The Designing Social Interactions strand of our work straddles product, service, interaction and communication design with an emphasis on Design Futures. Kyoto is a compact city of creative activity in which numerous start-ups and universities converge within an area of only 100 square kilometers. New knowledge is generated daily in such specialist fields as engineering, medicine, gaming and the bio-sciences.

We see design as the agent that can both drive and mediate innovative solutions – ones that integrate this diverse knowledge base and simultaneously address overlooked or emerging issues in relation to social change.

In our projects, we use user-driven insight and participatory design methodologies. We collaborate with specialists from different industries, organizations, and research institutes to propose ideas together with the business models that will make them a reality.

Projects within the Designing Social Interactions strand fall under the following sub-themes:

Ageing Populations
Rural Futures
Healthcare Futures
Digital Futures

英国王立芸術学院 スズキユウリ氏との共同ワークショップ「京都の見える構造、見えない構造」2015年5月27-31日Sound Design Workshop”Kyoto’s Visible and Invisible Structures” with Yuri Suzuki, Royal College of Art, 27-31 May 2015

Designs for Flies: Design Associate Program with Frank Kolkman: Photo by Juuke Schoorl

Healthcare Futures Workshop: Design Workshop with Royal College of Art