Noz Nozawa x Flexform: “Craft as Culture: A Personal Dialogue with Identity and Design”

This conversation between acclaimed interior designer Noz Nozawa, and Pete Rodway, Snr. Partner of Compass, explores how design can become a lens for understanding personal identity. Reflecting on growing up within an American context while holding a connection to Japanese ancestry, Nozawa considers how ideas such as restraint, craft, material sensitivity, and discipline can be encountered, interpreted, and thoughtfully integrated. In dialogue with traditions such as Italian craftsmanship, the discussion looks at how cultural influence can inform a practice through observation, distance, and personal meaning.