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13Kansei EngineeringExploring design as a new practical science and pioneering the future with the “theory × sensibility” approachDivision of Textile and Kansei EngineeringIn the realm of design, both formal knowledge, for example logical knowledge and methods, and informal knowledge, for example judgment and inspiration that are hard to communicate, must be leveraged in development and management. I am deepening understanding of this so-called “theory × sensibility” approach through my development research.My career in design development began with the world's first Mini-Disc player and has included products used in daily life as well as medical equipment. It culminates in advanced design.Isao WadaProfessorThe Yamaha PJP-25UR (Yamaha Corporation) makes it possible for people in remote locations to engage in dialog and participate in meetings by commercializing a completely new approach to “controlling invisible things in a visible way.” My Tomorrow Project seeks to propose tools, environment, and systems for use by the children of the future.Professor Wada took his current position in October 2012 after working at the Pioneer Design Oce, the Sony Design Center, and as head of Wada Design. His principal areas of research and development include product design and product planning.Kansei EngineeringCreating easy-to-use, comfortable products that fit user needs Division of Textile and Kansei EngineeringI am working to dramatically improve the efficiency of handmade products by applying information technology to reduce the difficulty of design and prototyping work. I’m focusing on products made from flexible materials such as clothing, an area to which such methods have not conventionally been applied.Shigeru InuiProfessorThe movements of a person wearing clothing are measured using a motion-capture device (a device used to record human motion).Professor Inui joined the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology at Shinshu University in 2002 after working as the chief scientist at the National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research’s Research Institute of Polymers and Textiles and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. His principal area of research is the application of information technology in the textile domain.The movements of a person wearing clothing are simulated based on calculations.A simulation illustrates the cloth that would result from weaving the warp and weave threads.I see design as a new practical science, and I believe it will be transformed into an opportunity for presenting countless possibilities for the future through experimentation and an opportunity for developing appeal as its potential is realized.Outlook for researchMy goal is for my students to achieve a level of capability that extends beyond the denitions of planners, engineers, and designers so that they can do their own planning and then produce and carry out projects on their own.Outlook for students after graduationTo create the clothing of the future, I’m working to realize an approach to creating clothing that allows virtual clothing to be designed and prototyped based on simple body measurements taken at home. Users then preview what they would look like wearing those clothes and send the design data to the factory.Outlook for researchAlthough some graduates have become public ocials, most work for manufacturers and IT companies.Outlook for students after graduation

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