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Kyoto Institute of Technology Graduate School of Design Daijiro Mizuno Lab

Basic info for those who wish to consider applications

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry project “A Program for Emerging Fashion Leaders”.

Served as an advisor for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s “A Program for Emerging Fashion Leaders” by Infobahn

CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO

Academic advisor at CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO, a startup company foundation support program specializing in the circular economy field

Yomiuri　Chukousei　Shinbun

Comment on an article in the Yomiuri Chukousei　Shinbun

AOTS training

Course director for AOTS (The Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships) training

Miyagi University Design Study Center Symposium

Speaker at a symposium hosted by the Design Study Center of Miyagi University

CIRCULAR DESIGN WEEK 2023（in KAGOSHIMA）

Conducted a workshop at CIRCULAR DESIGN WEEK 2023.

Book Translation: Designs for the Pluriverse by Arturo Escobar

Supervised the translation of the book ” Designs for the Pluriverse”.

Feature length interview by WIRED Japan

Autonomous Design and De-Futuring: Designing for the Pluriverse

World Design Assembly2023+Exhibition Design Beyond

Taking part in the World Design Assembly + Exhibition as a pre-event

Article: THE BIG ISSUE JAPAN No.451

Article on “What is Sustainable Fashion?”

Circular Design Praxis

Circular Design Praxis Initiatives.

KYOTO CREATIVE ASSEMBLAGE

Co-hosting member of the MEXT-funded reskilling programme, “Kyoto Creative Assemblage”.

Appointed as Deputy Director of the Center for the Possible Futures

Appointed as Deputy Director of the Center for the Possible Futures, Kyoto Institute of Technology in April 2022.

vanitas 006,7,8

Co-edited book with Hiroshi Ashida “vanitas 006,7,8” were published.

Adaptive Service Blueprint, A Report

Published “Adaptive Service Blueprint, A Report”, a joint research report with Hino Town, Shiga Prefecture and Dr. Lara Penin and Dr. Eduardo Stasowski at Parsons New School on the changing landscape after the Covid-19

ZOZONEXT FASHION TECH NEWS

Supervised the special content feature “Fashion Design and Technology” for ZOZONEXT FASHION TECH NEWS

Book: Sustainable Fashion

Published “Sustainable Fashion: A Possible Future” co-edited with Synflux.

Paper: IASDR 2021

Presented three papers at IASDR2021.

Exhibition Supervision: GOOD DESIGN Marunouchi

Supervised the exhibition “The Recipe for Circulation – Circular Product Design Today” at GOOD DESIGN Marunouchi.

Book: Food Design

Published “Food Design : Design Research for Future Food” co-authored with Kazuhiro Ogata.

Book: Cicular Design

Published “Circular Design : Products, Services, and Businesses for Creating a Sustainable Society” co-authored with Kazutoshi Tsuda.

Paper: Lifology

Co-authored paper with Kana Ohashi, “A Visual Ethnographic Study on the Experience of Virtual Travel under the Influence of COVID-19,” presented at the 48th Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Japan Society of Lifology.

Emerging State of Fashion Report: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Chairperson, “Study Group for Future Fashion – Fashion Future Study Group”, Cool Japan Policy Division, Fashion Policy Office, Commerce and Service Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Collaborative Research: Wacoal, 2020-22

Conducted research with Wacoal Human Science Research Institute and Synflux on “Underwear of the Future”.

Kobe City Project ”englobe”

Mentor at Kobe City Project englobe.

Paper: CHI 2021

Oral presentation with RAY LC ,”Designing for Narrative Influence: :Speculative Storytelling for Social Good in Times of Public Health and Climate Crises ” ,at 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

WWD Japan Sustainability Summit 2022

Panel Discussion participation

The Japan Foundation Asia Center Crosstalk

Conversation with Annisa Wibi at the Japan Foundation Asia Center Crosstalk – Cultures Traveling Toward Post- Covid 19.

Invited lecture: WWF Japan

Invited speaker at WWF Japan’s interactive event “Plastic Circular Challenge 2025 Mirai Dialogue”.

