MILAN 2014: NAOTO FUKASAWA FOR MARUNI

Alice Blackwood and Lorenzo Logi speak with Fukasawa about his design vision, his collaborative partnership with Morrison and the nature of developing families of products for a long-standing brand such as Maruni.

BY Lorenzo Logi

April 22nd, 2014

Naoto Fukasawa speaks at the Milan Furniture Fair 2014 about Maruni’s latest releases. Alice Blackwood and Lorenzo Logi interview him on the Maruni stand at the Milan fairground.

Naoto Fukasawa is Maruni’s Creative Director. He, together with Jasper Morrison, collaborate with Maruni, each year expanding the brand’s iconic collections with new pieces. In 2014 Morrison and Fukasawa present two new sofa products to complement their established ranges.

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Maruni is available in Australia from Seeho Su
seehosu.com.au

For more indesignlive coverage of the 2014 Milan design fair visit: indesignlive.com/category/articles/in-review/milan-14

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