Born in Tokyo in 1983, Naoya Misawa attended Musashino Art University, studying interior design. After graduation, Naoya joined his alma mater as a research associate and then spent some time at the Cité Internationale des Arts as a researcher. Currently, he is working at the design firm Field Four in Tokyo. His main awards include the Ishinomaki Laboratory Design Competition Award, as well as coming in second place for Denmark’s Erik Jorgensen Design Award 2011, and first place for the 8th Gandia Blasco International Outdoor Furniture Design Competition in Spain.