Nao Tamura

Nao Tamura is a Japanese designer who grew up in Tokyo and left at 19 to study at Parsons School of Design in New York, where she now leads an independent practice. Her work spans furniture, products, glass installations and spatial design, including a public toilet in Shibuya. A recurring theme is interconnection, balancing nature and technology and Eastern and Western sensibilities. She has exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo and the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, and received a Compasso d'Oro honourable mention.