Food Design Now

Seminar held at the “Food Design Now” event sponsored by the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan and TGA (Taiwan Good Agriculture), Taiwan Design Institute Foundation.

AWAI Global Forum 2022

Invited speaker at Awai Global Forum 2022

Book：Chapter contribution for Fashion Studies

Contributing the book “Critical Word Fashion Studies”, Part 1, Chapter 8 on Fashion and Technology.

Collaborative Research: Food Shaping the Future with Daigas, 2019-2021

Project lead for the collaborative research “Food Shaping the Future” project with the Osaka Gas Energy Technology Institute.

Panel Discussion: ServDes2020

Oral presentation at ServDes.2020:Tensions Paradoxes Plurality.

workshop and online lecture

Holding offline workshop and online lecture “School of Fashion Futures”.

“Food Shaping the Future”

Project lead for ”Food Shaping the Future: Design-led explorations on the possible future food”, a joint research project between Osaka Gas Energy Technology Research Institute and Kyoto Institute of Technology KYOTO Design Lab.

NHK TV programmes appearance

Appeared in “NHK BS-1 Catch! World’s Top News” and cooperated in the planning of “NHK News Shibu 5:00″ and “NHK Fukahi Kenkyuuchuu” on Sustainable Fashion

Paper: DRS SIG Pivot 2020

Co-authored paper “Speculation of The Purpose of Life in 2050 from Kyoto – Case Study on Transition Design in Japan” with Masaki Iwabuchi was accepted in the conference “Pivot 2020″, organized by the Pluriversal Design Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Design Research Society (DRS).

Lecture

Lecture at the 4th session of “2019 Open Research Program – Toward the Future of the Doctorate” held by the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts.

KYOTO Design Lab Mini-Symposium

Speaker at KYOTO Design Lab Mini-Symposium, “Speculating the Future of Speculative & Critical Design”.

International Talk Event

Panelist for International Talk Event “IoT, Fab and Welfare in Kyoto.

Public Lecture Moderator

Moderator of Lara Penin’s Public Lecture “The socio-cultural relevance of design in a world of systemic crisis: a case for transdisciplinary design”.

Book: Article contribution

Contributed to the book “Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten no Monozukuri Monozane”.

Online Workshop: (Re)generating Japan

Holding Online Workshop: (Re)generating Japan at KYOTO Design Lab.

Interview: Sony Design DESIGN VISION

Interview article by Sony’ DESIGN VISION

IDFA Competition for Short Documentary

“Transition”, co-directed with Kana Ohashi, was selected for the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Competition for Short Documentary.

iF Design foundation meeting

Participated in IF foundarion’s HEARING IN KYOTO,JAPAN.

Co-creation event

Speaking in the co-creation event between MTRL, an open innovation platform, and Tajima Industries: “The Old and New Possibilities of Embroidery – Designing Surfaces and Textures with Threads”.

Mini-symposium with MOMENT

Holding the mini Symposium “Where Circular Society is Now” with the editorial board of MOMENT magazine.

Lecture with Toshiki Okada

Lecture with Toshiki Okada, “Thinking about Architecture in the Future”.

Guest lecture translation and moderation

Translating and ｍoderating the public lecture “Thinking through Fashion: Philosophy and Technology”by Anneke Smelik.

1-Day workshop

Facilitated TU Eindhoven x Kyoto Institute of Technology 1-Day workshop.

Book: translating Critical Design in Context: History, Theory, and Practice

Supervised translation for Critical Design in Context: History, Theory, and Practice

Mini-symposium with Masaki Iwabuchi

Holding the mini-symposium with Masaki Iwabuchi,Kyoto Design Lab2019 Design Researcher-in-Residence.

Appointed as a Project Professor at Kyoto Design Lab in April 2019

Appointed as a Project Professor at Kyoto Design Lab, Kyoto Institute of Technology.

GFC2018

Taking part in the Global Fashion Conference 2018 to deliver three oral presentations.

