owner’s hands.Ambientec
Hand-stitched leather that darkens in its owner’s hands.
Glass blown in Venice, hung above a garden in Kyoto.Kyocera Museum
Glass blown in Venice, hung above a garden in Kyoto.
East and West, nature and technology. I work on the line between them.TEDx / DIMAD / Salone del Mobile
East and West, nature and technology. I work on the line between them.
Three rooms, one red fold, wrapping around whoever walks in.THE TOKYO TOILET
Three rooms, one red fold, wrapping around whoever walks in.
Sun and rain at the same time. It never lasts, so you look up.Lexus
Sun and rain at the same time. It never lasts, so you look up.
Bright enough to read by. Soft enough to leave on.AMBIENTEC
Bright enough to read by. Soft enough to leave on.
Not just to read the time, but to feel it ticking.Issey Miyake
Not just to read the time, but to feel it ticking.
Plants turn toward light. So does this lamp.Ambientec
Plants turn toward light. So does this lamp.
A lamp that ages rather than expires.Ambientec
A lamp that ages rather than expires.
Urushi has always been heavy. We asked if it could float.Toyo Ito Architects
Urushi has always been heavy. We asked if it could float.
Thin fibers of light weave softly through space.Panasonic
Thin fibers of light weave softly through space.
I watched my mother sit down between two strangers at the Whitney.HBF
I watched my mother sit down between two strangers at the Whitney.
Points of light. Slowly, a horizon.Palais de Tokyo
Points of light. Slowly, a horizon.
Move one piece, and the rest move with it.Lexus
Move one piece, and the rest move with it.
![FLOW[T], WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.](https://naotamura.com/img/2015/04/NaoTamura_IN_Flowt04-576x768.jpg "FLOW[T], WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.")
Venice at dusk. Light suspended between two worlds.Wonderglass
![FLOW[T], WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.](https://naotamura.com/img/2024/02/NaoTamura_WonderGlassKyosera20-600x420.jpg "FLOW[T], WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.")
![FLOW[T], WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.](https://naotamura.com/img/2015/04/NaoTamura_WonderGlass03-600x420.jpg "FLOW[T], WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.")
![FLOW[T], WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.](https://naotamura.com/img/2022/07/NaoTamura_WonderGlass08-600x420.jpg "FLOW[T], WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.")
Venice at dusk. Light suspended between two worlds.
No two feathers are ever alike.Nanimarquina
No two feathers are ever alike.
A droplet, suspended in light, just before it falls.WONDERGLASS
A droplet, suspended in light, just before it falls.
A tree holds its entire history within. Layer by layer, year by year.Artek
A tree holds its entire history within. Layer by layer, year by year.
Some things wither. Some are born anew. Objects live in that cycle too.COVO
Some things wither. Some are born anew. Objects live in that cycle too.