Jo Nagasaka established Schemata Architects right after graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1998. He established the shared creative office “HAPPA” in 2007. Currently he has an office in Aoyama area of Tokyo. Jo has extensive experience in a wide range of expertise from furniture to architecture. His design approach is always based on 1:1 scale, regardless of what size he deals with. He works extensively in Japan and around the world, while expanding his design activity in various fields. Apart from Nagasaka’s undeniable way with materials – for Cabane de Zucca, he was an early adopter of the oil-slick look, which imbued materials with a rainbow-like finish and soon became ubiquitous – he often takes a straightforward design element and crafts an entire concept around it.