評審委員會
Seiichi Saito
Creative Director | Panoramatiks Principal
Born in Kanagawa in 1975. Saito studied architectural design at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MSAAD). In 2006, he founded Rhizomatiks Co., Ltd. (currently Abstract Engine Co., Ltd.). After the internal architecture department Panoramatiks, he launched Panoramatiks in 2020 under the theme of "CREATIVE ACTION," connecting governments, corporations, and individuals while engaging in cross-disciplinary initiatives spanning regional design, tourism, and digital transformation, from concept development to implementation. He is the EXPO Co-creation Program Director for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
Jin Kuramoto
Product Designer | Representative Director, JIN KURAMOTO STUDIO Inc.
Born in 1976. After working at a home appliance manufacturer, he established JIN KURAMOTO STUDIO in 2008. With the approach of communicating the project concept and story through a clear formative expression, he has been involved in the design development of various genres, like furniture, home appliances, eyewear, and automobiles. He is also a visiting professor at Kanazawa College of Art and Musashino Art University and a part-time lecturer at Musashino Art University.
Yuko Nagayama
Architect | Executive Director, YUKO NAGAYAMA & ASSOCIATES
Born in 1975 in Tokyo. Completed studies at Showa Women’s University in 1998. 1998–2002, worked at Jun Aoki & Associates. Established Yuko Nagayama & Associates in 2002. Representative works: “Teshima Yokoo House,” “Central Garden – Goddess of The Forest,” “JINS PARK Maebashi,” “Dubai Expo 2020 Japan Pavilion,” “Tokyu Kabukicho Tower,” the "Women's Pavilion" and the Panasonic Group Pavilion "The Land of NOMO" for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai. Awards received include L’Oreal Encouragement Award, JCD Design Award (2005), AR Award (2006), ARCHITECTURAL RECORD Award, Design Vanguard (2012), JIA Young Architect Award (2014), Yamanashi Cultural Prize of Architecture, JCD Design Award (2017) Silver Award, Tokyo Architecture Award (2018) Excellent Award, WAF Division Excellence Award (2022), etc. Current projects include the Tokyo Tokiwabashi project, TOKYO TORCH Torch Tower.
01隨身物品02個人護理產品03文具、生活休閒產品04生活用品05家電06影像、音響產品07通訊產品08產業、醫療設備09住宅設備10家具、辦公室及公用設備11移動工具12建築（獨棟住宅、小規模集合/共同住宅）13建築（中、大規模集合/共同住宅）14建築（產業、商業設施）15建築（公共設施）、土木工程、景觀16室內空間17媒體、內容18系統、服務19地域構想、活動20一般構想、活動
UNIT 01隨身物品01-01個人隨身用品01-02業務用隨身用品01-03衣物
Sae Honda
Designer / Jewellery Artist | Lecturer, Department of Industrial, Interior and Craft design, Musashino Art University
After graduating from Musashino Art University, Department of Industrial, Interior and Craft Design, worked at IDÉE before moving to the Netherlands. Honda completed her study at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2016 and she moved from the Netherlands to Japan, in 2021 where she has been internationally showcasing self-initiated works as well as commissioned work. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and the Museum Arnhem in the Netherlands. Author of 'EVERYBODY NEEDS A ROCK' and 'Anthropophyta / Artificial Plant Gate' (published by torch press). Lecturing at Musashino Art University, Department of Industrial, Interior and Craft Design.
Yoko Ando
Textile Designer and Coordinator | Representative, Yoko Ando Design
After working at NUNO Corporation, Ando established Yoko Ando Design in 2011. She provides textiles for public facilities, private residences, etc. designed by various architects. Recent main works include “Minna no Mori Gifu Media Cosmos”, "Culture and Child-rearing support complex ONIKURU" (Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects), “Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art” (Jun Aoki and Tezzo Nishizawa’s collaboration on design) and “Shiroiya Hotel” (Sou Fujimoto Architects). Visiting Professor at Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design and Tama Art University. Wrote “The Textiles of Yoko Ando: Weaving Spaces and Structures” (published by LIXIL).
Yoshiharu Hamada
Product Designer | Studio Galleryworks / Professor, Department of Product Design, Tama Art University
After working for a sports manufacturer, engaged in product development and brand-building works, he established Studio Galleryworks. Since 2018, he has been a Professor of Product Design at Tama Art University in the Department of Product and Textile Design. He is the project leader of ‘Design for Disposal’, which aims to build Circular Society. Since 2021, he has been a Research Advisor for the ACT-X research area of Japan Science and Technology Agency. In 2023, he has been a Jury member of the Design and Illustration Competition for the Prevention of Ignition Accidents Caused by Lithium Batteries, etc., organized by the Ministry of the Environment. Since 2024, he has been an Academic Advisor for the start-up foundation support project 'CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO' organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Takashi Honda
Product Designer | Professor in the Department of Design, Aichi University of the Arts / Representative, Design Studio CRAC
After graduating Aichi University of the Arts and working at YAMAHA Corporation's Design Laboratory, Honda established Design Studio CRAC in 2000. He has been involved in product design for things such as audio products, furniture, household equipment and commodities. He received Red Dot Design Award, IF Design Award, Good Design Award, etc. He completed a master's degree at IAMAS (Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences). He has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Design and Craft, Faculty of Art, Aichi University of the Arts since 2015.
UNIT 02個人護理產品02-01健康、按摩產品02-02衛生用品02-03美容產品02-04育兒小產品、隨身用品02-05家用育兒用品02-06家用護理產品
Gen Suzuki
Product Designer | Director, GEN SUZUKI STUDIO
Suzuki is a graduate of the Design Products Program at the Royal College of Art in the UK. After working at Panasonic Corporation and the London and Boston offices of IDEO, he established GEN SUZUKI STUDIO. He collaborates with domestic and international firms, including Herman Miller, MUJI and OMRON with a seamless approach between living and design at a studio set up in his house. He has won prizes including IDEA Gold Award, GERMAN DESIGN AWARD Gold Award, and his works are part of the permanent Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum collection. He is a part-time lecturer at Tama Art University and Musashino Art University. Chair of Product Design of British D&AD Awards 2023
Kaori Akiyama
Product Designer | STUDIO BYCOLOR
Akiyama founded STUDIO BYCOLOR in 2013, a design office that effectively utilizes colors and materials. She graduated from the Department of Design Science of the Faculty of Engineering at Chiba University in 2002, and worked for an office furniture manufacturer in Japan until 2012. She has won iF Design Award Gold, German Design Award, DFA Asian Design Gold Award, DIA Top100, Good Design Award and was also selected for LEXUS NEW TAKUMI PJ 2016. She is a part-time lecturer at the Department of Design Science of the Faculty of Engineering at Chiba University and the Department of Engineering and Design of the Faculty of Engineering and Design at Hosei University.
Yoshifumi Ishikawa
Design Director | Advisory Director, Senior General Manager, Design Center, Canon Inc.
Yoshifumi Ishikawa joined Canon Inc., where he gained valuable, hands-on experience in the field of camera design, including the design of the EOS-1v. He transferred to Canon USA as a senior business planner, where he pioneered web businesses and other new ventures. After returning to Japan, he first served as an advanced UI design manager, after which he was promoted to head of the Interface Design department. In 2012, he became the Senior General Manager of the Canon Design Center.
Along with outlining new product design and maintaining Canon’s corporate design identity, he strongly advocates for the role of design within the company and touches on initial proposals of business themes and activities to map out future visions. iF Design Award 2014 jury member. Chairperson of the Design Board for the fiscal year 2024 of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA).
