Takashi Oe
Japan
CAREER Enrolled in April 2008; Completed master’s degree in March 2010
I joined KMD as a working adult, after experienced coordinating various projects leveraging IT to improve operations and facilitate innovative productions at a foreign consulting and a leading manufacturer of household electronics company.
In KMD, I established the specifics of my research theme in discussion with KMD faculty and project members with various backgrounds taking in technology, policy, and design, while researching the relationship between policy and industry as part of support activities for the policy recommendation group “Policy Watch.” We successfully elaborated a verification process in a form which closely resembled real world conditions through prototyping using a Real Project.
As one of the affiliated researchers of KMD today; “Regional revitalization by leveraging industrial and cultural vitality” is my project main focus. The project is now becoming beyond the academic research, but it gives us a chance to involve a project from launching startups to verify the outcomes. We established the first satellite office in Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture. This is our “hub station” to carry out researches on protocols to create markets for traditional crafts and eyewear which use materials such as lacquerware. We leverage craftsmanship side-by-side with local craftspeople to create the products to which we “aspire”, but which also have “market potential,” proposing products such as lacquerware tumblers and iPhone cases that integrate traditional coating techniques into modern lifestyle scenarios.
(This article was written in March 2019.)
