��<head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> </head> <body> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><table style="max-width: 650px;margin:auto;"> <tr> <td style="padding-top: 55px;"> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-right:20px"><a href="http://www.maruni.com/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> <img src="https://www.maruni.com/newsletter/img/common/logo_gray.gif?20230913" alt="Maruni Wood Industry Inc." title="Maruni Wood Industry Inc." style="padding:0;margin-right: auto;max-width: 100%;display: block;" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"></a></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><a href="http://www.maruni.com/newsletter/nl_51_December2024.html" target="_blank" style="color:#414141; display: block; text-align: right; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap;font-family:sans-serif;" class="view-in-browser" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">View this email in your browser</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:50px 0px;word-break:break-word;"> <h1 style="color:#414141; font-family: sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 25px; font-weight: normal;line-height:1.7;text-align: left;">NEWSLETTER</h1> <p style="color:#414141; font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; font-size: 10px;" class="issue"> issue 51 | December 2024</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:0px 0px 20px;word-break:break-word;"> <h2 style="text-align:left;font-size:20px;font-family: sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-weight: bold;max-width: 100%;">Naoto Fukasawa: Things in Themselves</h2> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;word-break:break-word;"> <img width="650" src="https://www.maruni.com/newsletter/img/202412/Phil_-01.jpg" style="padding:0 0 20px 0;margin: auto;max-width: 100%;display: block;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;padding:0px 0px 20px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif;">Photography: Yoneo Kawabe</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size: 1"> <p style="padding: 0;margin: 0 0 1em 0;text-align: justify;font-size:14px;font-family:sans-serif;"> Maruni is honored to participate in the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which marks the first major solo presentation of Naoto Fukasawa s work in a U.S. museum. Maruni s HIROSHIMA Armchair and Tako Armchair, both designed by Fukasawa and manufactured by Maruni, will be featured in the exhibition. </p> <p style="padding: 0;margin: 0 0 1em 0;text-align: justify;font-size:14px;font-family:sans-serif;"> With an approach to functional design that prioritizes ease of use, aesthetic simplicity, and close attention to the ways that mundane objects and environments record our everyday habits, Tokyo-based product designer Naoto Fukasawa has been a hugely influential force in design for more than two decades. Best-known for his prior work as design director of MUJI the Japanese  anti-brand consumer goods company Fukasawa has designed across a broad range of categories and media. Whether shaping electronics for a global market or collaborating with artisanal firms on fine furniture, Fukasawa advocates for a design philosophy of longevity, accessibility, and subtle humor over novelty, ephemerality, or blatant commercialism.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:0px 0px 20px;word-break:break-word;"> <h2 style="text-align:left;font-size:20px;font-family: sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-weight: bold;max-width: 100%;"></h2> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;word-break:break-word;"> <img width="650" src="https://www.maruni.com/newsletter/img/202412/Phil_-02.jpg" style="padding:0 0 20px 0;margin: auto;max-width: 100%;display: block;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;padding:0px 0px 20px;font-size:10px;font-family:sans-serif;">Photography: Yoneo Kawabe</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;font-size: 1"> <p style="padding: 0;margin: 0 0 1em 0;text-align: justify;font-size:14px;font-family:sans-serif;"><br> Presenting fully-realized production designs alongside the studio s working sketches and models for select projects, Things in Themselves offers a rare opportunity to explore Fukasawa s design ethos prizing an essential  fit between objects, users, and their environments and creative process. This exhibition accompanies the 2024 Collab Design Excellence Award, and marks the first major solo presentation of Fukasawa s work at a U.S. museum. </p> <p style="padding: 0;margin: 0 0 40px 0;text-align: justify;font-size:14px;font-family:sans-serif;"> <b><a href="https://philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/naoto-fukasawa-things-themselves">Naoto Fukasawa: Things in Themselves</a></b><br> December 13, 2024 April 20, 2025<br> Philadelphia Museum of Art, Collab Gallery 219, Main Building</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px auto;color:#414141;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:separate;max-width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:0px 0px 20px;word-break:break-word;"> <h2 style="text-align:left;font-size:20px;font-family: sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-weight: bold;max-width: 100%;">Announcement</h2> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0px 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