Writing: JABS 2018 Sep

Chapter contribution to the JABS (Journal of Architecture and Building Science): Introducing the global research trend in the domain of Research through Design into Japanese architectural design discourse.

SFC Journal Paper 2018 Sep

Publication of invited paper, “Analysis on Participatory Design Research in Heisei Period”.

PDC2018

Taking part in the Participatory Design Conference 2018: “Designing alternative disability employment system through usage of digital fabrication machines in Japanese welfare facilities”.

Book: Fab Consortium 2017

Keio Research Institute at SFC The Global Society on Planetary Fabbing Design Inclusion Working Group FY2017 DOCUMENT.

Japan Society of Lifology 45th

Taking part in the 45th research meeting of Japan Society of Lifology, along with the conference poster searching into digital fabrication usage for supporting handicapped person’s employment.

Writing: 10+1 website 2018 May

Writings on 10+1 website, a web magazine of architectural and urban critique: Dialogue on archival studies.

academyhills school

Guest lecture at academyhills school on fashion and technological innovation, foreseeing the post-humanistic mode of clothes based on its current situation.

Society for Serviceology 2018

Taking part in the Society for Serviceology 2018 as a poster submitter on Service Design and user behaviour.

vanitas 005

Fashion Critique Magazine co-editer in chief Hiroshi Ashida. Special Feature: “Fashion, Design and Art”.

YUIMA NAKAZATO Exhibition “HARMONIZE”

Exhibition at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT: Exhibiting clothes from the YUIMA NAKAZATO 2018 SS collection for which Keio University SFC Daijiro Mizuno Laboratory conducted technical research.

YUIMA NAKAZATO 2018 SS

Conducting technical research with the noiz architects for the YUIMA NAKAZATO 2018 SS collection, titled “HARMONIZE” whose clothes are made with the aim of merging digital fabrication and craftsmanship.

SFC Journal Paper 2017 Sep

Publication of invited paper, “Analysis on the Nature of Design Research in Transition from Wicked Problems to Complex Socio-Technical Problems”.

Ars Electronica Festival 2017

Directing the exhibition area for our STARTS Prize nomination work “Speculative, Fashionable, Wearable” at the Ars Electronica Festival 2017.

RTD2017

Taking part in the RTD (Research through Design) conference 2017 as a co-author with Kazuya Kawasaki: Academic presentation titled “Bio-hacking Fashion: A Study on 2.5 Dimensional Fashion Pattern Cutting and Bacterial Dyes”.

Open Design for E-very-thing

Taking part in the Open Design for E-very-thing (Hong Kong Design Institute) as a co-author with Kazuya Kawasaki: Academic presentation titled “Open Bio-hacking Fashion toward sustainable production line: studying on bio-material development and 3D forming”.

EKSIG2017

Taking part in the EKSIG2017 (Delft University of Technology) as a co-author with Kazuya Kawasaki: Academic presentation titled “In-between of Two and Three Dimensions: Development of Fashion Pattern Cutting for Bio-fabric”.

References: Speculative Design / Design Fiction

Lecture slides on Speculative Design and Design Fiction with links to references.

Care, media and ritual workshop with RMIT

Taking part in the workshop of RMIT and Keio University: Lecture on “From Design with People to Design by People: A Study on the relationship between Care, Digital Fabrication and the Nature of Job for People with Impairments”.

Book: JAGDA REPORT

Chapter contribution about Inclusive Design on the JAGDA REPORT collecting 100 keywords among today’s graphic design situation.

GDZ 2017

Involved in GDZ: an intercollegiate seminar. Its theme of the year is “Re-innovation”.

Micro Social Agent Fieldwork in Tohoku

Conducting fieldwork with the research question: How do the Tohoku earthquake victims form social bonds in the process of disaster reconstruction?

Project Jacquard

Directing a collaborative research project with Google ATAP: Aiming to speculate on sartorial appearances of the future through blending fashion design and wearable technology.

Book: Fab Consortium 2016

Keio Research Institute at SFC The Global Society on Planetary Fabbing Design Inclusion Working Group FY2016 DOCUMENT.

