Japanese Design in the Construction Period after the War

As was the case for many nations after the Second World War, postwar economic recovery irrevocably changed the environment and practices of daily life in Japan, and it is imperative that we understand and address the immense formative power design in this process. Taking place a half-century later, this symposium invited major participants in design research, education, promotion and practice to discuss their experiences and re-examine the role of design in shaping Japan during this period.

3 July 2004, at 13.00-17.30
Tsuda College

Programme
Part 1: Keynote Speeches
Toshimitsu Isao (President at Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture)
Hino Eiichi (Professor at Jissen Woman’s College)
Koseki Rikiya (Professor Emeritus at Takaoka National College)
Sone Yasumi (former Professor at Kinki University)

Part 2: Panel Discussion
Panelists : Toshimitsu Isao, Hino Eiichi, Koseki Rikiya , Sone Yasumi
Coordinator : Nakayama Shuichi (Professor at Kobe University, Chair of the Design History Workshop Japan)

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Design History in the Twenty First Century

The Design History Workshop Japan had its inaugural meeting on 22 November 2002 at Kobe University, and commemorated its launch with a two-part symposium. For the first part of the symposium, we invited Prof. Jonathan M. Woodham, a past Chair of the Design History Society which was set up in 1997 in Britain and founding Director of the Centre for Design History Research at the University of Brighton, to reflect on the course that design history has taken as an area of research and an academic discipline, and to suggest directions to address now and in the future. The second half of the symposium was a discussion of the role and direction of the newly-formed DHWJ, beginning with a conversation between Woodham and Prof. Nakayama Shuichi, DHWJ Chair and Professor at Kobe University, then expanding to a lively and fruitful general discussion between all present.

4 October 2003, at 13.00-17.30
Saitama University
Co-organised by Graduate School of Cultural Science, Saitama University
Sponsored by British Council Japan

Programme
Part 1: Keynote Speech
Building on the Past, Looking to the Future: Design History in the Twenty First Century / Jonathan M. Woodham (Professor at the University of Brighton, UK)

Part 2: Panel Discussion
Panelists : Jonathan M. Woodham (Professor at the University of Brighton, UK), Nakayama Shuichi (Professor at Kobe University, Chair of the Design History Workshop Japan)
Coordinator : Iguchi Toshino (Associate Professor at Kitakyushu University, Deputy-Chair of the Design History Workshop Japan)

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