''Design Thinking''

I would like to take a moment of silence for the brilliance of Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa's who is one of the world's most influential designers. He believes that successful designs are things we interact with naturally and inevitably. He defines aesthetics as ''the beauty of relation''. His work is unobtrusive and familiar. Fukasawa is gifted and has really discovered his talent. He comes up with something that's new and fresh without fail. He is widely known for his design philosophy "Without Thought"

These slippers are made of paper produced by the centuries old Japanese process of washi-suki. The slippers are made of RPF NAORON (special paper, to which recycled polyester fibers have been added) and the SOFT NAORON which is contains wood pulp and polyolefin fibers (neither of these papers emit noxious fumes when burned).

SIWA Slippers

The footbed is filled with high quality felt and the sole is covered with artificial leather. The slippers are flexible, water resistant as well as surprisingly strong and comfortable. The SIWA series is a creation of the Japanese paper (washi) maker ONAO and industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa.

Design the necessity

Fukasawa is convinced that a design should focus on function. The designer should seek to craft a better relationship between objects and people rather than just create one object after another endlessly. In the process of designing, a designer should decide which factor is most significant to the final product and stay focused on it. He or she must not let himself or herself be overtaken by excessive elements. Putting something irrelevant in just to express oneself would not complement the product but spoil it.

Sabbia

Anyo Chair

"Humans are at the centre - that's why objects shouldn't stand out too much".