KIITO talk

Taking part in the discussion on fashion design with Hiroshi Ashida.

Writing: 10+1 website

Writings on 10+1 website, a web magazine of architectural and urban critique: Speculative Design dialogue and essay on Tactical Urbanism.

RADLOCAL 2

Directing a workshop thematising local media: Envisioning the possibilities of new form of local media co-created and co-transmitted.

Keio University SFC Open Research Forum 2016

Taking part in Keio University SFC Open Research Forum 2016 and publishing some writings: A paper on Tactical Design and a dialogue on Transition Design.

Designeast07 Mobilities

Design symposiums and workshops to discuss the situations surrounding design. The theme of the year is “Mobilities”.

Micro Social Agent Fieldwork in Hamamatsu

Conducting fieldwork with the research question: How do Brazilian immigrants form ‘Third places’ in Hamamatsu?

FB Society Tour

Organizing fieldwork for The Society for Fashion Business.

HAKATAORI DC

Directing a lecture of fashion design in HAKATAORI DC, a project-based learning school.

Academic Paper: Hitotsubashi Business Review

Co-writing an academic paper with Tomoaki Watanabe, thematising the change of economic value based on the digital fabrication technology and its impact on the social co-creation.

References: Research Through Design

Lecture slides on Design Research and Speculative Design (or Design Research Through Practice) with links to references..

Book: Fab Campus Guidebook

Editing a book on the new usage of digital fabirication machines in Keio University SFC.

Booklet: paper C

Chapter contribution on a site redundancy to an edited booklet with a focus on the Misono Building in Osaka.

Micro Social Agent Fieldwork in Kanazawa

Conducting fieldwork on Craft Tourism and the generativity of micro public spaces.

FabLab Kitakagaya x Tanpopo-no-ye

Conducting a test research of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: search for possibilities of digital fabrication with remote collaboration between FabLab Kitakagaya, Tanpopo-no-ye and Daijiro Mizuno Laboratory.

Hitotsubashi ICS

Guest lecture on “Value Co-creation” and alternative business models based on the digital fabrication technology.

Good Job! Seminar Osaka

Lecture on the fabrication technology from the perspective of individual sensibility at the seminer on Inclusive Design, IoT and Digital Fabrication.

YOSANO OPEN TEXTILE PROJECT

Directing a research project on textiles made in Yosano with multidisciplinary creators and young textile craftsmen.

Book: Design Academy Eindhoven

Chapter contribution on Orchestration in Design, Digital Fabrication and Design Research to an edited books.

Keio University SFC Open Research Forum 2015

Taking part in Keio University SFC Open Research Forum 2015 as an executive committee.

PRESENTING JAPAN

With the aim of discovering the essence of Japan, presentations involving six topics were given over a period of six days in London. Talking about marriage between Inclusive Design and Digital Fabrication.

Open Design in Action!

Taking part in the 2nd Open Design Event at the Hong Kong Design Institute. Joined in the talk session titled “Open Heart”.

Good Job! Exhibition

Exhibiting the card game co-designed by the Yoshisuke Crafts and Tomo Kihara with Daijiro Mizuno Laboratory at Keio University SFC.

Design Forum: “Strong, Beautiful Design”

Taking part in the discussion on examples of usage of design rights and design practices generating diverse values at the Design Forum of AnyTokyo 2015.

vanitas 004

Fashion Critique Magazine co-editer in chief Hiroshi Ashida. Special Feature: Generativity of Archive.

Include 2015

Taking part in the Include 2015, an international conference on Inclusive Design, organised by the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the RCA. The conference theme for 2015 is Disruptive Ideas in Inclusive Design. We won the best poster award.

Designeast06 XO

Mobile symposiums and workshops to discuss the situations surrounding design. The theme of the year is “XO”: situation symbolised by not only points and lines but circles.

Micro Social Agent Fieldwork in Osaka

Conducting fieldwork with research questions: What attracts unique personalities stimulating a site redundancy of pubs in the Misono Building? And how do they utilise and affect the site?

