Hands-On Thinking Design Workshop

• Ookayama Campus

Ideas are not just something you think of in your head. Your hands create something, your mind reacts to it, and then your hands move again. This repeated process stimulates your mind, giving birth to new ideas. This isn’t exclusive to designers. Regardless of whether you are good at drawing or not, ideas emerge once something is visualized in some way. In this workshop, we will foster psychological safety to generate ideas through interactive art appreciation. From there, participants will spontaneously identify problems and create prototypes on the spot. Additionally, by experimenting with different material functions, you will create a second, brand-new prototype.
Enjoy the shift and expansion of ideas that could never be born from just thinking alone. You’ll be devising improvement ideas for everyday items. Through fun activities like observation, group brainstorming, rapid prototyping, and combining materials, you can experience a variety of approaches to design and idea generation.

ISOMURA Ayumu
Co-chairman of Fukufukuplus Corporation., co-chairman of Shibuya Font Inc., faculty at Kuwasawa Design School

Mr. Ayumu Isomura graduated from Kanazawa College of Art in 1989 and joined FUJIFILM Corporation as a designer. In 2006, he became the head of the Usability Design Group at FUJIFILM, where he promoted important strategies for the design division. After leaving the company, he studied in Denmark and learned about the pioneering efforts of social inclusion. After returning to Japan, established Fukufukuplus
Corporation. In April 2021, he was appointed as co-representative of the Shibuya Font General Incorporated Association, and in 2022, he built and promoted the Local Font Project.

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