Nao Tamura
Japanese Designer
Born 1976
Nao Tamura is a designer whose work transcends disciplines, cultures, and industries. Rooted in both Tokyo and New York’s creative communities, she seamlessly integrates innovation and emotion, crafting designs that resonate beyond aesthetics.
Nao Tamura is a designer whose work transcends disciplines, cultures, and industries. Rooted in both Tokyo and New York’s creative communities, she seamlessly integrates innovation and emotion, crafting designs that resonate beyond aesthetics.
Her practice spans product design, installations, and spatial design, always seeking harmony between contrasting elements—nature and technology, emotion and function, delicacy and boldness, Eastern and Western sensibilities. Through this balance, she explores the power of “interconnection,” connecting people, cultures, and experiences.
Nao’s work has been exhibited at institutions such as Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Salone del Mobile in Milan, and the Kyocera Museum in Kyoto. She has been invited to speak at TED Talk, the University of Milan, and other international forums, sharing insights on design’s evolving role in shaping culture and industry.
Her contributions to design have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the IF Design Award, the Good Design Award, The One Show, and Industrial Design Excellence Awards, among others.
