designer profile
japaneseâ

 

Noriko Hashida

Noriko Hashida


- Designer Profile-

Graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, majoring in Industrial Design in the Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts. Joined TOTO LTD. After leaving TOTO, she started Noriko Hashida Design. She teaches product design in the Engineering and Design department at the Shibaura Institute of Technology and creates practical, intelligent products for everyday use that people will want to have near them.


- Designer Comments -

There are many personal care items out there, but strangely there arenft very many that you can feel any sort of attachment for. Earpicks are generally kept in a medicine chest, but actually, a lot of people end up keeping them somewhere like their living room. This product is for those kinds of people?people who want a design thatfs attractive enough to have out on display. I clean my ears quite often on a whim, usually when I feel like I need to refresh myself, so I thought it would be nice to create something with a more attractive design.