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1940年兵庫県生まれ。東京藝術大学大学院修了後、アンジェロ・マンジャロッティ建築事務所（ミラノ）勤務（1966-’69）。プロダクト、インテリア、環境デザインなどに従事しヒューマンなものづくり環境づくりを心がけている。毎日デザイン賞、国井喜太郎産業工芸賞、グッドデザイン賞金賞、土木学会・田中賞、iF賞、German Design Award、AACA賞等受賞多数。（公財）日本デザイン振興会元会長。

世界的に活躍する日本人デザイナー。1956年生まれ。デザイナーの個性を主張するのではなく、生活者の視点にたって人の想いを可視化する静かで力のあるデザインに定評がある。日用品や電子精密機器からモビリティ、家具、インテリア、建築に至るまで手がけるデザインの領域は広く多岐に渡る。デザインを通して対象の本質にせまる力、その思想や表現などは国や領域を超えて高い評価を得ている。世界で最も影響力のあるデザイナーの一人である。Collab Design Excellence Award 2024など受賞歴多数。THE DESIGN SCIENCE FOUNDATION 設立者。多摩美術大学副学長。日本民藝館館長。

2005 年に芦沢啓治建築設計事務所設立。 2011 年東日本大震災をきっかけに公共工房から始まった石巻工房の共同代表も務める。「正直なデザイン/Honest Design」をモットーに、クラフトを重視しながら国内外の建築、インテリア、家具などトータルにデザイン。プロダクトデザインにおいては、Karimoku Case、KOKUYO、Audo Copenhagen などの家具ブランドとの仕事を手掛け、近年の建築プロジェクトでは TRUNK(HOTEL) YOYOGI PARK、国内外の Blue Bottle Coffee は8店舗をデザインしている。

1976年兵庫県生まれ。1999年金沢美術工芸大学工業デザイン専攻卒業。家電メーカーにて工業デザイナーとして勤務の後、2008年に東京目黒に『JIN KURAMOTO STUDIO』を開設。プロジェクトのコンセプトやストーリーを明快な造形表現で伝えるアプローチで家具、家電製品、アイウェアから自動車まで多彩なジャンルのデザイン開発に携わる。素材や材料を直に触りながら機能や構造の試行錯誤を繰り返す実践的な開発プロセスを重視し、プロトタイピングが行われている自身の“スタジオ”は常にインスピレーションと発見に溢れている。

『Ha Partners 』代表、建築・プロダクトデザイナー
奈良県東吉野村を拠点に、デザインの力で日本の農村再生に取り組む「ハ・パートナーズ合同会社」を2024年に設立。本年初めには、最初の建材製品として、地元産の杉材を使用した「柾目フローリングタイル」を発表。地域社会や専門家と緊密に協力しながら、伝統的な職人技と現代的なデザインの融合を目指しています。

1975年 神奈川県生まれ。建築デザインをコロンビア大学建築学科（MSAAD）で学ぶ。2006年に株式会社ライゾマティクス（現：株式会社アブストラクトエンジン）を設立。社内アーキテクチャ部門を率いた後、2020年に「CREATIVE ACTION」をテーマに、行政や企業、個人を繋ぎ、地域デザイン、観光、DXなど分野横断的に携わりながら課題解決に向けて企画から実装まで手がける「パノラマティクス」を結成。2023年よりグッドデザイン賞審査委員長。2025年大阪・関西万博EXPO共創プログラムディレクター。

Motomi Kawakami was born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1940. After graduating with an M.F.A. from Tokyo University of the Arts, he worked at Angelo Mangiarotti Architects in Milan from 1966 to 1969. In his work covering areas such as product, interior and environment design, he seeks to create objects and places that embrace humanity. Kawakami’s numerous accolades include a Mainichi Design Award, a Kitaro Kunii Industrial Design Award, a Good Design Gold Award, a Tanaka Award from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, an iF Design Award, a German Design Award and an AACA award. He is also a former Chairman of the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.

A Japanese designer active on the world stage, Naoto Fukasawa was born in 1956. Rather than expressing individuality as a designer, he is renowned for diligent design that visualizes the thoughts of people in their everyday lives. Fukasawa engages in design spanning a vast array of fields, from everyday items to precision electronic devices, mobility, furniture, interiors and architecture. His ability to strike at the essence of a subject through design, and his ideas and expression have received national and international acclaim. His status as one of the world’s most impactful designers is demonstrated by the numerous awards he has received, including a Collab Design Excellence Award in 2024. Fukasawa founded THE DESIGN SCIENCE FOUNDATION and serves as Vice President at Tama Art University and Curator of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum.

Keiji Ashizawa founded his eponymous practice, Keiji Ashizawa Design, in 2005 and is also co-director of Ishinomaki Laboratory, which was initially founded as a public workshop following the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. Based on a motto of “Honest Design,” Ashizawa values craft in his pursuit of comprehensive design at home and abroad, spanning areas from architecture and interiors to furniture. His product design portfolio includes work with furniture brands such as Karimoku Case, KOKUYO and Audo Copenhagen, with recent architecture projects including TRUNK (HOTEL) YOYOGI PARK and eight Blue Bottle Coffee locations in Japan and overseas.

Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1976, Jin Kuramoto graduated from Kanazawa College of Art in 1999 with a major in industrial design. He worked as an industrial designer at a home appliance manufacturer before establishing JIN KURAMOTO STUDIO in Meguro, Tokyo in 2008. Through his approach of communicating each project’s concept and story with clear formative expression, he is engaged in design development across diverse genres, including furniture, home appliances, eyewear, and automobiles. Kuramoto values the process of exploring function and construction through repeated trial and error, directly engaging with materials as he continuously prototypes in a studio full of inspiration and new discoveries.

Ha Partners founder Felix Conran is an architect and product designer. Based in Higashiyoshino, Nara Prefecture, he established Ha Partners in 2024 to foster rural revitalization in Japan through the power of design. The company works closely with local communities and experts to combine traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design, and launched its first building material product earlier this year, straight-grain flooring tiles made using locally-sourced cedar.

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1975, Seiichi Saito studied architectural design at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where he received a Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design (MSAAD). He founded Rhizomatiks Co., Ltd. (currently Abstract Engine Co., Ltd.) in 2006. After leading an internal architecture department, Saito formed Panoramatiks in 2020. Based on the theme of “CREATIVE ACTION,” Panoramatiks connects government bodies, businesses and individuals as it works to resolve issues through interdisciplinary initiatives spanning fields including regional design, tourism and digital transformation, being involved from conceptualization to implementation. Saito has served as Chairperson of the Good Design Award Judging Committee since 2023 and was the Expo Co-creation Program Director for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.