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Live Talk "The Social Designers: Design for Real Needs"
Coordinators and Speakers



Live Talk #1 2006.11.11.(Sat) 14:00 - 16:00 Finished "For Someone Else -Communication and Collaboration-"*

Coordinators :

		Kunihiro Uchida

		Senior Managing Director, International Design Center Nagoya Inc. Born in Fukuoka. He worked at Toyota Motor Co. Design Department and had designed many awarded car, such as Crown, Mk-2, and Carina. Since 2001, he has stayed in present position. While he has been taking charge of the design consultant for several companies, he gives lectures at educational institutes in Japan, Russia and Taiwan.

		Kazuo Kato

		In 1952, he was born in Nagoya. He graduated from Meijo University, Faculty of Science & Technology. In 1984, he established Kazuo Kato Contextual Space Institute, Architect & Associates. He is involved in planning, designing and managing for interior, architecture and landscape design.

Guest speakers : Prize winners of International Competition "Nagoya Design Do! 2006"

[ Venue A ] Apple Store Nagoya Sakae (3-17-15 Sakae, Naka-ku_, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0008 Japan)
Admission Free / no need for registration



Live Talk #2 2006.12.22.(Fri) 15:30 - 17:30 Finished 「Design for All」*

Coordinators :

		Yoshiyuki Wada

		Industrial designer, Design educator, Dean of the design department of Nagoya University of Arts He graduated in its craft department. He started his carrier as a lecturer in the school from which he graduated, meanwhile he studied at the Royal College of Art, Industrial Design Engineering. After coming back to Japan, he taught as an assistant professor and professor.

		Satoshi Nakashima

		Associate Professor, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music Based on my theme of study, design of life equipments affected by the ageing degeneration of body and recognition, I've been improving the inconvenience discovered in daily life. On the other hand, I've been making some self-help devices for disabled person.

Guest speakers :

Ryotaro Furukawa

1998	Graduated from Waseda University in Architecture
2000	Master's Degree in City Planning
2000~2005	Japan System Planning (Architecture, Landscape design, Urban design)
2006	Established Ryotaro Furukawa Architects

		Naruto Miyagawa

		Industrial Technology Center Gifu Prefectural Government Graduated from Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design Works："Development of Wooden Desk for Telecommuting of Persons with Disabilities","Study on Wooden Toys to Support Growth of Disabled Children"（Gifu Pref.Research Institute for Human Life Technology）

		Kosuke Kuze

		Born in Nagoya in 1976. After graduating from Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design in industrial design, Kuze joined Nagoya TV. Currently he is responsible for the film production of news programmes and documentaries.

		Kouji Sanaka

		Urban Industries Promotion Section, Urban Industries Promotion Department, Nagoya Urban Industries Promotion Corporation Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Nagoya Institute of Technology. After working for TERUMO Corporation, he joined Nagoya City Rehabilitation and Sports Center in 1992. He was transferred to Nagoya Welfare Equipment Plaza (Nursing Practice Promotion Center) in 2002. Since 2005, he has been an educational-industrial coordinator in charge of robot industry promotion in next generation.

[ Venue B ] NADYA Park 7th Cafe (3-18-1 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0008 Japan)
Registration Fee: 1,000 yen/general, 600 yen/students (drinks, cakes, museum ticket included)
Capacity: 48 persons (Registration required)

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Live Talk #3 2006.12.22.(Fri) 18:00 - 20:00 Finished "New Approaches for Creative Industries*"

Coordinators :

		Shinichi Yamamura

		Industrial designer, Design consultant and President, COBO design Co. Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan) He was born in Osaka in 1942. In 1961, he joined in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries where he had designed automobiles and airplanes. In 1973, he established COBO, one of the most well known design firms in Japan and since then he has been a leading figure in a wide variety of design approaches ranging from transportation design to industrial development and corporate strategies.

Makoto Shinagawa

Professor of Design Division of Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design
Area of Focus: Product Design and Naval Architecture

Awards:	1983	The 3rd.Henry Moore Grand Prize
	1984	Japan Sign Design Competition
	1985	Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Competition
	1995	Nagoya City Landscape Award

Works:	1988	Direction of the 'World Design Exhibition in Nagoya'
	1989	Committee of the 'ICSID World Design Conference NAGOYA'89'
	1995	Session Director of the 'IFI World Design Conference

Publications:

'Metamolphology of the Sea', 'Visualization of Your Images 2006' e.t.c.

Guest speakers :

		Toshiki Ishikawa

		After graduating from Ritsumeikan University, College of Business Administration, he is involved in marketing research business such as trend analysis in foreign-affiliated research company. And he is also a student of Tama Art University, product design course.