Keita Suzuki
Industrial Designer | CEO, PRODUCT DERSIGN CENTER
Suzuki is a designer, born in 1982. He founded the Product Design Center in 2012. Influenced by his grandfather, a renown art collector, he has gained big interests in the beauty of Japanese and Asian art and crafts since his childhood. He was later attracted by the field of product design with focus of people’s daily life and activities. Developing the idea of ‘steady innovation’, by which product design is seen as part of a historical time-line, he aims to move it forward with making a beautiful standards both in product and public design.
UNIT 03文具、生活休閒產品03-01文具、辦公用品03-02教材、教育用品03-03玩具03-04體育器材03-05戶外休閒產品、登山用品、旅行用品03-06休閒用品、寵物用品03-07園藝用品03-08樂器（不耗電）
Chiho Sasaki
User Experience Designer | Founder, infield design inc./ Professor, Tama Art University
Based on ethnographic research, Sasaki provides consultation on design covering various areas such as domestic and international health care, nursing care, community, mobility, resource protection, and city planning. She co-authored “Product Planning from Scratch” (Sekigakusha). Professor in the Department of Integrated Design, Tama Art University and part-time lecturer at Aichi University of the Arts. She previously worked for IDEO and GK Graphics. She completed her master’s degree at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology.
Masuko Unayama
Product designer / Space designer / Art director | SyuRo Co., Ltd. Representative Director and President
In 1999, he founded SyuRo Ltd. The company designs products and spaces for daily necessities in Japan and abroad, as well as directing shops, hotels and restaurants. In 2008, he opened a directly managed shop in Kuramae, Tokyo, contributing to the development of the Kuramae area. In recent years, he has opened SAMNICON in Miyota, Nagano Prefecture, a place where he can propose the next generation of recycling-oriented comfortable living and interior design. The company specialises in proposals that utilise materiality and space, and conveys total lifestyle design.
Takashi Karashima
Product Designer | OKAMURA CORPORATION DESIGN DIV. DIRECTOR
Karashima was born in 1965 and graduated from the Department of Design at Tokyo University of the Arts. He joined Okamura Corporation, where he has worked as an in-house designer, creating product designs for the office market, as well as public and specialized sectors such as hospitals, schools, and logistics, including custom furniture for specific projects. He has received several awards, including the iF Design Award, the German Universal Design Award, and the Good Design Award.
Kazutoyo Yamamoto
Designer | Representative Director, dessence Inc.
Born in 1976. Founded dessence in 2005. Active in various fields such as architecture, product design, and corporate branding.
UNIT 04生活用品04-01廚房用具、炊具、容器、餐具04-02日用品04-03清掃用具04-04防災用品04-05床具04-06宗教用品
Tadahito Ishibashi
Product Designer | CEO, IDL corporation
Graduated from Chiba University's Department of Industrial Design in 1995. After working for a domestic electrical manufacturer and a business consulting company, founded IDL Co., Ltd. in 2005. Involved in design and consulting for domestic and international home appliances, information and communication equipment, furniture, and daily necessities. Selected as a designer for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's overseas dispatch program in 2010 and 2011. Also serves as a part-time lecturer at Hosei University's Department of Design Engineering.
Daisuke Kitagawa
Product Designer | Representative Director, DESIGN FOR INDUSTRY INC.
After working for a Japanese consumer electronics manufacture, Daisuke Kitagawa established DESIGN FOR INDUSTRY INC. in 2015. Based on the principle of creating "enrichment" that can be shared with everyone involved, he has been engaged in variety of fields, both at domestic and international, from furniture and daily necessities to traditional crafts, home appliances, robotics, advanced technology R&D, new material R&D, business development, and city branding. He always provides design and creative direction from the perspective of "comfortable innovation." He has won many awards, including the iF Design Award, Red Dot Design award, and German Design Award.
Shizuka Tatsuno
Creative Director / Designer | CEO, Shizuka Tatsuno Studio inc.
She graduated from Kingston University in London with a Product & Furniture Design degree and gained experience at a design studio before becoming independent in 2011. In 2017, she established Shizuka Tatsuno Studio Inc. She specializes in exploring the hidden potential of things and transforming them into tangible designs, thus creating a diverse range of works, from practical tools to emotive pieces. Her focus goes beyond visual beauty and forms; she is also deeply involved in shaping the core brand concept and product planning. Her approach emphasizes simple expressions that reflect the project’s key concepts. Her work extends beyond conventional boundaries, encompassing various fields around product design, including art direction, exhibition space design direction, and art production.
Yoko Yasunishi
Designer | Director, DRILL DESIGN Co,.Ltd.
Established DRILL DESIGN with Yusuke Hayashi. She creates designs in a number of categories centered on product design. She often participates in projects from art direction, material development, and technological development, and broadens new possibilities with clients in Japan and abroad. Awards she has received include the Red Dot Design Award, the German Design Award, the Good Design Special Award, and the Wallpaper* Design Award, among others.
Jian Zhang
Market Research Analyst | Senior Research Director, Interact Analysis
After graduating from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003 with a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Jian embarked on her career at Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center Co., Ltd., specializing in exterior styling design for automobiles. Transitioning into market research, Jian has held roles at prestigious institutions such as IHS Markit and IMS Research, accumulating extensive experience leading research activities in scaled, high-growth industrial and technology markets, including industrial automation, smart manufacturing, and robotics. In her current role as Senior Research Director at Interact Analysis, Jian leads global initiatives, providing invaluable market intelligence to clients worldwide.
UNIT 05家電05-01生活家電05-02環境家電、設備05-03烹飪家電
Sosuke Nakabo
Product Designer | Representative, Sosuke Nakabo Design Office
Sosuke Nakabo graduated in Product Design at Kyoto City University of Arts and in Design Products at The Royal College of Art for postgraduate studies. He worked at Panasonic (Osaka), MUJI (Tokyo) and Jasper Morrison’s office (London) and he opened an office in Kyoto. He also served as an associate professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology and as the Head of Design at MUJI and now a visiting professor at Kyoto City University of Arts. He is the recipient of multiple prestigious international awards, including the GOOD DESIGN AWARD, the iF Design Award, IDEA, the Red Dot Design Award, and the Design Anthology Awards.
Maki Hirakawa
Product Designer | Representative Director, HIRAKAWA DESIGN STUDIO INC.
After graduating from Kanazawa College of Art, Hirakawa worked at a major electronics manufacturer, designing healthcare products, lighting fixtures, and more. In 2001, she established HIRAKAWA DESIGN STUDIO. In addition to product exterior design, she engages in comprehensive product development, including business planning and brand development. With a focus on product design expertise, she aims to create new value through design for businesses and society, including design production for government agencies.
Hiroko Matsumoto
Design Director | Vice President, Director of Research Institute, Head of Department of Collaborative Design, Joshibi University of Art and Design
As Designer and Design Director at the Toshiba Design Center, Matsumoto undertook product development and mechanical design, including household appliances, audiovisual equipment, healthcare products, etc. and has received many awards both in Japan and overseas, including the Good Design Gold Award, and iF/Red Dot Design Award Gold Award. Currently, in addition to university administration as Vice President of Joshibi University of Art and Design, she is involved in many collaborative projects with local governments and companies as part of her education, strengthening her ability to identify and solve problems through design. Based on her experience in both business and education, she conceived of the Department of Collaborative Design, which will open in April 2023.
