{"id":682,"date":"2026-05-29T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/~m-kudo\/?p=682"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:38:59","slug":"mao-kudo-lab-receives-editors-choice-award-universal-design-at-iiid-award-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/~m-kudo\/en\/2026\/05\/682\/","title":{"rendered":"Mao Kudo Lab Receives Editor\u2019s Choice Award Universal Design at IIID award 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The project and design, \u2018Pictogram and Environmental Graphic for Special Needs School\u2019, implemented at Fukuoka Prefectural Munakata Special Needs School and led by Mao Kudo Lab has been awarded the Editor\u2019s Choice Award Universal Design at the IIID Award 2026*.
The project was recognized for its unique characteristics and merit, its excellence and innovation in enriching the field of design, and the fact that it sparked lengthy discussions among the judging panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude to everyone involved in the production and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contributors:<\/strong>
Design Collaboration: Hisayasu Ihara (Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University); Takahiro Miyagaki (minamo design)
Student Staff: Chisato Kaneko, Sakuka Okabe, Ryosuke Yamasaki, Sayoko Harada, Elias Troyke
Project Collaboration:
Toshiro Sato, Environmental Design Organisation Co., Ltd.
Toshimitsu Sadamura, Social Design Networks Co., Ltd.
Motohiro Yanagishita, Kume Sekkei Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*IIID (International Institute for Information Design) is an international non-profit organisation in the field of information design, based in Vienna, Austria, and founded in 1986 by Peter Simlinger. It promotes the practice, research and education of design that conveys information clearly on an international scale, covering a wide range of fields including signage, maps, public information, education, science and business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IIIDaward2026 Ceremony<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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