No one dislike sunlight through the trees. We unconsciously perceive its as beauty. Maybe
our instinct remembers ancient past that it has
protected us from blaze of the sun.
This lampshade has two functions, green pot
and pendant light. This realizes to make a
leaf shade like a real leaf shade.

"Sumi" is a redesign product of "Yusan-bako" which is a traditional lunch box descended in Tokushima prefecture; country side of Japan. "Yusan-bako" is three-tiered food boxed with twofold outer boxes for portable uses. Traditional "Yusan-bako" has two holes on both sides of outer boxes. By changing the position of these holes to the edge of the outer boxes, this box realized of pulling out of inner boxes by one hand as well as excellent design of handle and lid .
Photo; Masaharu Hatta

A paper potstand which is transformable from a stick of a cruet size to a disk of 20cm in diameter.This pot stand supports the weight of 1.6 ton by structure of the nature.Collection of London Design Museum
Photo; Masaharu Hatta

Arborism is a table which has tree form arms.
The design of the unique arms has been configured by the fractal algorithm called "Tree Curve." So the design is as same as the branch structure of a real tree.
The interesting point of this design is that it was completed not by the arbitrary work of the designer but by the natural logic of nature itself.
Photo : Masaharu Hatta