Nobuyoshi Yamazaki
Product Designer / UX Design Researcher | Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Design, Tokyo University of the Arts
"Yamazaki graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts. After working for a design consulting firm and as the head of NEC's design center, he has been in his current position since 2016. He has extensive experience in the design and management of new business creation for information equipment, industrial machinery, and public systems. He specializes in UX, UI, product, and design management. In recent years, he has been materializing vision design and renovating existing values through design and art. He also provides advisory services for corporate talent development and design organizations. Representative of KOMA Design.
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Shikuan Chen
Product Designer | CDO/SVP, Compal Electronics, Inc.
Shikuan Chen is Chief Design Officer (CDO) and Senior Vice President of the Marketing and Innovation office of Compal Electronics, Inc. in Taiwan, one of the world's largest research and development centers and computer manufacturers. He manages a team of more than 350 design experts. Shikuan is also a Board Member (2015-2019) of the World Design Organization (WDO/ICSID) and Professor of Design at Shih Chien University in Taipei. From 2000 to 2004 Shikuan served as Managing Director Greater China Region at GE/FITCH and from 2004 to 2009 as Global Account & Design Director at Philips Design. In 1995 he graduated from the Cranbrook Academy of Art (USA) with a Master of Fine Arts in Design.
UNIT 06影像、音響產品06-01個人音響設備06-02專業廣播、音響設備06-03相機、相機周邊06-04影像設備06-05樂器（耗電）
Kazushige Miyake
Designer | CEO, miyake design co., ltd.
Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1973. He established miyake design in 2005. He designs a wide range of products, from consumer electronics and furniture to household goods and bicycles for companies both domestically and overseas.
Noriko Kawakami
Journalist | Associate Director, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
1986, Kawakami joined editorial dept of AXIS. 1994, she became freelance journalist. 2007, Associate Director of 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT. She has assisted in numerous exhibitions, including Japanese Design Today 100 (Japan Foundation, 2014-2023). She had also was co-curator extensively, including for "Japon Japonismes. Objets inspirés, 1867-2018" (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2018). She is Guest Professor in Department of Industrial, Interior and Craft Design, and concurrently Lecturer in Department of Scenography, Display and Fashion Design, Musashino Art University. She is also Lecturer at Kuwasawa Design School. She is a member of the Board Directors of Tama Art University.
Hisakazu Shimizu
Product Designer | President, S&O DESIGN Co.,Ltd.
As chief designer of Canon’s IXUS Digital series of digital cameras, Shimizu raised product branding to achieve top market share worldwide. Numerous accolades include Germany’s iF Design Award and Japan’s Good Design (G Mark) Award. He established S&O DESIGN in 2012. He employs and promotes original new “continuous design” 3D design method. He has been attracting attention for wide variety of projects, including his “Lovable Bad Design” research activities spotlighting the charms of insignificant things in everyday life, and his participation in the Setouchi International Art Triennale. Adjunct instructor at Tokyo University of the Arts / Kuwasawa Design School.
Mihoko Hotta
Head of Circular Economy | DENTSU LIVE INC.
After working as product designer at major consumer electronics company and design director at telecommunications company . After that, manager of product branding,marketing and public relations for the Japanese market at globa l telecommunications equipment company. Hotta joined DENTSU INC. in 2016. Seconded to DENTSU LIVE INC. in 2025.Mainly in charge of Circular Economy field. Domestic and global design awards received includ e iF P roduct Design Award, red dot design award, and GOOD DESIGN A WARD. Certified human-centered design professional and certified professional ergonomist.
Jae-han Jin
Industrial Designer | Professor, Hansung University, College of Design
Professor Jae-han Jin of Hansung University led the successful bid to host the 2001 ICSID World Design Congress in Korea and was awarded the Order of Service Merit at the Korea Design Award for his contributions to enhancing the design and technological capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises. A former executive at Samsung Electronics, he is recognized for laying the foundation for Samsung’s design management. He established the design philosophy of “User-Centered Design for the Future” and developed the “Samsung Electronics Design Innovation Plan.” He is also credited with laying the groundwork for Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s declaration of the “Year of Design Innovation.” From 2004 to 2009, he founded and operated the Samsung China Design Research Institute in Shanghai, supporting the “Design Korea China” event to enhance Korea’s design competitiveness. Additionally, he established Samsung Electronics’ Product Design (PI) team and promoted Samsung’s design initiatives in Japan. Later, as a Design PD at the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology(KEIT), he planned and supported the "Design Innovation Capability Enhancement Project." His work contributed to strengthening the capabilities of design-specialized companies and improving the design performance of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises.
UNIT 07通訊產品07-01智慧型手機、智慧型手機周邊07-02智能手錶07-03電腦、電腦周邊07-04一般、公用通訊設備07-05專業通訊設備
Tetsu Miyazawa
Design Director / Product Designer | President, &design Co., Ltd.
After working as an in-house designer in Japan and overseas, Miyazawa founded &design Co., Ltd. in 2007. While working with other companies as a product designer, his company also develops and sells its own products. He won the GOOD DESIGN BEST 100, iF DESIGN AWARD Gold, Red Dot Design Award Best of the Best, and many other awards. Part-time lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering and Design, Hosei University.
Hisato Ogata
Design Engineer | Director, Takram
With takram since 2012, Ogata is an award-winning design engineer whose multidisciplinary abilities span from hardware to software and from art to science. A recipient of the Good Design Award in 2004 and the iF Product Design Award in 2005, his work has most recently received acclaim at the Media Arts Festival held by the Japanese National Agency of Cultural Affairs in 2012.
Miyuki Tamai
CMF Designer | CEO, FEEL GOOD CREATION Inc.
After working in the Design Department of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. he established FEEL GOOD CREATION, the only company in Japan specializing in CMF design. The company provides direction, design, and consulting services for CMF design and worldview creation for a wide range of industries, including automobiles, home appliances, architecture, and interior design. She also focuses on the development of sustainable materials and the concept of a recycling society, utilizing CMF's knowledge and manufacturing network. She is the organizer of CMF TOKYO - SENSE, an activity to revitalize manufacturing in Japan, focusing on materials and processing. Part-time lecturer at Musashino Art University and Nagaoka Institute of Design.
Shigeya Yasui
UI Design Researcher | Professor, Faculty of Systems Information Science, Department of Media Architecture, Future University Hakodate
Yasui completed master program at University of Tsukuba in Design. After working as UI Designer at Sony Corporation's Creative Center, he has been a professor at Future University Hakodate since 2012. His research theme is UI Design. Award: Haptic Design Award 2016 Grand Prize.
Baonan Du
Product Designer | Cofunder / VP of Design, Singulato
Co-founder and Vice President of Design of Singulato, Former Chief Designer of PSA China Design Center. Before participating in the founding of Singulato, Du Baonan has been working in traditional industries. From automobile design to electronic digital product design, Du Baonan has rich experience in cross-border work. Graduated from the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts in 1996, now the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University. China Automotive Technology Research Center, MOTOROLA North Asia Center CXD, Senior designer of Shanghai GM Pan Asia Technology Center; Director of COOLPAD Innovation Design Center of Shenzhen Yulong Computer Communication Co., Ltd.; PSA Peugeot Citroen Group China Design Center, chief designer of Citroen
UNIT 08產業、醫療設備08-01工具、工作設備08-02農具、農業設備農具、農業用機器08-03生產、製造設備08-04醫療儀器、設備08-05材料、零件08-06生產、製造技術08-07研究、實驗用儀器和設備08-08其它醫療、產業產品
Tamotsu Murakami
Design Engineering Researcher | Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Murakami graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 1984, and the Department of Industrial Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 1989. Doctor of Engineering. In English, the term, “design” is used for both engineering design and industrial design. His areas of expertise are research and education on the mathematical methods and software/hardware technology that assist designers and give full scope to their originality and diversity to design (design by human) and create products that can provide new values to meet the users' needs, sensibilities and diversity (design for human).