Book: On the Renewability of Fashion Symposium

In the Internet-based society, we face the age characterised by collaborating, sharing and co-creating design process, which affects the fashion industry and its built environment. We have held a series discussion about the situation and now, we publish the book archiving its fruits with derivative essays and interviews to several fashion designers.

COI: Exhibition at Campus Festival

Holding an exhibition of COI, a design research project of the laboratory, within the campus festival of Keio University SFC and organising several workshops at the exhibition site.

Materializing[III]

Taking part in the Materializing[III] exhibition in collaboration with dot architects and Fablab Kitakagaya. Problematising and regarding the today’s hyper-industrialised, or transparentised, design environment as the “Sai Baba materializing”, as its allegory we made the minimal biosphere entitled “Make It (Almost) Incomprehensible”.

GDZ 2015

Involved in GDZ: an intercollegiate seminar. Its theme of the year is “Omiya Tourism 2020″.

Book: Fab Consortium

Keio Research Institute at SFC The Global Society on Planetary Fabbing Design Inclusion Working Group FY2015 DOCUMENT

Keio University SFC Daijiro Mizuno Laboratory Exhibition: Design Inquiry

Exhibition entitled “Design Inquiry”: Inquiry into an alternative future of sustainable, not disposable, fashion system, into the tacit value of mundane products within our built environment, or into future speculation for suspension of disbelief about our socio-technical system.

Micro Social Agent Fieldwork in Kagawa

Fashion2025

Inauguration of chairman of Fashion2025, a working group of Fashion Business Society and organising an explanatory meeting

Book: INFORIUM

Publication of conversation with Kinya Tagawa and Manabu Tago

Social Design Academy Paper

On Meta Design Environment and Social Inclusion in the Internet-based Society

The investigative commission on future prospects of Fab society

Taking part in the investigative commission on future prospects and system infrastructure of Fab society

Micro Social Agent Fieldwork in Okinawa

Book: Architectural Note

Publication of conversation with Tasuku Mizuno and Keisuke Toyoda

Cool Japan Strategy Promotion Conference

Invited by The Second-term Cool Japan Strategy Promotion Conference 3rd Meeting

XD exhibition 2014

Joined in the talk session on designing public space at XD exhibition 2014

vanitas 003

Fashion Critique Magazine co-editer in chief Hiroshi Ashida

SFC Journal Paper

Publication of invited paper, Design Research Through Practice as an Interdisciplinary Field of Enquiry: Research into, for, through Design

Book: A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion

Publication of Inclusive Fashion project

Keio University SFC Open Research Forum 2014

Taking part in Keio University SFC Open Research Forum 2014 as an executive committee

Lecture / Workshop at NL

Facilitating workshop and lecturing at Design Academy Eindhoven and Waag Society

Book: Inclusive Design

Chapter contribution(co-written with Mizuki Kojima) on research method of Inclusive Design to an edited book

GDZ 2014

Involved in GDZ: an intercollegiate seminar

Book: Fashion Design for Living

Chapter contribution on Digital Fabrication, Open Design and Fashion Design to an edited book

Fab Space

Introducing Fab Space into Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Media Center

Designeast05 Camp

Mobile symposiums and workshops to discuss the situations surrounding design

Designeast05 Camp in Shodoshima

Mobile symposiums and workshops to discuss the situations surrounding design

Designeast05 Camp in Arita

Mobile symposiums and workshops to discuss the situations surrounding design

Designeast05 Camp in Kyoto

Mobile symposiums and workshops to discuss the situations surrounding design

Designeast05 Camp in Hamamatsu

Mobile symposiums and workshops to discuss the situations surrounding design

COI-T: Inclusive Digital Fabrication

Involved in the research project titled “COI-T: Innovation for Creating a Better Life”

ASEM meeting 2014

Invited by a workshop of Asia-Europe Meeting 2014

A day developing future fashion

Event organisation titled “A day developing future fashion” with WWD Japan, 777interactive and DRIFTERS INTERNATIONAL(NPO)

