Fumie Shibata is an influential industrial designer in Japan and one of the leading female designers in the Asian design field. With her unique humanistic design philosophy and delicate perception, she successfully injected warmth and care into cold industrial products, which profoundly shaped the daily life experience of modern people.

From Musashino to the World
Fenjiang Shibata graduated from the Arts and Crafts Industry Design Department of Musashino Art University, Japan's top art school. The solid education laid a solid foundation for her design. In 1994, she founded her own design studio, Design Studio S, and soon made her mark in the design world. Unlike many designers who focus on a single field, Shibata's studio covers a wide range of areas, from household goods and electronics to medical equipment and even public facilities. She uses design to respond to the needs of different fields. She has been a guest lecturer at Musashino University of Fine Arts and Tama University of Fine Arts for a long time, and is committed to cultivating a new generation of design talents. Its achievements have been internationally recognized, and it has won many authoritative honors such as Japan's **Good Design Award** and Germany's iF Design Award.

Design style: soft technology and human resonance
The most prominent labels of Shibata Wenjiang's design style are **" People-oriented "** and **" Soft Technology "**. In her hands, technology products are no longer cold mechanical tools, but become a life partner full of temperature.

1. Emotional modeling language:
She is extremely good at using soft curves, round chamfers and skin-friendly materials. Whether it is the * * ultrasonic aromatherapy machine * * (the famous "white cloud") designed for MUJI or the watch designed for Issey Miyake, its form is soft and full of organic feeling, as if it grows naturally in the environment, which can easily eliminate the alienation of modern scientific and technological products.

2. Intuitive interactive experience:
Her design always prioritizes the user's experience. For example, the electronic thermometer designed for **Omron (OMRON)** has a curved grip that fits the gesture of the mother touching the child's forehead, transforming the measurement of body temperature into a caring action. This in-depth insight into details makes her products simple and intuitive to use without instructions.

3. Cross-border humanistic care:
Especially in the medical and health field, her design shows extraordinary social value. Her products, such as monitoring instruments and walking aids, designed for patients, the elderly and mother and child groups, not only have excellent functions, but also give users great spiritual comfort and dignity by reducing the psychological fear and discomfort during use.

influence and idea
Shibata's success lies in her transcending the limitations of "design" as a form, seeing it as a way of thinking to solve problems and a medium to convey emotions. She has worked with Muji *, KDDI (communication equipment), Panasonic and other brands for many years to prove that good design is a high degree of unity between commercial success and human values. As a female designer, she made up for the emotional gap in traditional industrial design with a unique and delicate perspective, proving that warm design also has a strong power, and is therefore known as "the designer who injects tenderness into life". Her work constantly reminds us that the ultimate goal of design is to make people's lives better and more secure.

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