Kensuke Fujishiro
Japan
CAREER Enrolled April 2011; Completed master’s degree in March 2013
As an undergraduate, I majored in architecture, but at KMD I studied service design in a project called “Social Entertainment/Bouquet.” KMD is an environment of great diversity in terms of age, fields of endeavor, and nationalities. It is also a place where you can gain a wide range of experiences. The most vivid impression that KMD made on me was the chance I had in the GID Program to experience startup culture in San Francisco and global careers in London. While still a student, I established a design office called “prsm”, and that is what I do today. I use the principles of service design to design “spaces” before the buildings are put up. I am also involved in Global Shapers Community and TEDxTokyo, and I work as a KMD researcher. In the future, I want to take on more global projects, investigating what design can accomplish as I combine the social with my own personal sense of mission.
(This article was written in March 2014.)