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Kansei Information Science and Kansei Design Lab
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The lab studies Kansei design, applying human sensibility to design.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring human behavior and design through Kansei (sensibility)
The Lee Lab studies Kansei design, using human behavior as a clue.
The lab's website lists terms such as Kansei design, creativity, product design, and the design of human-computer interaction.
Recent papers address topics such as how touch and hand movements relate to mental imagery and to the grasp of places.
The lab's website presents it under the name "Kansei Design Lee Lab," and the lab also accepts students who visit for short periods from universities in various countries.
Key terms
- Kansei design
- An approach that captures the structure of human Kansei (sensibility) and applies it to the design process
- Visual mental imagery
- Imagining in the mind how something not in front of one looks. It is also linked to other senses such as touch
- Spatial cognition
- The cognitive function by which people perceive and remember places and spatial relationships
ResearchResearch themes
The Lee Lab conducts research on design and interaction, using human behavior and Kansei (sensibility) as clues. Recent papers address how senses such as touch relate to mental imagery, spatial understanding, and motor practice.
*Illustrative imageTouch and Visual Mental Imagery
The lab investigates how visual features are perceived and imagined through tactile exploratory movements and memory-based sketches. It also compares the results with degree of extraversion, exploring the mechanisms of perception that span multiple senses.
*Illustrative imageHand Gestures and Spatial Cognition
The lab investigates how hand gestures help spatial cognition and memory in navigation, such as when giving directions. It aims to lead to more usable digital wayfinding experiences.
*Illustrative imageArchery Practice and Feedback
Using a device that indicates the degree of stability together with visual feedback, the lab works to improve the coordination of movement and cognition in archery. In a preliminary study, workload decreased, while the weight of the bow and the participants' positions remained issues; going forward, the lab says it aims to make beginners' practice more efficient.
*Illustrative imageWalking Habits and the Surrounding Environment
In collaboration with Visiting Professor Muneo Kitajima and others, the lab uses cognitive chrono-ethnography to investigate how people see and value their surrounding walking environment at each stage of forming a walking habit.
MembersFaculty
The Lee Lab's members consist of faculty, a visiting professor, master's students, exchange students, research partners, and short-term students and visitors.As of 2025
- Associate ProfessorSeungHee Lee
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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: “Chair, wood - Museo Egizio (Turin) S 8333 p03” 作者不詳 / CC0 (cropped)
- Touch and Visual Mental Imagery: “Pencil drawing of a dancing girl” Khushboo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Hand Gestures and Spatial Cognition: “Newark Airport Wayfinding Signage” Scott Brody / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Archery Practice and Feedback: “Scioto Grove - Archery Range 1” Sixflashphoto / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Walking Habits and the Surrounding Environment: “Ōhori Park Loop Path The signs for cycling jogging and walking paths Ōhorikōen Chūō-ku Fukuoka” Hirho / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cognitive Science Lab (Masaki Matsubara)): “Padmasana - Yoga Class - Chamrail - Howrah” Biswarup Ganguly / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Human-Information-Technology Lab): “Reading on an e-book reader (Unsplash)” freestocks.org freestocks / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Human Information Interaction Lab (Hideo Joho)): “Photograph of West Search Room and Library - DPLA - 7c2b6f10cd5bcfdf7cb2b52f200d74ce” General Services Administration. National Archives and Records Service. Office of Educational Programs. Education Division. ?-4/1/1985 / Public domain (cropped)
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