Satoshi Yasushima & Tomoko Honda

"When we designed the Karmi tea canister, our main goal was to preserve jobs in the declining traditional craftsmanship production in Japan and propose sustainable production."

In excellent product design lies the origin

THINGS was founded in 1998 by the two designers Satoshi Yasushima and Tomoko Honda with a focus on product design. The business content of THINGS extends over a very broad spectrum of areas, but the beginning was product design.

Design competence is not limited to one discipline

Satoshi Yasushima graduated from Kanazawa College of Art and is one of the co-founders of Things in 1998. His design expertise spans from interior design to interactive content and product design. Tomoko Honda, the second co-founder, holds a degree from Musashino Art University. Her skills range from landscape design to interior design and product design. She currently lectures as a professor at the Faculty of Art and Regional Design at Saga University. The two successful designers have been awarded with:

• Good Design Award
• German Design Award
• Design + Award
• MM Soken Grand Prize 2010
• Gold Award International Design Challenge Hainan
• Kawasaki Design Prize
• Tokyo Design Award

Harmonious design is something natural

When we work on the design of things, we give these things a space in which they can exist. People perceive these things in space through their mind and time. They connect nature, the environment with the way of life of people. We have realized that harmonious design is nothing special, but rather natural.

“Our goal is to bring beauty into people's lives. A beautiful life is a happy life. Helping with that is our calling.”