Rather than criticizing design, reality should be criticized through design. How can that type of design be made possible? As long as design is a response to reality, it encompasses a sense of interpretation and assigns value to the status quo. For that reason, design is a tool to critique reality, through “things” rather than words. We heard from Shintaro Miyazaki of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland as he guided us through cutting edge ideas in design across the German-speaking world. Lecturer Shintaro Miyazaki Born in Berlin in 1980, Shintaro Miyazaki is a researcher at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. He is also …

The pathways of design today are not the “Evolution” of technology, or the “Processes” that smooth the interaction between people and objects, or the “Structures” that keep people from harm. What kind of human input is required here? This is precisely the question that needs to be asked. Design and technology, music and culture – we look at these, dissect these and make connections between them. We look at what emerges through a process of editing by asking questions. This was the theme to be discussed by Kei Wakabayashi, who had recently published Sayonara Mirai 2010-17 (Goodbye to the Future) (Iwanami Shoten, 2018). Lecturer Kei Wakabayashi“WIRED” magazine was launched in …

At Kyushu University’s Faculty of Design, we are tackling the foundations of the study of design with the objective of the systematization of design. How should design be taught now? We welcomed Yutaka Yamauchi as a guest speaker at the first Study of Design Fundamentals Seminar, and held a discussion about the culture and opportunities inherent in service design. Lecturer Yutaka Yamauchi (Associate Professor at Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Management) Associate Professor at Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Management, and holds additional posts with the Department of Economics, the Graduate Schools of Economics, and the School of Design. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Kyoto University’s …