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Design Engineering Lab
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A design engineering lab that thinks about design together with non-human beings.
AboutAbout the lab
Design done together with all beings, not only humans
The lab of Assistant Professor Tokusyu Inamura specializes in design engineering and studies design carried out together with all kinds of beings.
Questioning the human-centered view, the lab takes "post-human-centered design," which includes the concerns of non-human beings, as a key research term.
The research proceeds using keywords such as social innovation, community, meditation, and the legal incorporation of ecosystems.
A case study set on the Naka River in Fukuoka has been written up as a paper, and the lab has collaborated with overseas universities such as the Royal College of Art (RCA) in the UK.
Key terms
- Design engineering
- A field that combines the methodologies of design and engineering.
- Post-human-centered design
- Design that goes beyond human-centered thinking to take into account the concerns of non-human beings.
- More-than-human
- Meaning "beyond human." A view that treats non-human beings, such as birds, as partners for learning and co-authorship.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies design that does not center only on humans but includes non-human beings, from the standpoint of design engineering. Its themes include social innovation communities, methodologies that incorporate meditation, and the legal incorporation of ecosystems.
*Illustrative imageDesign Done Together with All Beings
From a more-than-human perspective, the lab studies the expansion of social innovation communities. In a related paper, it explores co-authorship with non-human beings, using cases such as the Naka River in Fukuoka.
*Illustrative imageMeditative Design Methods
Using meditation, mindfulness, and mind wandering as clues, the lab studies design methods and methodologies related to ideation and empathy, from a post-human-centered approach.
*Illustrative imageLegal Incorporation of Ecosystems and Design
The lab studies design related to the legal incorporation of ecosystems from a post-human-centered approach.
MembersFaculty
- Assistant ProfessorTokusyu Inamura
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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: “Banyan tree in meditation, Yogi in meditation, Paliem, Goa, India” Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Design Done Together with All Beings: “Moss Garden in Rokuonji Temple 3”
そらみみ (Soramimi) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Meditative Design Methods: “TofukujiZendo” PlusMinus / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Legal Incorporation of Ecosystems and Design: “Wetland Landscape Lake Andes Wetland Management District South Dakota ( )” USFWS Mountain Prairie / Public domain (cropped)
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- Related lab (Design Engineering Lab): “Maker Space Orientation ( )” U.S. Embassy Dhaka / Public domain (cropped)
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