KUDO Mao

Assistant Professor, Department of Media Design, Graduate School of Art and Design, Kyushu University
Doctor (Design) / Master (Education)

Among visual communication designs, her research focuses particularly on signage system designs that guide people to their destinations and pictograms that convey information at a glance. In particular, focusing on the visual-cognitive characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders, she aims to create designs that are "easy to understand" for as many people as possible and that allow them to receive information comfortably. In designing, she draws on her educational experience at a special-needs school, and focuses on educational practice methods and the perspectives and ideas of both teachers and children, such as how to educate children about design, how to help them learn actively, and how to apply what they learn to their lives after learning.