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Food Factory

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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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Dementia Eyes

Embodied Media

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

Creative Industry

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The Neurodiversity Project

Policy Project

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CHANGE TOMORROW ‐Chomorrow–

Policy Project

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Anya Healing

Concordia

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SAMCARA LAB

SAMCARA

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Living Life Factory

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Eyewear Computing

Geist

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#Haptics

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FEEL TECH Wear

Embodied Media

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CrafTouch to Be Exhibited at JAPAN CRAFT EXPO – Osaka/Kansai Expo 2025

A Co-Creation Project for Digital Transmission of Traditional Craftsmanship Skills Since April 2024, the Japan Craft & Locality Association, Ikutouen, Keio University, Nagoya Institute of Technology, and commissure Inc. have been working together on CrafTouch, a collaborative project exploring how digital technology can preserve and pass down the refined skills of traditional artisans. Set at Ikutouen, a Tsuboya pottery studio with 300 years of history in Okinawa, the project uses cutting-edge haptics and robotics to digitally record and share the embodied knowledge of craftspeople. We are pleased to announce that the outcomes of CrafTouch will be showcased at the JAPAN...

Cybernetic being Meetup vol. 06

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.06, titled “A Lightweight Body that Transcends Aging”, will discuss the future and possibilities of utilizing sensory-stimulating devices that allow people to receive others’ sensations and share abilities—applying this to both the prevention of frailty in the aging body and education in early childhood. The discussion...

The Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD) 2025 is a finalist in this year’s International BioDesign challenge in New York City. The KMD submission to the International Biodesign Challenge focuses on an innovative seaweed project utilizing Sargassum muticum, native to Japan but an invasive seaweed species in other geographies. The team developed a visionary project that transforms the invasive problem into a living bio-textile, weaving our deep cultural bond with the ocean into adaptive “living uniforms.” These natural substances provide UV protection, antioxidant, and antimicrobial benefits, addressing both the environmental problem of invasive seaweed and the health and...

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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.

PLAY: Entertainment Media Design

Colors Everyday Scenes Filled with Playfulness

Network Media

Connect Everything via the Internet

閑（Itoma）

Service Design to Sketch Between the Lines

“Amplify the Sense of Wonder”

Global Education *closeout

Building global connections and sharing ideas across borders

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.

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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