		Saeko Watanabe

		In 2000, she graduated from Nagoya Zokei University of arts and design. After graduating, she worked for the printing company and then, got a new job in the design office of household goods company. Mainly she has been involved in planning, designing and developing of goods for women. Now she is a free-lance graphic designer.

		Kenji Wada

		Kenji completed MA course at the Design Academy Eindhoven in Netherlands under DROOG DESIGN. After returning to Japan and working as a freelance designer, he joined an advertising agency. As a design planner, Kenji now develops various activities to share design values in new formats with users by undertaking design direction, concept making and writing.

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Live Talk #4 2006.12.23.(Sat) 13:00 - 15:00 Finished "Design for Social Innovations"*

Coordinator :

		Yukiya Takakita

		Visual designer, President of Nagoya Zokei University. He was born in Mie in 1950 and graduated from Mie University, faculty of education. He runs Takakita design institute, Space prism designerﾕs gallery. He hold 35 times of private exhibitions in Nagoya, Tokyo,Spain and Taiwan. He was awarded for environmental design grand prix excellent prize, a design forum '93 bronze medal, and Nagoya-shi cityscape prize.

Guest speakers :

		Tsuyoshi Nagura

		Tsuyoshi Nagura graduated from Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design in 1998. After graduating, Tsuyoshi have been working as a free-lance designer. From 2002 to 2005, he joined in "N/N", the joint project by Nagoya Zokei University and Nishiharu Town due to its town reviving. He worked for "N/N" as a main graphic designer and a managing staff. His work has been expanded to various fields since then. He produced not only graphical products, but also he designed workshop for kids, exhibitions, 3-D products and even hero characters for Nishiharu Town named "NISHIBARUKAN".

		Megumi Suzuki

		In 1995, she graduated from Nagoya University of Arts, School of Design, and was hired by Nagoya Ryuko Hasshin,Inc. After working in editorial company for 2 years, she has been running "Medium" project. As its name, she has been producing various activities to connect people to people, products to products. Besides she is involving in the event in Kakuouzan shopping arcade where holding several events for activating community.

		Masakazu Inagaki

		Producer for creatorsﾕ market He took part in the creatorsﾕ market since Vol.1. From vol. 7 he has been working as a member of the secretariat, and now he is in charge of planning, administration, management and DTP.

		Asami Sugiyama

		After working in apparel business world, she has been involving in the creatorsﾕ market with Mr. Inagaki. She is in charge of publicity, management and administration. Now she is running a store in Lachic department store in Nagoya.

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Live Talk #5 2006.12.23.(Sat) 15:30 - 17:30 Finished "Methodology for Ideal Interface"*

Coordinator :

		Robin Huang

		Industrial designer/Associate Professor, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences Born in Taiwan. After graduating from National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan), Robin worked for an electronic appliances company before enrolling in the Masterﾕs Program in Art and Design of University of Tsukuba (Japan) where he became interested in interface design. His specialties are industrial design and interface design. He has worked with the IT industries in Taiwan to develop many 3C products since the 90ﾕs. Robin was an Associate Professor at Tohoku University of Art & Design before joining Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences in 2003.

		Kiyofumi Motoyama

		With visual culture and media as major field of study, Motoyama lectures on information design and media art as associate professor at the Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University. He also disseminates the importance of visual literacy to public by planning various symposiums and exhibitions. At his university lab, he studies historical consideration on desktop interface of computers and conducts its experimental developments, among others.

Guest speakers :

		Hideki Yano

		Lecturer at Tama Art University. Designer. At Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Industrial Design Center, he designs products such as personal computer associated equipment, audio visual equipment, cell phones, air conditioners, cookers, and household electrical appliances, as well as interfaces for car navigators, car audio systems, and machine tools. He discovers the mechanisms of society and communication through plain and user-friendly design for sustaining society and daily life, and put them into practice in design education as experiential learning like workshops. For him, designing after learning the mechanism of things is important, in addition to organizing and expressing information, and the contents.

		Masako Kitazaki

		After graduating from Musashino Art University's Visual Communication studies program, I belong to Fuji Xerox Human Interfase Design Deveiopment as a designer.At graduation works, I made the device that replaced the color with harmony,and I researched the new relationship about visually handicapped person and colors.Now I design the interface of the PC applications and the touch panels.I think it's important the relationship between information and the environment and the person, is free, and happy.

		Shingo Sadakuni

		2000 Okayama University, Bachelor of engineering 2005 Graduate School of Human Informatics, Nagoya University, Master of Arts and Science 2005- Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University

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