Kenji Ekuan, Japanese industrial designer died at the age of 85.
He designed wide variety of products from soy sauce bottle to Shinkansen.
He tried to get "soul and material things" together, make the never-fused two worlds into one.
"The ultimate design is little different from the natural world."
His design philosophy seems to be same as Finnish design.
Actually, according to the article of Embassy of Finland,
"Mr.Ekuan fell in love with Finnish nature and design."
He promoted Finnish design and designers to Japan and the world,
and received the Commander in the Order of the Lion of Finland in 2004.
In 2014, he also received Compasso d'Oro for Lifetime Achievement.
I met him at the begging of December last year,
he talked to me gently.
He said to me,
"Please keep your pure heart. It's very difficult to keep it, but it's very important for designer."
"Please keep your pure heart. It's very difficult to keep it, but it's very important for designer."