Book: Real Anonymous Design in Japanese

Symposium on the book was held in 2014 (I wrote about the changing jobs of designers)

Self Unself Exhibition

taking part in the Self Unself Exihibition at Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven as a part of Dutch Design Week 2013, showcasing Inclusive Architecture with dot architects

Zine: On the Renewability of Fashion Symposium

http://ja.scribd.com/doc/
111193307/

2013 Keio SFC mizuno lab deliverables

dressmaking 2.0, bona fide design and personal projects

Facilitating workshop by Japan Management Association Group

In collaboration with Hiroshi Tamura, director of Re:public

Workshop held at Waag Society in 2013

food, personal fabrication and PSS. Workshop was run with Bas Raijmakers from DAE/STBY

Post Fashion Project

Thinking on the future of fashion design together with eminent designers and researchers

Keio University Open Research Forum

Research Work in Progress Exhibition, introducing various design research projects

Seminar at Kobe Fashion Museum

On Changing Design Process by Fab in Fashion

Book: On Fab and Meta Designer

Japanese writings on Fabrication of the New Culture

AXIS October 2013

featured in the university-industry collaboration

Symposiums: guest lectures

archifuture, house vision, hamamatsu

Book: X-design

a book published by faculty members of x-design programme at Keio University SFC

vanitas 002

Fashion Critique Magazine co-editer in chief Hiroshi Ashida

Special Lectures at Symposiums March 2013

( )mo ( )mo ( )mo design and ways of seeing

Showcasing Mundane Design with Sosuke Nakabo

Fab9 International FabLab Conference, Yokohama, Japan

http://www.fab9jp.com

AfH Coastal Resilience Workshop: Japan

Working with Nathaniel Corum of Architecture for Humanity and trans-disciplinary students from Keio University engaged in research, fieldwork and design production to facilitate potential evacuations from Enoshima, Japan in preparation for potential earthquake, fire and tsunami events

DESIGNEAST04 Topophilia

A Paper Published in Japanese

On inclusive design and social interaction

Fashion Critique Vol.03 and Exhibition by Hiroshi Narumi/Daijiro Mizuno Seminar at Kyoto University of Art and Design

Designers in the wild and social design: symposiums with greenz and Osaka University CSCD

Critical Design Lab X graf: designing furniture

Working Chair

On the Renewability of Fashion Symposium

discussing the future of fashion with Creative Commons, digital fabrication, crowd funding

DESIGNEAST03
In Dialogue With Situations

Symposiums, Workshops, Installations and many more to discuss the situations surrounding design

SFC*SFC Social Fabricaton Center, Keio University

Observation, Ideation, Fabrication: new future center to foster design thinkers with fabrication skills

Keio University Daijiro Mizuno Lab

Fashion, Inclusive Design, Design Research and the speculative mind

participating According to What?

joined discussion with So Hashizume and whatever press members

Hyper Archipelago

Exhibiting Inclusive Architecture

International Symposium on Inclusive Design at the National Museum of Ethnology

On Inclusive Design and Diversity/Equality

Keio University SFC X Design exhibition symposium

I was invited to join the public conference on personal (social) fabrication with Hiroya Tanaka and Teppei Fujiwara

DESIGNEAST MOBILE WORKSHOP

Co-creative and fun furniture making workshop on open source and micro-payment basis

Fashionista 001

A first fashion critique magazine published with Hiroshi Ashida

Architecture for Humanity for Shizugawa Motohama Fishermen + Enzo Mari Autoprogettazione

Reconstruction support project for those who were affected by the Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan on the 11th March 2011. Employed and Reworked on Enzo Mari’s Autoprogettazione for the fishermen in need.

