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Play Exhibition 2024: Bridges for Understanding

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Eyewear Computing

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CHANGE TOMORROW ‐Chomorrow–

Policy Project

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#Human Interface

#Interaction

Living Life Factory

Future Crafts

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#Communication

#Community Design

#Diversity

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The Neurodiversity Project

Policy Project

#Communication #Community Design #Diversity #Social Change #Social Design

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Yanbaru Pineapple-no-Oka Aha Roadside Station Project (Okinawa Prefecture, Kunigami Village)

Creative Industry

#Culture #Social Change

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#VR

Dementia Eyes

Embodied Media

#Inclusive Design #VR

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#Wearable Technology

Boiling Mind

Embodied Media

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Food Factory

Future Crafts

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#Bio Design

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SAMCARA LAB

SAMCARA

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#Haptics

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#VR

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FEEL TECH Wear

Embodied Media

#Haptics #Human Interface #VR #Wearable Technology

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#Marketing

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Anya Healing

Concordia

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SIGGRAPH 2026 Emerging Technologies

KMD Embodied Media Project presents new demonstration “Experience Sharing Studio” in SIGGRAPH 2026 Emerging Technologies. Experience Sharing Studio: An Immersive Platform for Spatio-Temporal Recording and Playback of Embodied Multisensory Memory Haruomi Higashi, Yufan Zhu, Kohei Kobayashi, Kiryu Tsujita, Jinsuke Morita, Emi Koizumi, Jiayi Shen, Mauricio Sousa, Arata Horie, Takatoshi Yoshida. Kouta Minamizawa Location: Los Angeles Convention Center Period: July 20-23, 2026 URL: https://s2026.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=gensub_242&sess=sess251

KMD Ph.D. Graduate Weijen Chen Receives Haier Design Prize 2026 by iF Design Student Award

We are pleased to announce that Weijen Chen, who completed the Ph.D. Program at KMD in March 2026, has received the iF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD 2026 for Cymatics Cup, a design research project conducted as part of her doctoral studies. In addition, her work was selected for the Haier Design Prize 2026 by iF Design, a special international award recognizing outstanding student design concepts, and honored at the award ceremony held in Frankfurt, Germany, as part of the World Design Capital 2026 celebrations. ▪️About the iF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD 2026 Established in 2003, the iF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD is one of the world’s...

KMD Research Institute Launches “B Lab”~ Advancing Social Innovation and Value Creation Across Technology, Design, Policy, and Education ~

Keio Media Design Research Institute at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (Yokohama, Japan; Director: Nanako Ishido; hereinafter referred to as the “KMD Research Institute”) has established B Lab which officially commenced operations on July 7. B Lab will serve as a practical research and social implementation hub dedicated to addressing societal challenges and creating new value through interdisciplinary collaboration spanning technology, design, policy, and education. 1. Background of Establishment Recent advances in technologies such as AI, XR, and IoT have expanded the possibilities for redesigning social structures themselves. However, despite the existence of groundbreaking technologies and research outcomes,...

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Co-design the Future Society with Diverse Stakeholders

Co-creation of more ethical future through anticipation of broad impacts on advanced knowledge

Design the society of the coming IT paradigm realized by the Quantum Internet.

Invisible Future

Making the invisible future visible.

design to evolve.

Policy Project

Leverage design, technology, and management capacities to formulate policies.

Network Media

Connect Everything

閑（Itoma）

Read Between the Lines

Future Crafts

Creating the future integrating the physical and digital with a craftsman’s eye.

Embodied Media

Prototyping the future by integrating our sensibility and innovative technologies.

Let “Network” become a natural extension of the “Real World”

Creative Industry

Designing New Industries for an Era of Change

Explore the future of communication.

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Colors Everyday Scenes Filled with Playfulness

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“Amplify the Sense of Wonder”

About KMD

The Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD) addresses real-world challenges while envisioning optimal futures. Our mission is to pioneer "media design" - creating new connections between people and their environments - while developing "media innovators" who transcend traditional disciplinary and national boundaries.

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Notification on Public Doctoral Dissertation Defense on July 15 (Krekoukiotis Charalampos)

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KMD Information Session on May 29

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KMD Plenary Meeting 2026 “ANTI-AINXIETY: Co‑Creating Futures: The Human Hand in Hybrid Systems”

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