Sabbia Stone

Range of moulded oval-shaped washbasins, stylized by a soft shaping inside the basin. These washbasins are available in several versions: Sabbia 3 - top-mounted; Sabbia BTM – built-in with subtly protruding edges; Sabbia 4 – wall-mounted with column; Sabbia 5 – freestanding with column. They are all available in two materials: Cristalplant® or stone (Stone versions in Serena stone, white Carrara marble, Grey Stone marble, Calacatta Oro marble). The Sabbia 6 and 7 washbasins are wider and moulded flush-mounted, in Corian® without overflow. They are only compatible with Corian® tops. For its characteristic soft shape, Sabbia series can be matched with the moulded bathtub by the same name. Design Naoto Fukasawa

2020

In 1989, he moved to the United States, where he joined ID Two (now IDEO San Francisco). Having honed his craft for seven years, focusing mainly on Silicon Valley industries, he returned to Japan in 1996. He established and headed up IDEO’s Tokyo office, creating a Japanese design consultant base for the company. He went independent in 2003 and established NAOTO FUKASAWA DESIGN.

Fukasawa is one of the directors of 21_21 Design Sight. He also sits on the design advisory board of Muji, and is the art director of Maruni. He was the Good Design Award chairman from 2010 to 2014. He was on the judging committee of the Braun Prize in 2012. He is on the judging panel of the Nikkei Shimbun’s Superior Products and Services Award, and is a member of the screening committee for the Mainichi Design Award. In 2017, he became a member of the judging committee for the Loewe Craft Prize. He is a professor in the Integrated Design Department at Tama Art University. In 2006, he established “Super Normal” with Jasper Morrison. He is the fifth curator of The Japan Folk Crafts Museum. He has been accorded the title of Royal Designer for Industry (Royal Society of Arts).

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