Symposium: Creativitiy of Design as Social Practice

With Tadashi Kawamata, nosigner and Sumiyuki Nakadai on design and social sustainability

INCLUSIVE DESIGN NOW at the University of Tokyo, i.school and workshop

A travelling exhibition from Kyoto and workshop held, in collaboration with i.school

Talks -CNAC, Sen-i, OLIVE, Petworks, Ultra Factory

Involved in various talk events and symposiums

In collaboration with Architecture for Humanity
for the Great Tohoku Earthquake

Working with Shizugawa Fishermen to come up with services and architectural interventions to empower their life

inclusive design now 2011

Exhibition on inclusive design and relating design projects. I was responsible as three design project organiser and exhibition coordinator

Fashion Critique Vol.02 and Exhibition by Hiroshi Narumi/Daijiro Mizuno Seminar at Kyoto University of Art and Design

Sustainability, Ecology, DIWO and Fashion

Kyoto University Summer Design School

sushi, ethnography, service design

COPY Workshop with Lovis Caputo

COPY WS was featured in GRAPHIC #18 WORKSHOP issue

Workshop with FabLab Japan

Inviting Hiroya Tanaka, a founder of FabLab Japan, workshop and lecture were held in the context of design for the other 90%

DESIGNEAST02
Periphery and Centre

A Design Symposium to discuss issues ranging from fashion to digital fabrication, community design to interaction design

Asia Design Journal2011 Smart Asia

Paper Contribution: Asia Design Journal2011 Smart Asia on Designeast in the context of System Integration

Fashionista

New Japanese Fashion critique magazine, in collaboration with Hiroshi Ashida. Preparing for the launch in 2012.

Design For The Mundane World

A joint project with Sosuke Nakabo to revisit the notion of mundane design = everyday, anonymous and normal design

Lecture at Hiroshima International University

Two Lectures: Thinking about Fashion / Thinking through Fashion

Design Research For Dignity update

design research project to explore the dignity of the users and staffs in the medical and care institutions

Fab Night

Online appearance for fablab japan event

Digital Survival, Deutsche Telekom Creation Center + i.school, the University of Tokyo + Ultra Factory/Critical Design Lab

A Looking at the creative misuses of the digital tools to imagine the future of digital technology. Cultural Probe was employed to understand various users in Japan.

BLUR Ashtray Design Project, Ultra Factory/Critical Design Lab x Jin Kuramoto

After Ethnographic Research on the use of public ashtray, students developed the form and functions that can dissolve into the behaviours of the users. Ashtrays are installed in the Univesity Campus smoking areas

BA degree show at Kyoto University of Art and Design, Narumi Mizuno Platform

students built their own maison=house to exhibit their works

Lecture/Workshop with Bas Raijmakers at Design Academy Eindhoven, 2011

A lecture and workshop with Bas Raijmakers (STBY) to explore the idea of service design and design research methods with MA students

Lecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

From Fashion to Architecture

Exihibition and Seminar at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London 2011

Exhibition on Belonging and Belongings, in collaboration with STBY and MA students at Chelsea, as well as a seminar on interdisciplinary design research

Guest Speech at Amenity Forum

Speech on People, Art and the City: exploring the diversity of exhibition space in the context of community revitalisation

Universal Design Conference
paper presentation

Introducing INCLUSIVE FASHION at the International Universal Design Conference

Neo Japonism Now Exhibition

Looking at issues on sustainability and user generated contents, exhibition by the students from Kyoto University of Art and Design BA Narumi / Mizuno platform was held in Sfera, 2010

People, Art and the City

Curation for the exhibition space for People, Art and the City Able Art Project 2010 with Dot Architects

Inclusive Architecture at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Using 1000pieces, Inclusive Architecture hacked the museum

Ultra Factory/Critical Design Lab Work In Progress Exhibition 2010

Introducing Ashtray design project with Jin Kuramoto, Bookshelf design project with Yasuko Bell and INSIDE OUT workshop with Peter Marigold

Ashtray Design Project, Ultra Factory/Critical Design Lab

A Collaborative Design Project With Jin Kuramoto At Critical Design Lab

INSIDE OUT
Peter Mariogld Workshop Ultra Factory/Critical Design Lab

Three-day workshop held at Critical Design Lab

DESIGNEAST01
Social Sustainability

Three day design event held at Creative Center Osaka, 2010

Design Research For Dignity

design research project to explore the dignity of the workers and patients in the medical and care institutions

EPIC
Ethnography Conference Artifact

4 films presented as artefact for EPIC 2010, Tokyo

So Far So Good: Critical Design Lab 2008-2010 Exhibition

An exhibition looking at the last two years at Critical Design Lab at Ultra Factory.

