Labs in Kyushu University, Faculty of Design

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The lab explores design using narrative as its starting point.

Assistant Professor Shunta Tomimatsu studies design in the Strategic Design Division of the Faculty of Design, with narrative and storytelling as keywords. His researcher profile lists narrative design, telemedicine education, and UX as research themes. His research fields are "Life, health and medical informatics" and design studies.

#Narratives #Storytelling #Telemedicine education

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〈建築デザイン〉（國友 拓郎） (introduction coming soon)

Architectural design

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〈感性科学〉 (introduction coming soon)

Kansei science and physiological psychology

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〈人間工学〉 (introduction coming soon)

Ergonomics, environmental ergonomics, physiological anthropology, industrial engineering

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A design research lab that co-creates public spaces, starting from the perspectives of social minorities.

Associate Professor Satoshi Hano specializes in civil engineering design and social inclusion design, and works on the co-creation of public spaces, starting from social minorities. The listed research themes are minority-centered co-creation design, the design of inclusive public spaces, public spaces that carry on local memory, and the philosophy of civil engineering design. Except for the philosophy of civil engineering design, the themes are presented as "practice-based research."

#Social inclusion #Public space #Co-creation

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〈生物リズム〉 (introduction coming soon)

Biological rhythms and mathematical biology

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〈認知心理学〉 (introduction coming soon)

Cognitive psychology, texture and tactile perception, affective touch

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

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.

#Narrative design #Storytelling #Telemedicine education

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建築デザイン（國友 拓郎） (introduction coming soon)

Architectural design

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Research on applying structures that organisms build outside their bodies to the design and construction of architecture.

Prof. Kitajima, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Human Life Design at the Faculty of Design, specializes in architectural design and algorithmic design, and studies design and construction methods for architecture that apply the building principles of structures organisms make outside their bodies. Structures that organisms build autonomously outside their bodies highly integrate materials, structure, and responsiveness to the environment, achieving high functionality with limited resources. Focusing on termite fungus gardens and funnel-web spider webs, the lab observes, analyzes, and models these externally built structures, which are dynamically renewed in response to environmental change. The lab aims to clarify the relationship between form and function and to establish design and construction methods for environmentally adaptive architecture with passive environmental control.

#Architectural design #Extracorporeal structures #Environmentally adaptive architecture