Yoshiki Ishikawa
Public Health Researcher | Well-being for Planet Earth Foundation
Yoshiki earned a bachelor’s degree in Health Science from the University of Tokyo, a Master of Science in Health Policy and Management from Harvard School of Public Health, and a PhD in Medicine from Jichi Medical School. As a public health researcher, entrepreneur, and science journalist, Yoshiki is working at the intersection of science, business, and government as a catalyst with the aim of advancing the well-being of society.
Takashi Shigeno
Product Designer | Representative, HERIO DESIGN LLC
Shigeno graduated from Kanazawa College of Art. After working at GK Industrial Design, he engaged in product design development across various categories and founded HERIO DESIGN in 2022. He focuses on design research to explore and realize optimal user experiences, creating innovative designs that connect people and society across diverse fields, including medical, healthcare, and industrial equipment. He has received numerous awards, including the iF Product Design Award Gold Award and the Good Design Award, and serves as a part-time lecturer at Tama Art University.
Ricca Tezuchi
Product Designer | Director, PROPELLER DESIGN
After graduating from Kuwasawa Design School and working at Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Panasonic Corporation) and IDEO Japan, established PROPELLER DESIGN in 2003. Started the store "ALL" in 2015. The store is located in the office and functions as a place to connect designers and users. Part-time lecturer at Kuwasawa Design School and Kyushu University.
UNIT 09住宅設備09-01住宅用照明設備09-02住宅用空調設備09-03住宅用建材、配件09-04住宅用內裝用品09-05住宅用外裝用品09-06住宅用廚房設備09-07浴室、衛生間、供水相關產品09-08住宅用設備
Naoki Terada
Architect/Designer |
Terada graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Meiji University in 1989. Completed the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA School) diploma course in the UK in 1994. He has designed and built brands for a variety of products, architecture, and interior design. He founded Teradadesign Architects in 2003. He founded Terada Mokei in 2011. He opened Terada Mokei shop in 2013. Served as President and CEO of the Inter Office from 2018 to 2024.
Hiroki Sato
Ph. D. Design | Professor, Department of Design, Chiba Institute of Technology
Doctorate (in Design) obtained at Graduate School of the University of Tsukuba. Sato specializes in studies of kansei (sensitivity) evaluation on design. He worked in design development of automobiles at Honda R&D Co., Ltd. and served as a full-time lecturer at Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design prior to taking up his current position at Chiba Institute of Technology in 2007. President, the Japanese Society for the Science of Design. Member, the Japan Society of Kansei Engineering. Chairperson of the Qualifications and Examinations Committee, the Japan Industrial Design Association. President, Street Design Research Organization. Co-author of “Product Design [Revised Edition] 105 Essential Knowledge for Product Development” (co-author), etc.
Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa
Design Editor | President, E&YCo.,Ltd、Professor, Osaka University of Arts Junior College.
President of E&Y CO., LTD. Design editor. Matsuzawa produces domestic and overseas designers’ works, mainly furniture and products. Currently, E&Y has collected more than 50 pieces of artwork. He announced the collaborative edition with ZANOTTA in 2006 and released a new collection line of “edition HORIZONTAL- multiple collection line” at the Design Museum London in 2015. Some of their works are housed at MoMA NY, Design Museum London, Musee des Arts Decoratifs Paris, Sweden National Museum. He also serves as director and advisor for planning, editing, and curating domestic and international projects and exhibitions.
Mårten Claesson
Architect and Product Designer | Architect SAR SIR / MSA, Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects
Mårten Claesson was born in Lidingö, Sweden, in 1970. His studies include construction engineering at the Vasa Technical College in Stockholm and architecture and product design at the Parsons School of Design in New York, before graduating in 1994 with an MFA degree from the Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. He is co-founder of the design partnership Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects. Mårten Claesson is also a writer, a lecturer and a member of the board of Architects Sweden, the professional organisation for all architects in Sweden. Mårten Claesson / Claesson Koivisto Rune has received an array of international awards and recognitions, amongst them ‘Designer of the Year’ 2014 by Elle Decor Italia; ‘Interior Designer of the Year’ 2020 by Elle Deco Japan; ‘Asia Ahead Best Hotel Conversion’ 2021 for K5 hotel, Tokyo; ‘Red Dot Design Award – Best of the Best’, and the ‘Bruno Mathsson Award’ 2015 – the highest honour in furniture design in Sweden and the Scandinavian region. In 2020, King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf awarded the ‘Prince Eugen Medal’ for outstanding artistic achievement in architecture. In 2024, ‘Claesson Koivisto Rune - In Transit’ a 320 p. monograph was published by Rizzoli New York.
UNIT 10家具、辦公室及公用設備10-01生活家具10-02店鋪、辦公室用家具10-03店鋪、銷售用設備10-04公用設備10-05業務用廚房設備10-06業務用設備10-07業務空間用建材、配件
Tomoya Tabuchi
Designer | Representative, office for creation LLC.
Born in 1974. After graduating from Kuwasawa Design School, he oversaw planning, design, and development at a furniture manufacturer. He established “office for creation“ in 2010 where he has been involved in comprehensive creative work from graphics to art direction mainly in product design including furniture and daily goods. He has won many awards, including the Architizer A+ Awards and the Archiproduct Design Awards. Part-time lecturer at Aichi Prefectural University of Arts and Musashino Art University.
Mana Kobayashi
Interior Architect | Design office ima
Since 1998, Kobayashi has been co-sponsoring Design Office Ima with Takashi Kobayashi. Centered on store design, she undertakes products, residential buildings, venue configurations for exhibitions, etc. Her upbeat spatial designs that skillfully incorporate colors and materials are demonstrated in products, housing, hotels, kindergartens, and others. Her main pieces include "marimekko," "IL BISONTE," "INOKASHIRA HOUSE," etc. She was selected by ELLE DECO as one of the "50 Women Creators Active in Architecture and Design" in 2022.
Manabu Tago
Art Director / Designer | Representative, MTDO Inc.
After being involved in household appliances and information equipment at Toshiba, then taking part in the startup period of REALFLEET CO., LTD (current: amadana), a household appliances venture company, and being responsible for design management, Tago established MTDO Inc. Through research of corporate and organizational design and innovation, his specialty is "design management", overall design from concept creation to product development, across a wide range of industrial fields. A designer that carries our new value creation completely from start to finish, including branding, UX, product design, etc. Many works have received awards domestically and from overseas.
Edward Barber
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UNIT 11移動工具11-01乘用車及相關設備11-02業務車輛及相關設備11-03摩托車及相關設備11-04個人移動工具、自行車及相關設備11-05鐵路、輪船、飛機11-06移動、運輸系統和服務(物流)
Kota Nezu
Creative Communicator | CEO, znug design,inc.
Graduated from the Department of Design, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University. He joined Toyota Motor Corporation and served as the concept development leader for the "i-unit," which was exhibited at EXPO 2005 AICHI, etc., He established znug design, inc. in 2005, and has been involved in the concept planning and design for many industrial products and contributed to the vitalization of corporate creative activities. While promoting projects including the electric motorcycle "zecOO" upholding the slogan 'from small town factory to the world' and the soft, small fabric mobility "rimOnO," he is also engaged in the development of GROOVE X "LOVOT," Jinki-Ittai "Multipurpose Anthropomorphic Heavy Machinery" and others. Awards he has received include the Good Design Gold Award, the iF Design Award, the Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Kawaii Kansei design top prize, the JAPAN WOOD DESIGN AWARD top prize, and others.
