Bio
Yosuke [yō-ské • He/Him] is a designer / researcher / technologist based in London. Specialising in futures research and interaction design & prototyping, he designs for better-informed decision-making about our future. His recent projects, including Transitions to sustainable futures research with Hitachi, focus on the interplay between people, technology and the planet. Yosuke was the recipient of the 2018 Swarovski Designers of the Future Award. He has also written for design publications such as Core77 and ICON magazine.
Yosuke currently works for Normally as Interaction Designer.
What I do
- Developing future visions that are not necessarily shiny but more compelling,
- Creating prototypes that turn future visions into tangible experiences, and
- Designing interactions of new products and services
Awards, Exhibitions, Events
- Interview : Wallpaper*, Can design help us better understand the future?, 2021
- Op-ed : ICON 203: Spring 2021, Design's watershed moment, 2021
- Talk : Design District, Deep Time: Design for Now and for the Seventh Generation, 2021
- Talk : Global Design Forum, Off the Grid: Powering the Home, 2021
- Talk : London Design Biennale, AI, Nature and I: Mending the gap between Humans and the Environment, 2021
- Lecture : Design Indaba, 2020
- Jury : Core77 Design Award, Speculative Design Jury Captain, 2019
- Award : Swarovski Designers of the Future Award, 2018
- Lecture : Resonate, Belgrade, 2017
- Exhibition : Media Ambition Tokyo, 2017
- Lecture : WIRED x DESIGN, Tokyo, 2015
- Exhibition : LIFELOGGING at Science Gallery Dublin, 2015
- Exhibition : The Fab Mind at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo, 2014
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- Lecture : Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd, 2022
- Lecture : Speculative Futures Stuttgart, 2022
- Lecture : TBD Conference, 2022
- Lecture : FHNW Academy of Art and Design, 2021
- Talk : Fridays For Future Japan, 2021
- Interview : Wallpaper*, Can design help us better understand the future?, 2021
- Op-ed : ICON 203: Spring 2021, Design's watershed moment, 2021
- Talk : Design District, Deep Time: Design for Now and for the Seventh Generation, 2021
- Talk : Global Design Forum, Off the Grid: Powering the Home, 2021
- Talk : London Design Biennale, AI, Nature and I: Mending the gap between Humans and the Environment, 2021
- Lecture : N High School, 2021
- Lecture : Kontrapunkt Webinar, Strategic Foresight: Crafting future scenarios for better strategic navigation, 2021
- Lecture : London College of Communication, 2021
- Lecture : DLX Design Academy, 2021
- Lecture : Design Indaba, 2020
- Jury : Core77 Design Award, Speculative Design Jury Captain, 2019
- Award : Swarovski Designers of the Future Award, 2018
- TV : Hodokyoku, Japan, 2017
- Lecture : Resonate, Belgrade, 2017
- Lecture : Data Fest, Edinburgh, 2017
- Exhibition : Media Ambition Tokyo, 2017
- Lecture : London College of Communication, 2016
- Exhibition : New Style New Artist at ICC, Tokyo, 2016
- Workshop : Live with AI at NEXT Conference, Hamburg, 2016
- Exhibition : Scenes Unseen at London Design Festival, 2016
- Workshop : V&A Friday Late, London, 2016
- Exhibition : Unread Messages at Aram Gallery, London, 2016
- Workshop : Takram Academy at Space Art Technology, London, 2016
- Talk : IAMAS graduation show, Gifu, 2016
- Writing : Speculative Everything Japanese Edition, 2016
- Exhibition : 8h Ahead at London Design Festival, 2015
- Workshop : Speculative Ohgiri for WIRED, Tokyo, 2015
- Lecture : WIRED x DESIGN, Tokyo, 2015
- Exhibition : LIFELOGGING at Science Gallery Dublin, 2015
- Exhibition : The Fab Mind at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo, 2014
- Talk : The Design Batons at Japan Institute of Design Promotion, Tokyo, 2014
- Onlin Curation_ : Design and Violence by MoMA, 2014
- Exhibition : Wearable Futures, London, 2013
- Exhibition : Bunny Smash at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2013
Experience
- Interaction Designer at Normally, London, 2023 -
- Director at Takram London, London, 2019 - 2023
- Creative Technologist at Takram London, London, 2015 - 2023
- Intern then associate at Superflux, London, 2013 - 2014
- Freelance, London, 2013 - 2014
- MA Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art, 2011 - 2013
- MSc Mechano-Informatics at The University of Tokyo, 2008 - 2010
- Intern at Takram Tokyo, Tokyo, 2008 - 2009
- BEng System Design Engineering at Keio University, 2004 - 2008
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