Acquiring the media expertise needed to design human connections and communications
The Media Design Course trains ambitious individuals who will usher in a new era of media design. The course inherits and further develops the rich educational and research traditions and resources of the Department of Visual Communication Design and Department of Art and Information Design. The term “media” does not only include content that represents information. It encompasses the hardware and software required to use this information as well as the means for transmitting that information. Media design refers to making full use of media to design connections and communications between people.
In this course, students will learn media design systematically and comprehensively through a curriculum based on the following three elements:
(1) "What to express and how to express it"
Learning design and artistic expression (media expression)
(2) "How to connect people with others and foster communication"
Learning technical methods for communication (media interaction)
(3) "How do people connect and communicate with each other?"
Understanding the human being as the object of communication and learning about human behavior and society (media communication science)
Faculty members in School of Design
| Name | Position | Field of Specialization |
|---|---|---|
| IHARA Hisayasu | Professor | Graphic Design |
| ITO Hiroyuki | Professor | Perceptual Psychology |
| KIM Daewoong | Professor | Contents Design |
| SUNAGA Shoji | Professor | Color and Visual Sciences |
| TOMOTARI Mikako | Professor | Sculpture |
| TSURUNO Reiji | Professor | Computer Graphics |
| ASO Tsukasa | Associate Professor | Intellectual Property Law |
| HARA Kenji | Associate Professor | Visual Information Processing |
| INOUE Kohei | Associate Professor | Pattern Recognition, Image Processing |
| ISHII Tatsuro | Associate Professor | Visual Image Creation, Visual Image Expression |
| MATSUGUMA Hiroyuki | Associate Professor | Computer Graphics Design |
| ONO Naoki | Associate Professor | Digital Image Processing and Recognition |
| OSHIMA Hisao | Associate Professor | Dramaturgy |
| SENO Takeharu | Associate Professor | Psychology |
| TAKENOUCHI Kazuki | Associate Professor | Creative Design, Computer Fabrication, Synthesis of Mechanism, Design Science |
| USHIAMA Taketosi | Associate Professor | Digital Content Environment Design |
| FUYUNO Miharu | Assistant Professor | Cognitive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, English Education, Media and Education, Media and Language Culture |
| KUDO Mao | Assistant Professor | Sign System Design, Visual Symbol |
| MORIMOTO Yuki | Assistant Professor | Computer Graphics |
| TOH Kiriko | Assistant Professor | Web Design |
| YOSHIMURA Riichi | Assistant Professor | Linguistics/ Intercultural (Cross-cultural) Communication Studies |
The following is a list of research facilities related to the course.
Graduates of the Department of Visual Communication Design and the Department of Art and Information Design— the two courses that now comprise the Media Design Course —go on to have successful careers as creators and engineers in mass media, gaming, IT, film, advertising, printing, and other related industries. More than a few graduates have also gone on to become researchers at universities and research institutes. The graduates of the Media Design Course are also expected to play important roles in and beyond those industries mentioned above.
Department of Visual Communication Design
class of 2005
Suntory Communications Ltd./Design Department
Department of Visual Communication DesignDivision of Audio and Visual Communication Studies, Graduate School of Design
class of 1998
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