Media Design is an exciting and relatively new discipline within the wider context of design. In it researchers and practitioners are interested in exploring new ways to use and deploy digital media technologies to have function, communicate information or present artwork. Designers from a Media Design background often work on or with web design, e-books, data-bases, big data visualisation, smartphone applications, film, animations, digital imaging, art installations, technology products and many other artefacts and systems. Such designers create their ideas utilising digital or electronic formats and the intention is often that the work is created from scratch to be accessed on a digital platform. This course is a first step introduction to Media Design, it is not intended to be a comprehensive class but rather a short and intense introduction to some processes and skills and you may wish to continue your exploration of this discipline in other classes or studies. This is not a heavy lecture based course but rather a seminar, discussion, and hands-on practical class where you will do a lot of learning by doing. You will be working in teams a lot and each week there will be a subject to discuss, learn and try.

Through lectures and exercises on the following two subjects, students will learn the theory and methodology of engineering design and industrial design. 次の二つの内容に関する講義、演習により、設計・デザインの理論、方法論を学ぶ。 A. Lectures and exercises on ideation and creativity. (by Prof. Murakami) 発想、創造性に関する講義および演習 B. Theory and methodology of Kansei design (Affective engineering). (by Prof. Yanagisawa) 感性設計の理論・方法論

Science, technology, and innovation (STI) shape the foundation of the contemporary society and thus make a major arena of public policy. The complex nature of the STI system poses various challenges, and effective policymaking approaches have been explored and developed. Evidence-based policy making (EBPM) is one such approach that is expected to address the challenges and has been implemented in STI policy design, although it has its own challenges and limitations. In this course, students are expected to learn the context of STI and the basis of EBPM as well as to learn how EBPM can be applied to STI policy design.

Science, technology, and innovation (STI) shape the foundation of the contemporary society and thus make a major arena of public policy. The complex nature of the STI system poses various challenges, and effective policymaking approaches have been explored and developed. Evidence-based policy making (EBPM) is one such approach that is expected to address the challenges and has been implemented in STI policy design, although it has its own challenges and limitations. In this course, students are expected to learn the context of STI and the basis of EBPM as well as to learn how EBPM can be applied to STI policy design.

Do you ever look at things in the world and wonder why they aren’t better; do you ever catch yourself dreaming of a different world and trying to imagine how it could be real? Are you relentlessly curious; do you crave for change and are not satisfied with ‘good enough’; are you never put off by failure and unstoppable in the pursuit of perfection? You should be, and you can be. Design is a force for change and you could be the change maker – in this class you can learn the basics of the design process - everyone and anyone can design, and change the world. Please join the class and learn how. --- あなたは世の中の物事を見て、なぜもっと良くならないのだろうと思うことはありませんか？別の世界を夢見て、どうすれば実現できるかを想像しようとすることはありませんか？好奇心旺盛で、変化を求め、「これでいい」と満足することがなく、失敗を恐れず、完璧を求めて止まらない人はいませんか？あなたはそうあるべきだし、そうなれるはずです。このクラスでは、デザインプロセスの基本を学ぶことができます。誰もが皆、デザインして世界を変えることができるのです。このクラスに参加して、以下のことを学んでください。 --- This is an introduction to the design process. It is a series of workshops where participants can try the basics of design from research and creating ideas through to prototyping and review. We approach this from the perspective of innovation and future thinking - so the emphasis is on new ideas (and not just form-making - as in a more traditional design class) This is an experiential course and is project based. A theme will be set and participants will learn about design through designing something for themselves. Work will be carried out in groups. --- これは、デザインプロセスの入門編です。リサーチ、アイデアの作成、プロトタイピング、レビューまで、デザインの基本を体験できる一連のワークショップです。このコースは、イノベーションと未来思考の観点からアプローチしているため、（従来のデザインクラスのような単なる形作りではなく）新しいアイデアに重点が置かれています。テーマを設定し、参加者自身が何かをデザインすることで、デザインについて学びます。作業はグループで行います。 --- Theme: This year's theme is designing for positive climate impact. Teams will be creating innovative ideas for product, services, or systems that will have a benefit in reducing climate change. The teams will look at one of three elements where people’s behaviours can have impact: nutrition, shelter or mobility. --- テーマです： 今年のテーマは「Designing for positive climate impact」です。各チームは、気候変動の緩和に役立つ製品、サービス、システムに関する革新的なアイデアを創出します。各チームは、人々の行動が影響を与えることができる3つの要素（栄養、シェルター、モビリティ）のいずれかに注目することになります。

In this course, student teams will work on practical problems given by companies with a PBL (Project-Based Learning) approach and a PCL (Project-Creation Learning) approach to advance projects in a startup-manner by learning entrepreneurial methods. Through the process, students learn extraction and definition of problem, idea generation by group discussion, planning of project execution, presentation of result, and cultivate engineering design ability. 本講義では、企業から提示された課題に取り組むPBL（Project-Based Learning）アプローチや、アントレプレナーの手法を企業から学びつつスタートアップ的にプロジェクトを進めるPCL（Project-Creation Learning）アプローチで活動する。それを通して、問題の抽出と定義、グループ・ディスカッションによる創案、プロジェクト遂行のプランニング、成果のプレゼンテーションなどを学び、設計能力を涵養することを目的する。

This is a class that introduces people to the practical process of design - you will learn the basic methods that designers go through in creating ideas and developing products or services. --- これは、デザインの実践的なプロセスを紹介するクラスで、デザイナーがアイデアを生み出し、製品やサービスを開発する際の基本的な手法を学びます。 --- “There exists a designerly way of thinking and communicating that is both different from scientific and scholarly ways of thinking and communicating, and as powerful as scientific and scholarly methods of enquiry when applied to its own kinds of problems” Professor Bruce Archer --- " デザイナーの思考とコミュニケーションの方法が存在する。それは、科学的、学術的な思考とコミュニケーションの方法とは異なるものであり、独自の問題に適用された場合には、科学的、学術的な調査方法と同じくらい強力なものである。” Professor Bruce Archer

This is a class that introduces people to the practical process of design - you will learn the basic methods that designers go through in creating ideas and developing products or services. --- これは、デザインの実践的なプロセスを紹介するクラスで、デザイナーがアイデアを生み出し、製品やサービスを開発する際の基本的な手法を学びます。 --- “There exists a designerly way of thinking and communicating that is both different from scientific and scholarly ways of thinking and communicating, and as powerful as scientific and scholarly methods of enquiry when applied to its own kinds of problems” Professor Bruce Archer --- " デザイナーの思考とコミュニケーションの方法が存在する。それは、科学的、学術的な思考とコミュニケーションの方法とは異なるものであり、独自の問題に適用された場合には、科学的、学術的な調査方法と同じくらい強力なものである。” Professor Bruce Archer

In this seminar, students are expected to examine research in various fields such as resources, environment and energy, health and medicine, space and ocean, security, global economy, food and life, AI and digitalization, and learning and communication in relation to various social issues, and attempt to design solutions (technical and institutional solutions) to social issues in concrete ways. In doing so, students will consciously consider what other fields of knowledge are necessary in addition to the knowledge in their own field of expertise, and students will attempt to compare various solution options. Students will also examine the challenges of implementing such solutions in society.