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Industrial Design Lab
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An industrial design lab that expresses Japanese aesthetic sensibility through industrial design.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing industry, from products to social systems
Professor Yoshitaka Sugimoto's lab specializes in industrial design and studies design related to industry, including products, services, and brands.
The scope of industrial design extends beyond products, UI/UX, services, and brands to business, management, and even the structure of society.
Drawing on the professor's experience designing at a major home appliance manufacturer, the lab explores design thinking and methodologies for the next era.
The lab carries out design research and hands-on projects with companies and local governments, covering products, services, brands, regional revitalization, and the revitalization of local industries. It aims for the social implementation of its research results and design proposals.
Key terms
- Industrial design
- Design that covers everything related to industry, starting with products. It includes not only objects but also services and systems.
- UI/UX
- UI refers to the screens and controls that users interact with; UX refers to the experience gained from using them.
- Fine bubbles
- Technology that uses extremely small bubbles. The lab used it in the design development of the oral cleaning device.
- Wabi
- One of the Japanese aesthetic sensibilities. It is tied to the ideas of wabi-cha (wabi tea), which Sen no Rikyu brought to perfection.
ResearchResearch themes
Professor Yoshitaka Sugimoto's lab studies form design that expresses Japanese aesthetic sensibility in modern industrial products, and has also developed product designs for people who need nursing care. Through design research and hands-on projects with companies and local governments, the lab aims for the social implementation of its results and design proposals.
*Illustrative imageForm Research on the Japanese Aesthetic of Sabi
The lab studies how to express the Japanese aesthetic of sabi through the form of industrial design. Centered on product design, it explores the relationship between Japanese aesthetic sensibility and form.
Design Development of an Oral Cleaning Device
For people who need nursing care, the lab designed and developed a mouthpiece-type oral cleaning device that uses fine bubble technology. It was developed by an R&D team with backgrounds in medicine and design, through repeated testing by older adults.
*Illustrative imageDesign Method Expressing the Aesthetic of the Rinpa School
The lab organized commentaries on works of the Rinpa school and derived a design method for expressing the Rinpa aesthetic in modern industrial products. A prototype of a smartphone UI suggested that the method is useful.
*Illustrative imageForm Method Expressing the Aesthetic of Wabi
Based on the intentional choices Sen no Rikyu made at tea gatherings and the characteristics of the forms of tea utensils, the lab derived a form method for expressing the aesthetic of wabi in industrial products. It produced an electric kettle and smartphone screens to confirm the validity of the method.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorYoshitaka Sugimoto
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Craft x Tech exhibition at V&A 2024 - 7” Electriclamb / CC0 (cropped)
- Form Research on the Japanese Aesthetic of Sabi: “Teabowl, Shino ware, Japan, Mino kilns, Motoyashiki Higashi kilns, Momoyama period, , stoneware, iron pigment under feldspathic glaze, gold lacquer repairs - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC04738” Daderot / Public domain (cropped)
- Design Method Expressing the Aesthetic of the Rinpa School: “Flower Cart, Japanese folding screen, 19th century, Honolulu Museum of Art 9163.1” Hiart / CC0 (cropped)
- Form Method Expressing the Aesthetic of Wabi: “Copper Matte raku bowl with lid by Dan Leonette, Gotland, Sweden 1” W.carter / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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