Source: Peatix

Cutting-edge practices with an eye towards the future of design are gathered here!
(This event is free and can only be attended on-site. There will be no online streaming.)

Ahead of Designship 2024, which is scheduled to be held in October, 16 designers will gather to share cutting-edge knowledge and practical examples around four main themes: generative AI, design systems, design management, and art direction.

This event will feature a wide range of discussions, from the future of design through innovations in generative AI, to building design systems that improve user experience, new trends in effective design management, and the practice of spatial design and art direction.

In each session, we will discuss design possibilities with concrete examples.
Don't miss this opportunity to join us in envisioning the future of design and exploring new possibilities.

Recommended for:
Those who want to know about the challenges facing Japanese design and what the future should look like
Businesses interested in design
Designers, aspiring designers, people interested in design, and creators

Opening Session
1. Opening 14:00-14:20
Speaker: Daisuke Monma (GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd.)

2. The latest domestic design trends and practices - Design White Paper 2024
Speaker: Fumina Tamaru (Mitsubishi Research Institute Design & Creative Team)

Panel Discussion
3. Design Practice/Mindset in the AI Era 14:20-15:00
Speakers: Katsuki Noda (Algomatic), Tomohiko Hayashi (Accenture Song), Partial Reika Jewel (GMO NIKKO Inc.), Shohei Komatsu (Designship/University of Tokyo)

4. Exploring the state of design systems between public and business 15:05-15:45
Speakers: Shunsuke Ishikawa (KESIKI), Ayumi Hirase (Digital Agency), Shota Ito (GMO Pepabo, Inc.), sakito (Cybozu)

5. New Trends in Design Management 15:55-16:35
Speakers: takejune (Smart Bank), Masanori Miyamoto (DeNA), Akane Yamabayashi (GMO Pepabo, Inc.), Kota Okazaki (FAKE Inc.)

6. Art direction that weaves spatial design 16:40-17:20
Speakers: Shunsuke Satake (illustrator/character designer), Chihiro Kawamura (GMO Pepabo, Inc.), Saori Hosomi (Designship)

Opening Session Speakers

GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd.
CTO Office Group UX Design Team Leader
Daisuke Monma

After working in a variety of roles, including planning and direction at web production companies and creative agencies, and managing web media at a business publishing company, he joined GMO Aozora Net Bank in December 2021. He is involved in UX design and promoting BaaS byGMO Aozora.

Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. Social Infrastructure Business Headquarters Urban Innovation Group Researcher
Fumina Tamaru

He is a member of the company's DESIGN & CREATIVE TEAM and is involved in the production of "WHITE PAPER ON DESIGN 2024." In addition, he is involved in research and consulting on urban development from the initial stage to commercialization, such as formulating concepts for the development and operation of facilities that attract visitors and local hubs, and supporting public-private partnerships. He graduated from the Department of Environmental Design at Tama Art University and completed graduate studies at the University of Manchester in the UK. He received the 2021 Steacy-Greenaway Prize for the Outstanding MArch Portfolio from the same graduate school.

Speaker of "Design Practice/Mindset in the AI Era"

Algomatic Inc.
Algomatic Global CXO / DMM Video Translation Business Manager
Katsuki Noda

Executive CXO of Algomatic. Experienced UX design/design management at Goodpatch and TBS Television. Sold Bison Holdings, where he served as a director, to Algomatic and joined the company as a founding member. In charge of product design, building the design organization, corporate branding, PR activities, and more. Currently also serves as the business manager for the translation business.

Accenture Song
Associate Director
Tomohiko Hayashi

He is involved in customer experience development for domestic and international companies, startup collaboration, branding, etc. He has created business value across countries and industries, through starting a company, managing a startup, working in the Bay Area, and winning and judging at Cannes Lions. He was selected as one of ADAGE's "Creators the World Should Know" and won the SXSW Interactive Awards. He has won numerous awards in the fields of tech, art, and advertising, including Cannes Lions and the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Japan Media Arts Festival. He is a lecturer and contributor to Forbes, Nikkei Cross Trend, Sendenkaigi, Singapore Management University, Mobile Marketing Forum, etc.

GMO NIKKO, Inc.
Creative AI Division Creative Planning Department
Partial Reika Jewel

He joined the company as a new graduate in 2023 as a creative director. While working on direction, he is also involved in a project to put image generation AI to practical use. Currently, in addition to his direction work, he is also conducting verification and development to promote the use of generative AI throughout the company. In recognition of his achievements, he received the Best Newcomer Award at the GMO Awards, an awards event held by the entire GMO Internet Group. He is also known as the "Prompt Magician."

