The aim of the Department of Industrial Design is to lift the human spirit and facilitate life through the creation of various objects and systems which embody both beauty and usefulness. Pursuing a degree in our department requires a student to transcend the typical boundaries of other engineering specialties. Students are expected not only to master design skills, but also to develop a broader outlook on life and embrace a global perspective.
Fundamental to the execution of design is a broad outlook and an acute sensitivity based on your imagination. As freshmen, students will take a design seminar taught by the teachers in the department. In these small group seminars, students will be exposed to various aspects of design and be motivated and inspired by the course instructors design experience.
Students will further develop their artistic expression and understanding and appreciation of "form" in the following courses: Form Exercises and Modeling Exercises, Theories of Ergonomics, Design Materials Planning, and Introduction to Culture of Design and Plastic Art.
In our department, students will learn three categories of design: 1) interaction design dealing with the relationship between the form design of products such as daily commodities or cars and human beings; 2) space design from interior to architecture, to cities, and to landscape; and 3) visual design such as graphic images and printed materials. Students will learn the theories and their practical applications in these categories of design.
We seek students who want to acquire advanced skills and knowledge to become designers or engineers in the field of industrial design, or those who have the goal of further pursuing graduate level studies.
As freshman, students will learn the basics of design in a closely supervised setting. As sophomores, students continue to study the basics of the design to apply the art of expression which they studied as freshmen. Students continue with this course of study till the end of their junior year with special emphasis on developing and expanding their design and presentation skills.
In addition, students develop their integrative analysis skills and planning skills through various on-site trainings and work-study programs as well as through the study of how all the major subjects are related to one other.
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Research themes
E-mail
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Associate Professor
ARAI Toshiya
Research and Production of Bronze Sculptures by Lost Wax Casting, Research of Basic Design and Art
arai
Professor
HARADA Hajime
Ergonomic Design, Development of Evaluation Methods for Work Load
h-harada
Professor
ISHIKAWA Yoshimi
Designing Evaluation of Indoor Thermal Environment and Indoor Air Quality in Consideration of Energy Conservation
yishikaw
Professor
MASUOKA Kazuo
Practical Research of Renewal of Regional Functions and Their Amplification
kmasuoka
Professor
MOROZUMI Kiyotaka
Research and Development of Interaction Design, Product Design
morozumi
Professor
Nashihara Hiroshi
Research and Development of Universal Design and Product Design
nasihara
Professor
NIHEI Hiroatsu
Practical Research of Architectural Design
hnihei
Associate Professor
NISHINO Toshinobu
Research and Restoration of Old Architecture and Traditional Streetscape
tnishino
Professor
SHOJI Akiko
History of Modern Design and Bruno Taut's Design Activities
asyoji
Professor
YOSHIDA Akihiro
Study on the Discoloration of Organic Dyes
Study on the Strength of LVL(Laminated Veneer Lumber)
ayoshida
Associate Professor
KIKUCHI Ryogaku
Practical Research to Increase Productivity Utilizing Regional Resources
ryogaku
Associate Professor
KOYAMA Yuji
Historical Research on Order of Space and Industrial Design of Architecture
