Profile
After Naoya Edahiro studied industrial design, furniture, architecture, and contemporary art, he joined an architectural hardware manufacturer in Japan. He worked as a mechanical engineer and industrial designer, and developed handrails, mailboxes, etc. While he was working in the company, he gained hands on engineering knowledge and skills for mass production. After 5 years, he moved to the US for a new adventure in his career.
In 2005, he joined an award winning design studio, fuseproject in San Francisco. In fuseproject, he participated in every aspect of the design process on various design projects from small consumer electronics to office furniture systems. With his engineering experience and skill sets from Japan, he challenged himself to push designs into production with the team and engineers. Some recognizable projects are: Herman Miller (Sayl Chiars, Public Office Landscape), Jawbone, DirecTV, OLPC, Samsung, Danese, etc.
In 2016, Naoya left fuseproject after 10 years of work with Yves Behar, and started his own design consulting based in San Francisco. He now works with worldwide clients for consumer electronics and furniture projects.
札幌市立高等専門学校、同校専攻科（現・札幌市立大学デザイン学部）卒業後、ナカ工業にてデザインと設計を含めた建築金物の製品開発に携わる。2004年渡米、2005年よりサンフランシスコのデザイン事務所fuseprojectにて工業デザイナー、家具デザイナーとして働く。
fuseprojectでは、小さな家電製品からオフィス家具システムまで幅広いジャンルのプロジェクトを担当し、量産化の段階では製品開発の経験を生かし、より深くプロジェクトに関る。担当したプロジェクトは、ハーマンミラー（Public Office Landscape、Saylチェア）、Jawbone、DirecTV、 OLPC、HBF、サムスン、ダネーゼなど多数。
2016年、fuseprojectのシニアリードデザイナーを経て独立。現在サンフランシスコを拠点に、アメリカのみならず、日本やアジアのクライアントのデザインプロジェクトに参加している。
Clients
Awards
2021
iF Design Award - Cuzen Matcha
2020
TIME The Best Inventions - Cuzen Matcha
San Francisco Design Week Award - Cuzen Matcha
CES Innovation Award - Cuzen Matcha
iF Design Award - Bedside Lamp for Yeelight