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Anya Healing

Concordia

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Play Exhibition 2024: Bridges for Understanding

PLAY: Entertainment Media Design

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Boiling Mind

Embodied Media

Geist

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#Bio Design

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SAMCARA LAB

SAMCARA

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CHANGE TOMORROW ‐Chomorrow–

Policy Project

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Dementia Eyes

Embodied Media

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FEEL TECH Wear

Embodied Media

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The Neurodiversity Project

Policy Project

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

Creative Industry

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Eyewear Computing

Geist

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Food Factory

Future Crafts

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Living Life Factory

Future Crafts

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Stage performances 【IKA】【B2J】 – EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai

A co-creation project of new bodily expressions that transcend barriers of disability through body-augmentation technology, stage performances 【IKA】【B2J】 will be presented at EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, as part of the Japan Sports Agency’s exhibition project “Sports Future Lab” AXEREAL Co., Ltd. (CEO: Ryoichi Ando), the general incorporated association WITH ALS (Representative Director: Masatane Muto), and the Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (Dean: Masahiko Inakage, hereinafter referred to as KMD) have been promoting the performance projects “IKA (Defamiliarized Body Expression)” and “Brain Body Jockey Project (B2J)”, utilizing body-augmentation technologies to create a future of freer expression, regardless of...

KMD, Starlight Engine, and Kyoto Fusioneering Launch Joint Research on Fusion Energy’s Social Impact

Exploring how fusion energy can power communities, economies and a sustainable future Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD), Starlight Engine Ltd., and Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd. have signed a joint research agreement to explore the social and economic dimensions of fusion energy. This collaboration will examine how fusion can be successfully integrated into society, with a particular focus on supporting the FAST* project—an initiative led by Starlight Engine that aims to demonstrate fusion power generation in the 2030s. 1. Joint Research Agreement Overview In June 2025, Japan revised its national Fusion Energy Innovation Strategy to strengthen its commitment to...

Cybernetic being Meetup vol. 08 “Envisioning the ‘Human’ in 2050”

The Cybernetic being Meetup is an event hosted by the “Project Cybernetic being” under the Moonshot R&D Program Goal 1 by the Japan Science and Technology Agency: “Realization of a society in which human beings can be free from limitations of body, brain, space, and time by 2050”. In this event, Cybernetic Being Meetup vol.08, titled "Envisioning the ‘Human’ in 2050.” This session will explore the question “What does it mean to be human in the future?” through discussions on topics such as cybernetic avatars, science fiction, and the metaverse—examining the future of the human mind, body, and society from...

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Co-design the Future Society with Diverse Stakeholders

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Read Between the Lines

Explore the future of communication.

Embodied Media

Prototyping the future by integrating our sensibility and innovative technologies.

design to evolve.

Future Crafts

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

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

Policy Project

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

“Amplify the Sense of Wonder”

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

Global Education *closeout

Building global connections and sharing ideas across borders

Creative Industry

Designing New Industries for an Era of Change

Invisible Future

Making the invisible future visible.

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

PLAY: Entertainment Media Design

Colors Everyday Scenes Filled with Playfulness

Network Media

Connect Everything

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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 12 (Silvana MALAVER TURBAY)

Notification on Public Doctoral Dissertation Defense on July 16 (Tomosuke MAEDA)

Announcement of the Final Results for the AY2025 KMD Admissions (Application Period Ⅰ)

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