Maholo Uchida
Curator | MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives, East Japan Railway Foundation for Cultural Innovations
Uchida worked at the Miraikan National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation from 2002 to 2020, and works at the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as an overseas trainee for the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2005. She specializes in the combined field of art, technology, and design, and promotes art & science projects. She actively involved with introducing Japanese culture through technological innovation and robots. She has participated in the Barbican Centre (London), Milano Triennale, and Paris Cultural Center as a guest curator and commissioner. She serves as a planner and advisor for museums outside of Japan.
Masahiko Kimura
Designer | President, GK Graphics Incorporated, Executive Director, GK Design Group Incorporated
Kimura is the president of GK Graphics Inc. and a board member of GK Design Group Inc.. He has been involved in comprehensive design projects such as the JR East Japan signage plan, Utsunomiya LRT total design, rebranding of the Marunouchi Hotel, and development of Yamaha Motor Font (UI typeface), focusing on branding, product development, transportation systems, and design education for businesses and local governments. He is also the chairperson of the logo selection committee for the Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships. He is a part-time lecturer in the Integrated Design Department at Tama Art University. His notable publications include "Inscriptions of Emperor Trajan" and "Encyclopedia of Western Typefaces" (co-authored). His awards include the Brunel Award, New York TDC Award, GOOD DESIGN AWARD BEST100 GOOD FOCUS AWARD, SDA Award Silver, and JPDA Award Gold.
Takumi YAMAMOTO
Product Designer | Takumi YAMAMOTO, Designer, Principal
After studying car design in Japan and the UK, he worked as a car designer at Peugeot and Citroen, France. In 2017, he founded Takumi YAMAMOTO in Paris. His design is consistent and trusted by his clients in Japan and overseas, covering CI, branding, planning, products, and PR. He designs things of various sizes from land-sea-and-air mobility transportation including cars, flying cars, and ships, to spoons. Having worked at Sony Interactive Entertainment, he has deep knowledge of video games and digital content, and his activities span real and virtual worlds.
UNIT 12建築（獨棟住宅、小規模集合/共同住宅）12-01商品化、工業化住宅12-02獨棟住宅12-03小規模集合住宅12-04小規模共同住宅和宿舍12-05住宅施工方法、構造方法12-06獨棟住宅、小規模集合住宅相關的服務和系統/HEMS
Masahiro Harada
Architect / Professor | Founder/Architect, MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS STUDIO, Professor, Shibaura Institute of Technology
Born in Shizuoka in 1973. He graduated from Shibaura Institute of Technology in 1997. He established MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS STUDIO with Mao Harada in 2004 after working at Kengo Kuma & Associates, Jose Antonio Martinez Lapena and Elias Torres (Barcelona) as National Fellowship for Artist, and Arata Isozaki and associates. He has been a professor at the faculty of architecture at Shibaura Institute of Technology since 2016. His recent works include Seto(company housing), Chiryu Afterschool (Afterschool+local community center), Roadside Station Mashiko, A&A LIAM FUJI, ROOFLAG, Entô, STROOG, etc. He won many awards such as the Leaf Awards 2010 and 2014, Young Architect Award of the Japan Institute of Architects 2015, JIA Awards Grand Prix 2018 and BCS Awards 2018/2021/2023, Prize of AIJ 2020.
Hiroyuki Ito
Architect | Reprisentative, Hiroyuki Ito Architects/ Professor, Kogakuin University of Technology and Engineering
Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and completed the Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. After working at Nikken Sekkei, he co-founded OFDA in 1998, and established Hiroyuki ITO Architects in 1999. He mainly designs apartment buildings as well as hotels and office buildings. His major works include hanaqumoi, Tenjincho Place, Mikumi-zaka Flat, Prism Inn Ogu, and Tatsumi Apartment House. He won the AIJ Annual Architectural Design Commendation, the GOOD DESIGN GOLD AWARD, GOOD DESIGN BEST 100, the RIBA Award for International Excellence, the Tokyo Society of Architects and Building Engineers Residential Architecture Prize, the SD Review Kashima Prize, and the JIA Tohoku Architecture Prize.
Miho Iwatsuki
Architect | CEO, studio velocity / Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Nagoya Zokei University
Born in 1977 in Aichi, Iwatsuki worked at junya Ishigami + associates. She established studio velocity in 2006. Representative works: “House in Chiharada,” “House Open to the City,” “Aichi Sangyo University Educational Center for Language and IT,” “Kowa Public Apartment Complex in Mihama,” “Office in Sanno,” “AWAZUKU HOUSE,” Awards received include SD review 2006, 2007・2021・2022 JIA Award, 2011 International Architecture Awards, JCD Design Award 2011 Gold Prize, AR HOUSE AWARDS 2013 Highly Commended, AIJ Young Architect Award for Selected Architectural Designs 2016, 2016 JIA Young Architect Award, Good Design Award 2015・2018, SD review 2018 Asakura Prize , etc.
Shunsuke Kurakata
Architectural Historian | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University
Born in Tokyo in 1971, he graduated from Waseda University's Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Architecture, and earned a PhD in Engineering. Alongside researching the history of modern Japanese architecture, he is actively engaged in promoting the value of architecture to society. He has been involved in various architectural events such as the “Tokyo Architecture Festival,” “Open House Osaka,” and the Ginza Sony Park Project since their launch. He has written numerous books including "Yoshisaka Takamasa and Le Corbusier" and "Introduction to Architecture" (winner of the 2021 Good Design Award's Best 100).
UNIT 13建築（中、大規模集合/共同住宅）13-01中、大規模集合住宅13-02中、大規模共同住宅和宿舍13-03中、大規模集合住宅相關的服務、系統／HEMS
Mari Tochizawa
Architect | Co-Founder, SALHAUS Inc.
Born in Saitama in 1974. After completing graduate school at Tokyo University of Science, Tochizawa worked at Riken Yamamoto & Fieldshop. In 2008, she co-founded SALHAUS with Motoki Yasuhara and Masashi Hino. She works on creating public spaces/facilities through designing various types of buildings. Her major works include Kanazawa College of Art, Rikuzentakata Takata Higashi Junior High School, Moriguchi City Library, and Ofunato Fire Department Sumita Precinct. She has won many awards including the GOOD DESIGN GOLD AWARD, the AIJ Annual Architectural Design Commendation, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award for Public Architecture, the Grand Prize and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award of the Mokuzai Katsuyou Competition, and the BCS Prize.
Manabu Chiba
Architect | Professor, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
After graduating from the University of Tokyo's Department of Architecture, Chiba completed a master’s program at the same university. After working at Nihon Sekkei and After graduating from the University of Tokyo’s Department of Architecture, Chiba Factor N Associates, he established Chiba Manabu Architects in 2001. He took up his present post in 2013. In 2016, he became Vice President of the University of Tokyo (until 2018). His main work includes the Japan Guide Dog Center (Prizes of AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan)), Otaki Town Hall (UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation), and the Kogakuin University 125th Anniversary Education Building (the Murano Togo Prize). He is also author of “Rules of the Site- Sokonishikanai Keishiki” (Toto Publishing), “How is Life?” (Toto Publishing) and “hito no atsumarikata wo design suru” (Ohkokusha), "Chikyu wo aite ni shita dogu" (Ohkokusya), among others.
