Design (of design)
Design has been the central topic of my research. The biggest problem in design field (e.g. product design, graphic design, landscape design, etc.) is, what is ironical, lack of design. History of design can be backdated only a hundred years and so far designers have not had their own language to describe their designs. Thus the first goal of my research was set to make dictionary of design languages.
Before showing my recent works, let me share among us a brief view about what design is. New Oxford American Dictionary describes “design” is: 1. a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is built or made; the art or action of conceiving of and producing such a plan or drawing; an arrangement of lines or shapes created to form a pattern or decoration. 2. purpose, planning, or intention that exists or is thought to exist behind an action, fact, or material object. As we see, there are a couple of concepts in the word “design”: a plan, and drawing. After I illustrate my research projects we would probably have impressions that I have been doing some support for drawing pictures or creating models, however, the core of my research has these both sides: plan and drawing.
My research projects are classified into three categories. Discovering design language, developing design tools, and future furniture are topics of my current interests. In “discovering design language” category I and my colleagues are challenging to find rules, or syntax, of visual designs. A world-class graphic designer is supporting one of our project. In “developing design tools” category I and my colleagues are developing novel tools for aiding product designs. Another world-class product designer is supporting one of the projects in this category. In “future furniture” category we are making new furniture that can interact with people surrounding them. These works has been operating with fresh designers, named themselves Studio Mongoose, in Tokyo.
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