Department overview
The main research fields of this department are the “Design Management Field” where research which explore the diverse needs of people and organizations through design thinking and advanced tools as well as design businesses, etc., “Industrial Innovation Design Field” which undertakes research on the industrialization and practical implementation of collaboration between various fundamental research seeds and findings and design studies, and finally, the “Social Systems Design Field” for research on product and service design that can both create new value for consumers and solve social issues, research of new possibilities of social organization (including organization design), and policy design, etc.
Besides that, the department aims to add research value to visions and strategies, products or services, etc. of society and organizations for broad proposals and implementation in society and in organizations through collaboration with the SDGs Design Unit, a unit that runs social activities and develops research and education concerning methods to contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through design,

Members
Yasushi Togo | Professor | Social System Design, Project Mnagement, Regional Branding | Database |
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Shigeki Inoue | Professor / Vice President / Division Director | Human Centered Design | Database |
Masakazu Tani | Professor | cultural anthropology, environmental anthropology | Database |
Mia Nakamura | Associate Professor | Sociology of Music and Arts, Cultural Policy | Database |
Kazuo Asahiro | Associate Professor | Landscape Conservation | Database |
Taketoshi Ushiama | Associate Professor | Digital Content Environment Design, Social Computing | Database |
Ryoichi Tamura | Associate Professor | Design Management, Design System | Database |
Toshifumi Saito | Associate Professor | Museum design,Advertising design, Creative direction | Database |
Akane Matsumae | Associate Professor | Creativity, Dynamic Design, Design Process, Relationship Design and Management, Social Innovation | Database |
Yuichiro Nagatsu | Assistant Professor | Arts Management | Database |
Tokushu Inamura | Assistant Professor | Innovation Methods, Innovation Process, Design Engineering | Database |
Goshi Sato | Assistant Professor | Agricultural Economics | Database |