Toshiharu Naka
Architect | President, Naka Arcthitects' Studio, Associate Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University
Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 2001. After working at Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop and serving as a design assistant at Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture (Y-GSA) at Yokohama National University, he founded Naka Architects' Studio in 2012. He participated in La Biennale di Venezia Giaponne 2016. He design buildings focusing on circulation. His major works include Kanazawa College of Art (co-designed), SCOP TOYAMA (GOOD DESIGNS BEST 100), and Apartment with a Small Restaurant (GOOD DESIGN GOLD AWARD, the AIJ Young Architect Award). He authored “De-housing” and “Two Circles.”
Tatsuya Hatori
Architect | Executive Officer Principal, Architectural Design Group NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD
Hatori is the Design Group Director at Nikken Sekkei, Japan’s largest comprehensive design firm, specializing in architectural design, urban, and regional planning. His notable works include the Jimbocho Theater Building, which received the JIA Young Architect Award; NBF Osaki and the Toho Gakuen School of Music, Chofu Campus, Building 1, both recipients of the His projects have received the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize; and the Coop Kyosai Plaza, which won the JIA Environmental Architecture Award Grand Prize. He also developed the "Nige Map", an evacuation planning tool that has been widely adopted across Japan. In 2021, he was selected as one of the "10 Most Influential Figures in Architectural Design" by Nikkei Architecture magazine.
UNIT 14建築（產業、商業設施）14-01辦公室、產業設施的建築和環境14-02商業建築、環境
Yuri Naruse
Architect | CEO, NARUSE INOKUMA ARCHITECTS Co., Ltd.
Naruse co-founded Naruse Inokuma Architects in 2007. Their concept is to plan and design architecture with shared place. Her major works are LT Josai and Dance of light, and publications include “Designing Shared Place” and “Working As a Architect While Raising Children”. She has won many awards including Newcomer’s Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan in 2015, the special recognition Award at the 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture and the Prime Minister’s Award at the Korea Public Design Awards.
Taro Igarashi
Architectural Critic | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Igarashi was the Artistic Director of international exhibition “AICHI TRIENNALE 2013”, Commissioner of Japanese pavilion VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2008, Supervisor of touring exhibition “LEGENDARY HOUSES IN POSTWAR JAPAN” 2014-2015, Supervisor of touring exhibition "Impossible Architecture", "Windowology" and "Quand la forme parles". Minister of Education Award for Arts. Author of "Tokyo of Architecture", "Introduction of "Japan-ness" in Architecture", "Contemporary Japanese Architects: Profiles in Design "(JPIC).
Yoshiaki Irobe
Graphic Designer / Art Director | Senior Managing Director of Nippon Design Center, Inc. Director of Irobe Design Institute
Born 1974 in Chiba, Japan. Received M.F.A. degree from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Major works include branding for Osaka Metro and National Parks of Japan, furniture brand ""kettal,"" VI and sign design for Ichihara Lakeside Art Museum, sign design for Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and VI and sign design for Sukagawa Community Center. He has won several domestic and international design awards, including the Yusaku Kamekura Award, Tokyo ADC Award, SDA Grand Prize, Good Design Award, CS Design Award Grand Prix, JAGDA New Designer Award, and One Show Design Gold Pencil. He is a member of AGI, Japan Design Committee, Tokyo ADC, and JAGDA. Serving as the Art Director for the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka.
Yuko Maruyama
Architectual Project Manager | CEO/COO, Yamashita PMC Inc.
After graduating from the Department of Housing at Japan Women's University, joined a major construction company and was responsible for design at the design department. After working for a real estate developer, joined YAMASHITA PMC in 2009 and has been engaged in building project management. At the same company, launched hotel project management services and handled the construction of numerous hotels in Japan and overseas. Also involved in the management of large-scale facilities such as sports facilities, offices, schools, hospitals, commercial facilities, museums, manufacturing and R&D facilities, broadcasting stations, and public facilities.
UNIT 15建築（公共設施）、土木工程、景觀15-01公共建築、空間15-02景觀、土木工程/結構體15-03街區、地域開發15-04產業、商業、公共建築的構成方法和施工方法
Kaori Ito
Researcher in Urbanism | Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
Born in Tokyo. She graduated from the University of Tokyo and received PhD in engineering. After working at Center for Spatial Information Science, the University of Tokyo, she has worked at Tokyo University of Science. Her areas of specialization are urban space analysis and design. Her research interest includes the relationships between public space and public life. She leads the artist group Tokyo Picnic Club and is involved in creative projects for urban public space both internationally and domestically. She also leads Civic Pride Research Group. Her major publications include "Civic Pride" and "Civic Pride 2."
Yasuyuki Kawanishi
Architect / Designer / Facilitator | President, ICHIBANSEN Co.,Ltd.
Born in Nara in 1976, Kawanishi completed the Master's Programs at Chiba University, and studied at the Royal Danish Academy School of Architecture as a guest student. After working at AREP-SNCF the group of the French National Railway, he designed Nakamura Station for Tosa Kuroshio Railway (Good Design Award of Small and Medium Enterprises, the Watford Group Brunel Award, Japan Railway Award, Civil Engineering Design Grand Prize, JCD Award Rookie of the Year Award, and others), the resort train Echigo Tokimeki Railway SETSUGEKKA (SBID International Design Awards Public Space Design Winner, IDA International Design Awards GOLD Prize, and others), the high-speed vessel SEA SPICA (Good Design Award 2020 BEST100 Good Focus Award, Ship of the Year 2020), WEST EXPRESS GINGA (Good Design Award 2021 BEST100 Good Focus Award), YAKUMO Limited Express (Good Design Award 2024 BEST100). He is the president of ICHIBANSEN Co.,Ltd., which undertakes designs of mobility, architecture and communities comprehensively.
Osamu Nishida
Architect | CEO, ondesign / Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Born in 1976. He is the principal architect of ondesign co., ltd., which designs "open and impartial" architecture in various type of buildings, using their unique method to communicate with users to enhance the creativity. His representative work includes "Yokohama Apartment" (JIA rookie of the year award and the special jury mention at Venice Biennale (special entry at Japan Pavilion)), "ISHINOMAKI 2.0" (Good Design Special Award - Disaster Recovery Design and Community Recovery Award - Special Award) and "TOKYO MIDORI LABO." (Good Design BEST100)He is the author of "Kenchiku o hiraku (Open the architecture)", "Experiment from OnDesign".
Hiroshi Nishimura
Architect / Creative Director | Executive Director, WORKVISIONS Inc.
Nishimura graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, and completed the master’s program at the Graduate School of Engineering. In 1999, He established WORKVISIONS Architects Office. In addition to architecture, renovation, civil engineering and landscape design, he also works on urban regeneration strategies throughout the country. He received the AIJ Prize(work), the Civil Engineering Society Design Award, the BCS Prize, the Brunel Award, the ARCASIA Architecture Award, the Public Building Award, and many others. Received the Grand Prize of 2009th Good Design Award at the Iwamizawa complex station building.
Xiaodi Zheng
Landscape Architect, Professor | Professor / Vice Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
Xiaodi Zheng is Professor and Vice Chair at the Department of Landscape Architecture and co-director of the Center for Brownfields Research at the School of Architecture in Tsinghua University in China. She is the Official Delegate of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CHSLA) in IFLA APR. Ms. Zheng received her MLA from Harvard University and B.Arch and Ph.D from Tsinghua University, China. She servers as the Deputy-Secretary General of CHSLA, the General-Secretary of Chinese Steering Committee of Landscape Architecture Education under the Ministry of Education, and Special Editor of Chinese Landscape Architecture, which is the core journal of the Chinese Landscape Architecture Society.
