ABOUT

Naoki Takizawa

Creative Director/Fashion Designer

Born in Tokyo

1980
Graduated from Kuwasawa Design School (Dress Design Department)

1980
Joined Miyake Design Office Co., Ltd.

1981-1989
Responsible for the design of "Plantation"

1989
Participated in the design team for the "ISSEY MIYAKE" collection line

1991
Became a design associate for Issey Miyake

1993
Appointed as designer for "ISSEY MIYAKE MEN"

1999
Appointed as designer for "ISSEY MIYAKE"

2006
NAOKI TAKIZAWA DESIGN Co., Ltd. established

2007
NAOKI TAKIZAWA's first collection (2008 S/S) was presented in New York

2008
"NAOKI TAKIZAWA"

2008 A/W presented in Paris
"NAOKI TAKIZAWA"

2009 S/S presented in Tokyo

2009
"naoki" 2009 A/W presentation in Tokyo
"naoki" 2010 S/S presented in Tokyo

2010
"naoki" 2010 A/W presentation in Tokyo

2010-2012
Creative director of the HELMUT LANG men's line

2010-present: Costume design for Empress Michiko (now Empress Emerita)

2011-2014
Uniqlo design director
He has been involved in the development of uniforms for tennis players Kei Nishikori and Novak Djokovic, as well as the uniform design for security guards at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA).

2014-2023
Design director for Uniqlo's special projects
Responsible for designing a collaborative line with Ines de la Fressange

2015
Responsible for design direction of Uniqlo's collaborative line with Carine Roitfeld

2018
Opened his own shop "NAOKI TAKIZAWA FITTING ROOM" at Daikanyama Hillside Terrace

2023
Invited by China Fashion Week, he presents his new collection "NAOKI TAKIZAWA "daydreams"" in Beijing.

2024-present: Head of Planning and Design for the Clothing and Miscellaneous Goods Department at MUJI

2024-present: Design Director of "MUJI Labo"

<Costume Design>

1995
Costumes for "EIDOS: TELOS" by the Frankfurt Ballet led by William Forsythe

2021
Tank top commemorating the 30th anniversary of director Wong Kar-wai's film company Jettone Film

2023
A suit for the protagonist in Wong Kar-wai's TV drama "Flower"

<Uniform design>

2004
Staff uniforms at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

2007
Staff uniforms for the Japanese restaurant "Sake no Hana" in London

2007
Staff uniforms at Senri Rehabilitation Hospital in Osaka

2013
Concept wear (agricultural wear, marine wear) and employee uniforms for the brand renewal project commemorating the 100th anniversary of Yanmar Co., Ltd.

2017
Uniforms of the train drivers and crew of East Japan Railway Company's luxury sleeper train "Trans-Suite Shiki-Shima"

<University lectures>

2009-2013
Specially Appointed Professor, Intermediatheque Research Division, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo

2011-2013
Part-time lecturer at the School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University

＜Awards＞

1998
16th Mainichi Fashion Awards

1999
The New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE AWARD) 7th Kuwasawa Award

2007
French Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters

2022
Weibo Outstanding Designer Award

＜Exhibition＞

2003
Participated in the exhibition "Yanomami: Spirit of the Forest" (Fondation Cartier Contemporary Art, Paris)

<Books>

2014
Published "Designing Clothes for 100 Million People" (Nihon Keizai Shimbun Publishing)

2023
Published "One Man's Clothing Design" (China Encyclopedia Quanbook Publishing House)

<Collaboration>

1999
Takashi Murakami appointed for ISSEY MIYAKE MEN 2000 S/S campaign

2001
Eyewear designed in collaboration with Alain Mikli

2004
Participated in the publication of photographer Daido Moriyama's photo book "Novembre"

2005
In collaboration with creative director Kashiwa Sato, we designed the window displays for the "ISSEY MIYAKE" Roppongi Hills Boutique.

2007
In collaboration with Yoshitomo Nara, he designed a dress for the "Dress Art" project in "ANOTHER MAGAZINE".

2009-2011
Announced the "Mode & Science by NAOKI TAKIZAWA" collection in collaboration with the University Museum, The University of Tokyo (Professor Yoshiaki Nishino)

<Design-related projects>

2006
Designed curtains for the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, at the suggestion of architect Jean Nouvel.

2008
Participated in the brand renewal of Sanyo Shokai's original brand "SANYO" (men's)

2009
Produced the "HOME" event project commemorating the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Port of Yokohama

2016
Planning of products and exhibition events commemorating the 450th anniversary of the founding of Nishikawa Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Nishikawa)

2017
Produced and directed the design of "B TOKYO" (a men's wear brand focusing on blazer jackets) (first store opened at Seibu Shibuya)

2019-present Consulting on material development for Toray