Managing Director
of the Hers Experimental Design Laboratory, Inc.
The Judge of the Good Design Award competition and member of the
ASEAN Selection Board for the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization.
Registration Advisor of the Osaka Small to Medium Enterprises Support
Center.
Registration Advisor of the Kyoto Industry 21.
Member of the Design Consultant System of the Osaka Design Center.
Mar. 1982
April 1982 - Aug.1986
Oct.1986
April1988
Mar.1991
1994
1998
1999
July 1999 - Feb.2000
April 2000 -
May 2000 -
Mar. 2001 -
2002
2003
Graduated from
Osaka City University, Faculty of Engineering, Applied Physics
Department.
Joined Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Design Center
Established the Hers Experimental Design Laboratory .
Took on the role of lecturer at Osaka Sogo College of Design.
Incorporated the Hers Experimental Design Laboratory Inc. Appointed
as
Managing Director.
Joined the Japan Design Society.
Joined the Osaka Design Center Consultant System.
Joined the Kansai Institute of Information Systems as a researcher.
Joined the Japan Small and Medium Enterprise, Coordinator B Business
as
a researcher.
Appointed Registration Advisor for the Osaka Small and Medium Enterprises
Support Center.
Appointed Advisor for the Runesse Higashi-Osaka; the small to medium
consortium business.
Established the Tokyo Branch of Hers Experimental Design Laboratory
Inc.
Appointed Director for the Total Promotion Design Center.
Acted as judge for the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
(JIDPO), Good
Design Award competition.
Acted as the member of the selection board for the ASEAN Selection.
Joined Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. after graduating from the Osaka City
University, Faculty of Engineering,
Applied Physics Department in 1982. Besides working on product design,
was also involved in the backbone
concept of new projects such as single domestic appliances. Established
Hers Experimental Design
Laboratory, Inc. in 1986, and created many controversial products
in a wide range of designs for products,
graphics C.I., and interface design, and has received many awards.Proposed
the virtual industry system,
which links each process of product development to an industry that
specializes in that field, and
implemented the IT type product development system that involves distribution.
Has also been involved in
many inter-corporate coordination, production and consultation works
by internally supporting the
development of products that utilizes each companyﾕs core competence
at corporate seminars sponsored
by banks, and acts as the design advisor for small to medium enterprises
consortium. Has also handled TLO
in the private sector in commercializing products developed by universities
and research organizations and
local product regeneration, and is now putting in a great deal of
effort in the G Mark, ASEAN Selection, TV
appearances as a commentator, and education activities on the future
of products and the design industry.
