Japanese Object Makers

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Kazuki Nagasawa

Credentials: Founder, SUPER RAT
From: Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan
Based: Tokyo, Japan
Discipline: Industrial Design, Furniture

SUPER RAT: super-rat-design.com

HOUYOU - JUHI SERIES

KOMORE - JUHI SERIES

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Koji Tanabe

Credentials: Shizuoka University of Art and Culture; part-time lecturer, Shizuoka Institute of Design Arts (2021–2025)
Based: Shizuoka, Japan

Plow Design: plowdesign.jp
Instagram: @plow_design

CROSS

CURREN

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Keisuke Unosawa

Credentials: Design Manager, Kito regional revitalization project
Discipline: Industrial Design

Website: unosawa.com

Paper Folding Designs

YES LOVE wristwatch

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Kotaro Kawanabe

Credentials: Kyoto Seika University, Architecture; Grebbestads folkhögskola; Carl Malmsten Furniture Studies; Swedish Furniture Joinery Journeyman Certificate
From: Kumamoto, Japan
Based: Kyoto, Japan
Discipline: Furniture

+veve: plusveve.com
Instagram: @plusveve

chair 44 child

extension table

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Moriyuki Ochiai

Credentials: Master’s Program in Architecture, Waseda University Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Representative Director, Moriyuki Ochiai Design Project
From: Tokyo, Japan
Based: Tokyo, Japan
Discipline: Architecture, Industrial Design, Furniture

Moriyuki Ochiai Architects: moriyukiochiai.com
Instagram: @moriyukiochiai

Waterscape Office

Geosong

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Atsushi Kitagawara

Credentials: Tokyo University of the Arts; Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts
From: Nagano, Japan
Based: Tokyo, Japan
Discipline: Architecture, Industrial Design, Furniture, Lighting

Atsushi Kitagawara Architects: kitagawara.co.jp

Hosho Gakuen Learning Center Building n.6

Kobuchizawa Station and Plaza