Naoto Fukasawa

I attended a speech given by Naoto Fukasawa at the Singapore Furniture Fair yesterday and was very impressed by his design philosophy. The idea of super normal objects that are just enough. Not redesigning and simply subconsciously allowing the environment or how things are essentially used to dictate design. The importance to begin with a philosophy of thinking/design and believing in it is emphasized once again. Its not about styling or simply creating for the sake of it. The above lighting by him is such a good example. Perhaps when we are living in the world of excess, we can relook at our lives and consume intelligently. Not design for the sake of designing, or consuming because we can afford to.