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Narrative Lab
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A lab that studies narrative and storytelling from a design perspective.

AboutAbout the lab
Narrative design and telemedicine education research
Assistant Professor Shunta Tomimatsu works in design studies, with narrative design as a research theme.
Other listed research themes are telemedicine education (research keyword: remote conferencing) and UX.
Assistant Professor Tomimatsu has previously served as Project Assistant Professor and in other roles at the Asia Telemedicine Development Center, Department of International Medical Care, Kyushu University.
The professor belongs to the Strategic Design Department of the Faculty of Design, and also holds a concurrent appointment in the Department of Design of the Graduate School of Design.
Key terms
- Telemedicine education
- Education on medical topics conducted using tools such as remote conferencing.
ResearchResearch themes
The listed research themes are narrative design, telemedicine education, and UX. The research fields are design studies and life, health, and medical informatics.
*Illustrative imageNarrative Design
A research theme with narrative and storytelling as its research keywords. It has been registered as a research theme from October 2023 to the present.
*Illustrative imageTelemedicine Education
A research theme that has continued from April 2016 to the present. Its research keyword is remote conferencing.
*Illustrative imageUX
A research theme since 2025. Its research keyword is also UX.
MembersFaculty
- Assistant ProfessorShunta Tomimatsu
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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: “Storyboard - Iván López Fuente” Iván López Fuente / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Narrative Design: “First narrative illustration to Gulliver's Travels” Jonathan Swift / Public domain (cropped)
- Telemedicine Education: “Telemedicine Consult” Intel Free Press / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- UX: “UX prototyping 4” Luthienrecanto / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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