UNIT 16室內空間16-01獨棟住宅、小規模集合住宅的室內設計16-02中、大規模集合住宅的室內設計16-03辦公空間、產業設施空間的室內設計16-04商業空間、店鋪的室內設計16-05公共建築的室內設計
Hisae Igarashi
Interior Designer | President, Igarashi Design Studio, Professor at Musashino Art University
Born in Tokyo. After working at Kuramata Design Office, she established Igarashi Design Studio in 1993. She plans space, considering relations between the environment, things and events. With a focus on spatial design, she has engaged in a wide range of development projects for furniture, products and children’s play equipment for commercial and education facilities. Awards received include CS Design Award, Good Design Award, JID Award (Design category), Kukan Design Award, and Kids Design Award.
Chikara Ohno
Architect | CEO, sinato
Born in Osaka in 1976. Class-1 architect. After studying urban engineering at Kanazawa University, Ohno worked as a freelancer and established sinato Inc. in 2004. He has worked on more than 500 international and domestic design projects for of various scales and purposes including architecture, interiors, and installation. He was in charge of the overall design of JR Shinjuku Station New South Area (new concourse around the ticket gate, station plaza, commercial facility NEWoMan), which was completed in 2016. Part-time lecturer of Kyoto University of Arts.
Shigeru Kubota
Architect / Spatial Designer | President, Degins JP Inc.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1969. Established Kubota Architects and Associates Inc. in 2003, renamed the company to Degins Jp Inc. in 2023. Our work spans a wide range of fields, including architecture, interior design, product design, and more. Notable projects include The WAREHOUSE, Galaxy Harajuku, MERCEDES-BENZ CONNECTION, Café 1886 at Bosch, METoA Ginza (Mitsubishi Electric’s Showroom), and HIYORI CHAPTER KYOTO HOTEL, among others. We have received numerous awards for projects such as MERCEDES-BENZ CONNECTION, Imabari Towel Minami-Aoyama, and UT (UNIQLO T-Shirt Store), among others.
Ai Yoshida
Architect | CEO, SUPPOSE DESIGN OFFICE Co.,Ltd.
Born in Hiroshima in 1974, co-founder of SUPPOSE DESIGN OFFICE. The company is based in two cities, Hiroshima and Tokyo. She has worked on various projects in Japan and overseas from interiors to residences and complex facilities. She has won many awards, including the JCD Design Award 2016 Grand Prize. Her major works include ONOMICHI U2, Public Toilet in Sendagaya, NOT A HOTEL NASU, etc. Lately, she has been working as a director and general manager of various new projects, including Vantage Point Properties and Sha-shokudo. In 2021, she established "etc inc." which focuses on spatial design and interior styling as a core business. In 2023, the commercial facility "NEKOYACHO Bldg.” run by own company opened. She works in a cross-sectoral manner based around architecture.
Shu-chang Kung
Architect / Interior Designer | Professor, Graduate Institute of Architecture, NYCU / Co-facilitator, Public Service Group of Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), / Honorary Chairman, Chinese Society of Interior Designers (CSID)
After he received M.Arch (1992) and M.Des. (1993) from GSD, Harvard University, USA, in 1997 he established AURA Architects & Associates in Taipei. Currently, he is the professor at the Graduate Institute of Architecture, NYCU, Taiwan, and vice-president, Taiwan Design Alliance (TDA). His recent works received many awards - The Special Jury Award of TID Award (2007/ 2008/ 2009); iF Communication Design Award (2007); Far Eastern Architectural Design Award (2003/2005); Taiwan Architecture Award (2004/2006/2008); JCD Design Award, Japan (2004/2006). He was also the chief curator of the 2011-2012 Hong Kong and Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture - Taipei Pavilion; 2013 Taipei Design & City Exhibition - Adaptive City Design in Motion for 2016 World Design Capital; 2018 Hsinchu 300th Anniversary Expo - See You Tomorrow; 2018 Taichung World Flora Expo - Harvest Blessings Pavilion; 2019 Open Library of General Village; 2019 TAIPOWER D/S One; 2020 Bricking The Wall, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB); 2020 Taiwan Design Expo - Check in Hsinchu; 2021|2022 Creative Expo Taiwan; 2023 Hakka Expo Taiwan Pavilion; 2023 Taiwan Design Expo, etc.
UNIT 17媒體、內容17-01媒體17-02一般、公共內容17-03專業內容17-04廣告、PR方法17-05展示、陳列17-06品牌設計、CI/VI17-07字體17-08一般、公共包裝17-09業務用包裝
Daisuke Moriuchi
Designer | Head of Program Design Center, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
After joining NHK, Moriuchi worked as a designer in the stage design of the program and CG production of NHK Special. While working at an NHK-related organization, he planned and produced several experiential contents including the projection mapping of Tokyo Station. After that, he was involved in corporate branding, program development, and sales strategy, and as been in his current position since 2022. His major works include NHK Logo, Kohaku Uta Gassen, Tokyo Reborn, and AI Misora Hibari. He has received the GOOD DESIGN GRAND AWARD.
Mamoru Kano
Designer | Professor, Tohoku University of Art and Design / Advisor, WOW
As a founding member of the visual design studio WOW, Kano worked on designs in various fields, from commercial videos to software development. He has presented many experience-based video works at exhibitions and museums in Japan and overseas. He has also been involved in many design projects with businesses and municipalities. In recent years, he has put much effort into the research of design education at Film and Media of Tohoku University of Art & Design and has been working on the development of tool design for online lectures and finding next-generation talent based on media expression.
Yasuharu Sasaki
Creative Director | Global Chief Creative Officer, dentsu
He joined Dentsu in 1995. After gaining experience as copywriter, interactive director, and ECD of Dentsu America, he assumed his present post. Utilizing a hybrid of his digital and creative knowledge, he works as leader of a new area of creativity, while also carrying out global client relations in cooperation with overseas group bases. He has won many domestic and international advertisement awards, including Cannes Loins, One Show, and D&AD. He also has experience in judging for domestic and international awards, as well as in international keynote lectures.
Yumiyo Miyata
Graphic Designer |
She was born and resides in Toyama City in 1973. She works on various design projects, including CI/VI, advertising, posters, packaging, websites, and exhibition planning. She has received several awards, including the CS Design Award, JAGDA Award, and the JAGDA New Designer Award.
UNIT 18系統、服務18-01一般、公用應用和軟體/智慧型手機、平板電腦應用18-02一般、公用系統和服務18-03保險、金融服務和系統18-04業務軟體18-05業務系統和服務18-06社會基礎設施系統
Hidetomo Nagata
Strategist | Executive Officer, Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.
Over 10 years of experience as a strategy consultant at IBM and PwC, specialize in new business strategy and service design for urban development including smart cities. Joined Airbnb Japan in 2016, contributed to creating sharing economy in Japan. Currently serving as an Executive Officer at MUJI, leading Social Good division. Graduated from the University of Tokyo (Faculty of Law), and was a Visiting Professor at Kyoto University of the Arts (2019-2022).
Tomomi Sayuda
Experience Designer | Design Researcher, DLX Design Lab, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Graduated from Royal College of Art MA Design Products, Grand Prize winner of WIRED Creative Hack Award 2023, a jury member of D&AD 2021, selected work for Japan Media Arts Festival 2021. Tomomi Sayuda was involved in exhibition experience and service design at FJORD London, a museum design company GSM project Dubai, and Bascule in Tokyo before acquiring her current position at The University of Tokyo. She has been involved in project direction and implementation of international design led science research projects centred on Citizen Science. She was a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore and a Lecturer at Musashino Art University.