Designship General Incorporated Association/University of Tokyo
Director/Specially Appointed Researcher
Shohei Komatsu

Co-founded LITEVIEW Inc. (2015) and Designship General Incorporated Association (2018). From 2021, as CPO of Kochi University School of Medicine/BiPSEE Inc., he is in charge of the overall development of VR treatment products for depression, aiming for Japan's first pharmaceutical approval of VR digital therapy (XRDTx). In 2023, he led the development of "War Damage VR" at the University of Tokyo Graduate School. He is involved in joint projects related to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's design promotion measures, such as the "Design White Paper."

Speaker of "Exploring the state of design systems between public and business"

Representative Director and CDO of KESIKI Co., Ltd. Representative Director of Wood Your Like Company Co., Ltd.
/Specially Appointed Professor at TCL, Tama Art University / Chief Design Officer of Asahikawa City (CDP)
Shunsuke Ishikawa

Graduated from Central St. Martins, University of the Arts London. After working at Panasonic Design Company and PDD Innovations UK, he was involved in the launch of IDEO Tokyo as design director. He then served as Head of Design at BCG Digital Ventures before assuming his current position. He has been involved in numerous innovation projects. He has served as a judge for the D&AD and Good Design Awards, as well as design selections across the country. Recent publications include "HELLO, DESIGN: Japanese and Design" (Gentosha).

Digital Agency
Service Design Unit Product Designer
Ayumi Hirase
Product designer at the Digital Agency. Experienced UI design for various native apps at DeNA, startups, and freelance. After that, joined the Digital Agency in 2023. Currently engaged in expanding the components of the Digital Agency design system and UI design for administrative products for residents.

GMO Peepobo Co., Ltd.
Senior Designer
Shota Ito

Influenced by the culture of music magazines and criticism, he became interested in the design field alongside his musical activities, and joined Spacemarket, Inc. in 2018. He was in charge of GUI design for in-house developed applications. He then joined GMO Pepabo, Inc. in 2022, and is currently involved in the design and front-end development of web application GUIs and websites.

Cybozu, Inc.
Design Manager
sakito

Joined Cybozu Inc. in 2019. In 2021, moved from the company-wide front-end specialist team to the design team, changing his title to Design Technologist. In 2023, launched the design department and design system team, and in 2024 became the head of the product design strategy department and kintone product design department, where he thinks about product design strategies and manages people. He is in the space between front-end and design.

Speaker of "New Trends in Design Management"

Smart Bank Co., Ltd.
Co-Founder/CXO
takejune

Born in June, software designer and entrepreneur. At SmartBank, he is in charge of the product department, business division manager, organizational design, etc. Experience: In charge of service design and product management at VOYAGE GROUP (now CARTA HOLDINGS / Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime) and Livedoor Inc. (now LINE). Former CXO at Fabric Inc.

DeNA Co., Ltd.
Manager/Designer, Product Design Department, Design Division
Masanori Miyamoto

He worked at a production company and a digital agency, where he worked on advertising for major companies and renewing corporate websites for art museums. He has been in his current position since 2016. He is involved in everything from service experience design for the healthcare business to art direction and designer management. He is skilled at solving comprehensive problems through design. In 2024, he launched the creative unit IE3.

GMO Peepobo Co., Ltd.
President's Office Corporate Design Team Manager and E-Commerce Business Division Senior Design Lead
Akane Yamabayashi

In 2011, he joined GMO Pepabo (then Paperboy&Co.) as a designer. He was involved in service design, app UI design, art direction, product management, etc., mainly for the EC site construction service "Color Me Shop". Currently, as Senior Design Lead of the EC Business Division and Manager of the Corporate Design Team in the President's Office, he is responsible for formulating EC support business and company-wide design strategies, as well as creating the systems and organizations associated with them.

FAKE,Inc.
Managing Partner & Co-founder
Kota Okazaki

While enrolled in graduate school, he worked as a designer at Timers Inc. He worked in business strategy at Gree, Inc. and management/design consulting at a major foreign consulting firm. He was involved in the establishment of a British design firm's Tokyo studio, and as project manager, he led many new business plans and executions with major companies, as well as next-generation experience concepts. In 2020, he participated in the founding of FAKE Inc.