Inclusive Arhitecture workshop at Meiji Gakuin University

As a pre event for Japan Volunteer Society Conference, Inclusive Architecture workshop was held at Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo.

Ultra Factory/Critical Design Lab Exhibition
Technological Dreams

An exhibition on how technology can be critically viewed in the possible future

Conference
-Inclusive Design Now-

A conference on inclusive design. I presented Inclusive Fashion and Architecture to the audience.

Inclusive Architecture -Tactical Intervention-

This project,conceived by Dot Architects and Dr. Mizuno, aims to design space that encourages anyone to take part in the planning and construction processes by using found cardboards on the street.

Belonging and Belongings with Chelsea College of Art and Design

A joint research project with BA Design Communications students at Chelsea College of Art and Design

Inclusive Fashion Workshop

Design workshop held for two days to aim social and physical inclusions in the context of fashion studies

Inclusive fashion
work in progress report/lecture

A booklet/lecture reporting the findings through the project

Inclusive Design DIYworkshop

A joint project with Tanpopo no ie and Dot Architects, examining DIY/bricolage in the context of architecture.

Sync Future

An Essay on SF fashion

Artists Summit Kyoto 2009 Exhibition Space Design

An Exhibition Space for the Artists in Residence programme at Kyoto University of Art and Design, designed with the members of Critical Design Lab

Alternative Missions in Fashion Exhibiiton

A research&design exhibition by students at Narumi/Mizuno Unit at Kyoto University of Art and Design. This exhibition reconsiders eco-friendly fashion design in the context of criical design, finding problems relating to consumption and prodution.

Cybernetic Love Project, Ultra Factory/Critical Design Lab

Lecutre/Workshop given by Hiromi Ozaki, Yuri Suzuki and Nobumichi Tosa (Meywa Denki) to reconsider the future sex.

Lecture/Workshop at Eindhoven Design Academy, Feb 2009

Critical Examination into the intuitive design process, using Walter J Ong’s notion of orality

Ultra Factory/Critical Design Lab Work In Progress Exhibition Autumn 2009

This is a work in progress exhibition held at the Ultra Factory in 2009. The project undertaken was entitled “Rediscovering Visions”, investigating the city by making a diagram.

Designeast

Designeast is an inernational design event in Osaka.

Writing

Derived from my PhD research, I write articles for the University Publications and other published materials.　I write not for the academia: my subject is to build a bridge between design practice and design criticism and theory from the perspective of a designer.

Translation / Interpretation

Using my experience, I work as a translator / interpreter.

Lecture

I give lectures and workshops at various institutions worldwide

Inclusive Fashion

This project is to raise social awareness for the issues relating to the sartorial appearance of young people with physical impairments.

Belonging and Belongings

A research project on the mobile technology and sartorial appearance. http://stbyblogs.eu/Belonging-Belongings/

Royal College of Art
PhD Fashion Womenswear

I studied at PhD in fashion for 5 years at the RCA, awarded Doctoral in Fashion Design.

Royal College of Art
MA Fashion Womenswear

I studied at MA fashion womenswear for two years at the RCA.

Kyoto University of Art and Design
Facilitator
Monday Project

I took part as a Facilitator in Monday Workshop Project, an education programme.

Seian University of Art and Design
Tutor
Fashion Design Course BA

As a tutor I teach fashion design theory and studio practice methodology.

Ultra Factory
Director
Critical Design Lab

Critical Design Lab was established with a view to offer advanced art &design education.

Kyoto University of Art and Design
Tutor
Fashion Design Course BA

As a tutor I teach fashion design students a research and design methodology.