Hal Seki
Civic Hacker | Representative, Code for Japan
Born in Tokyo in 1975, he is the representative of Code for Japan. Under the motto "Using technology to create more livable communities," he actively participates in various initiatives, crossing company boundaries. He is also the president of HackCamp, a company that supports open innovation in businesses. In Japan, he promotes "civic tech," a field that leverages technology to help residents, governments, and businesses collaborate in building a better society. Additionally, he advocates for open governance, data utilization, and digital technology adoption. He serves in various advisory roles, including Regional Informatization Advisor for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Chief Digital Service Fellow for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Chief Innovation Officer for Kobe City, and CIO for Nishiawakura Village.
Tasuku Mizuno
Lawyer | CITY LIGHTS LAW
Lawyer (Tokyo-Based) Director of Creative Commons Japan and Arts and Law. Part-time lecturer at Keio University SFC. External board member of note inc. and other corporations. Mizuno provides hands-on legal advice on business and management strategies for various entities from start-ups in various industries such as technology, creative, city/vitalization of local community to industrial giants and public institutions. His publications include "Designing Law: How Creativity and Innovation Can Accelerate Law" (Film Art Sha), co-author of “Rules? Book: Design for Creative Living” (Film Art Sha), as well as a series titled "A New Social Contract (or Something to Replace It)" (WIRED JAPAN).
UNIT 19地域構想、活動19-01針對地域的構想和活動19-02針對共同體的構想和活動
Yuki Uchida
Urban Designer | Senior Director, Re:public Inc. / President, Futurama
Uchida graduated from Waseda University with a bachelors in Architecture and later received her masters in Sustainable City Design at Ferrara University in Italy. In 2013, she became a founding member of a Re:public Inc., which works with governments, companies, local citizens, and educational institutes to design innovation ecosystems with communities. She is also co-owner of A New Scale, an urban research collective. She conducts urban research activities with a focus on physicality, urban design, and art. Co-planned and edited the book "Ashiita no shigoto: Thinking with Asian Practitioners about Alternative Futures" (Kokuyo Co., Ltd.) She was appointed as a regional revitalization evangelist by the Cabinet Office in 2017.
Ryoko Iwase
Architect | Principal, Studio Iwase、Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Principal of Studio Iwase and Assistant professor at Kyoto University. After working for EM2N Architects in Switzerland and at Kengo Kuma and Associates, she established her own firm.Her practice covers multiple areas from architectural spaces to public-works infrastructure and public space design including ‘Tocotocodandan’ ‘Rock Garden of stopover-gravels’ ‘Masumi Park’’Venice Biennale Japan Pavilion 2021:Co-ownership of Action Trajectories of Elements’.She has received the grand prize of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture Award, the Good Design Gold Award, the Tokyo University of the Arts Emerald Award, and the Best Debutant Award.
Shogo Kishino
Art Director / Graphic Designer | President, 6D-K co.,Ltd.
Born in Tokyo. Kishino established 6D, a graphic design firm, in 2007. Focusing on VI, he has worked extensively on logo, packaging, and space information design. His recent works include rebranding of Fujiya, art direction for the design system of Asahikawa City, the graphics for the KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD, Kanagawa Prefectural Library, the VI and sign plans of Kyoto ShinPuhKan, Doraemon sign at Noborito Station, Odakyu Line, and the package design of LOTTE ZERO. He has won many design awards in Japan and overseas including Tokyo ADC, JAGDA, SDA, D&AD, and Cannes Lions, and DFAA.
Naohiro Niiyama
Creative Director | President, TSUGI lcc.
Born in Osaka in 1985. Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Kyoto Seika University. After working at Sabae City Office, Niiyama founded TSUGI LLC. in 2015. He has worked on innovative community planning utilizing local resources, such as “RENEW” and “SAVA!STORE,” as an advocate of in-town designers. He established SOE, a tourism town planning company, in 2022 and opened LIVE DESIGN School, an educational group to search local communities and design, in 2023. He received many awards including the GOOD DESIGN SPECIAL AWARD. The co-author, with Daisuke Sakamoto, of “Designers in fascinating communities” (Gakugei Shuppan).
Li-Chin Kuo
Curator / Community Planner | Founder, Co-create Planning & Design Consultancy
Born in Taiwan in 1976, Li-Chin combines anthropology and urban/rural planning expertise and founded an atypical planning & Design consultancy firm “Co-create Planning and Design Consultancy”. Deeply rooted in Taitung, her position focuses on how local traditions can be sustained through contemporary innovation and community engagement. Serving as the curator of Taitung Slow Food Festival, she has received accolades such as the Japan Good Design Gold Award 2021, and the Taitung Action Award – Jury Grand Award 2022. In recent years, Li-Chin has been actively involved in revitalizing public spaces through the integration of design into public policy, serving as a consultant for various government projects. Her impactful contributions were recognized by LaVie Magazine, naming her one of the most influential figures in 2019.
UNIT 20一般構想、活動20-01針對一般、公共的構想和活動20-02針對個人、公共的意識改善20-03針對產業的意識改善、管理和構想20-04教育、促進、支持方法 20-05研究、開發方法
Naoko Hirota
Design Director | CEO, Hirota Design Studio / Professor at Joshibi University of Art and Design
After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, Hirota has been involved in numerous product designs as a product designer. From a design management perspective, she works to solve issues from business schemes to product development in a single step, and conducts branding design aimed at creating corporate value. Hirota has been Director and Creative Director of Sumida Local Brand Promoting Committee, Chairperson of Tokyo Business Design Award (2019 - 2020). She won the Red Dot Design Award, iF Design Award, Good Design Award, and many others.
Himari Saikawa
Architect | Tsubame Architects
Saikawa is a co-founder of Tsubame Architects and an associate professor at Waseda University Art and Architecture School. Her activities are structured into two divisions: DESIGN, which focuses on spatial design, and LAB, which explores the framework before a space is established, as well as its use and development after completion through research. Her major works include BONUSTRACK (commercial facility, row house) and MORINOHA Office. She has received numerous awards, including the AIJ Young Architect Award for Selected Architectural Designs (2022), the SD Review Asakura Award (2022), and the Tokyo Architecture Grand Prize (2022). She is also the author of Tools for Living with Uncertainty.
Miyuki Tanaka
Curator / Producer / Certified Social Worker |
Under the theme of “disability as a perspective that redefines the world,” she produces exhibitions, performances, and various projects to interpret the way we perceive expressions with the audience including people with disabilities. Her recent projects include Dance Work in Progress with Creative Audio Descriptions (KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre and various venues, 2017-ongoing), the film NIGHT CRUISING (2019), the exhibition Rules? (2022), and the exhibition “Ways of Telling” (2022). In 2022, She conducted research on the disability culture in New York as a visiting scholar at New York University with a fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council. Her books include "Accessibility for whom?: Considering from the Perspective of the Experiences and Culture of People with Disabilities." (Little More), ”Rules? Book: Design for Creative Living” (co-authored, Film Art, Inc.).
Kaie Murakami
Designer / Creative Director | CEO, SIMONE Inc.
After working at Miyake Design Studio, established SIMONE Inc. in 2003. He integrates design, marketing, and technology to work on business, product development, and branding. Major works: Parfums Christian Dior, adidas, Shiseido, Isetan Mitsukoshi, SHIRO, DESCENTE (business/product development). LOUIS VUITTON, BURBERRY, LEXUS, GSIX, UNITED ARROWS (advertising/UIUX development). Awards: Cannes Lions GOLD, NY ADC, etc.