Speakers of "Art Direction Weaving Spatial Design"

Illustrator and character designer
Representative of Hitotoe Co., Ltd. Lecturer at Kyoto University of Arts
Shunsuke Satake

Born in Osaka Prefecture. After working as a graphic designer at an advertising production company, he became a freelance illustrator. His main work is creating illustrations and characters for use in advertisements and books, mainly with motifs of people and animals. His specialties are child-rearing and education. He won the Good Design Award in 2014 and 2017. He appeared at AdobeMAX. He has published a collection of his work, "PRESENT" and "iPad App Adobe Fresco Illustration Techniques" (both published by Genkosha). He has also published many picture books overseas. His representative works include "Ganbarappa Ganbarun" on NHK Okaasan to Issho, the AGF Marim packaging, and "Oshaberi Shuppo" for Benesse Kodomo Challenge.

GMO Peepobo Co., Ltd.
designer
Chihiro Kawamura

Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts and Crafts at Kyoto University of Art and Design. After working at a web production company, he joined GMO Pepabo in 2018. He works as a communication/visual designer for "minne byGMO Pepabo," one of the largest handmade markets in Japan.

Designship General Incorporated Association
director
Saori Hosomi

In 2018, he co-founded the general incorporated association Designship, which runs design conferences, oversees the branding of the entire business including the practical design school "Designship Do," and launches design support projects for local government organizations.

<Program Schedule>

13:30: Doors open
14:00: "Opening | The latest domestic design trends and practices - Design White Paper 2024"
14:20-15:00: "Design Practice/Mindset in the AI Era"
15:05-15:45: "Exploring the nature of design systems between the public and business"
-15:55: Break
15:55-16:35: "New Trends in Design Management"
16:40-17:20: "Art direction that weaves spatial design"
17:20: Event ends
17:30: Networking session
19:30: End of the tour
20:00: Complete withdrawal

<Notes for visitors>
・There is no direct elevator to the 16th floor. Please take the office elevator at Shibuya Fukuras to the 8th floor and then transfer.
You will not be able to enter or exit from the door on the commercial side of the 8th floor. Please make sure to enter the 8th floor from the office entrance on the 2nd floor.
・Event reception is on the 8th floor. After showing your QR code and completing the reception, please take the special elevator to the 16th floor.
・Please see below for information on how to enter Shibuya Fukuras and a map.
　https://www.gmo.jp/company-profile/access-map/fukuras/

<Overview>
Date and time: Monday, September 23rd (National Holiday) 14:00-19:30
Venue: GMO Internet Group Group 2nd Headquarters GMO Yours FUKURAS | Shibuya FUKURAS 16F, 1-2-3 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Capacity: 150 people (first come, first served) *Only available at the venue
Application: Please apply via Peatix
Participation fee: Free (light meals, drinks and novelty items will be provided on the day)
Organizer: GMO Internet Group, Designship General Incorporated Association
Cooperation: Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. DESIGN×CREATIVE TEAM

★At the networking event, we will have an area where you can freely give lightning talks. Everyone is welcome to participate!
If you would like to participate, please bring your own projection materials and PC.

<Points to note>
All questions and comments submitted at this event will be recorded and will be included in the video and article. Please be aware that your comments will be publicly available at a later date.

About Designship
Designship is a general incorporated association that operates with the goal of increasing the number of design talent for next-generation industries.
With the mission of "producing design talent that will contribute to the next generation of industry," we are engaged in a variety of design-related projects, including providing design support to the government, running design schools, and running conferences.
https://corp.design-ship.jp

About GMO Internet Group
GMO Internet Group is a comprehensive Internet group that operates internet infrastructure business, providing services that form the foundation of business, from domains to security and payments, as well as internet advertising and media business, internet finance business, and cryptocurrency business.
In addition, under the slogan "To become the No. 1 corporate group creating the future with AI," all group partners are utilizing generative AI to 1) save time and costs, 2) improve the quality of existing services, and 3) provide new services to the AI industry. Furthermore, in June 2024, GMO AI & Robotics Trading was launched. Through this company, we will contribute to solving social issues through the spread of AI and robots.
In order to provide services that satisfy customers quickly and at low cost, our basic policy is to in-house everything from equipment selection to installation, construction, development, and operation. As a result, 50.0% of the approximately 7,500 partners in the 112 group companies are developers (engineers and creators) responsible for IT manufacturing.
(*) As of the end of June 2024

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