Born in 1948, a composer & former professor at the Academy of Arts (KHM) Cologne, Department of Art and Media Sciences, specialized in The Theory and History of Sound.

Initially professor for Auditive Design in the Media & founder of the Music Department, he was elected Rector of the Academy in Cologne between 2000-2004. Composer of numerous music pieces, sound installations and film compositions which have received international prizes; 1972 founder of the band SLAPP HAPPY; co-writer with PINK FLOYD during the recording of 3 albums, working on concepts and lyrics; composer oftelevision opera "Camera"; Polygram recorded 3 albums of his work, "Cloudland Ballroom", "Secrets of the Blue Bag",　"Reed, Whistle & Sticks". Also founder of international sound events and symposia, "per->SON" & "Nocturnes". Besides lecturing he continues to write, compose and perform.

Furniture Designer; Born in 1967. Established TAIJI FUJIMORI ATELIER (1999). Profesionally disciplined in furniture design, explored product & spatial design through collaboration with architects. Aspired to breakthough, being recently commisioned for customized design for a library, the practice attends to great scale of furniture production, from luxury to offices and schools. Received numerous awards such as the Good Design Award's Special Award.

Graduated from Kuwasawa Design School.
Joined IDEE Co.,Ltd. in 1998 as a designer of standard and customized furniture. Left IDEE in 2005 to establish personal studio, shigeki fujishiro design. Collaborated with HERMÈS petit h, HAY, adidas and 2016/arita. Awarded in the 21st Kuwasawa Award.

Born in Kobe,1965. Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts (1989); Royal College of Art Master Course, England (1994). Set up"AZUMI" design unit in London, followed by establishing private office "a studio" (2005). Delivers product designs to international corporations such as T-fal (France) & lapalma (Italy); awarded as Designer of the Year in FX International Design Award & numerous others both locally & internationally; as well as invited as a judge for iF Award (Individual). The Stool"LEM"is being showcased as permenant collection in V&A Museum and several other galleries globally. In consequence to his appointment as a lecturer in Hosei University, Faculty of Engineering and Design, "AZUMI" moved to Japan in 2015.

Established in 2004 by Suzuno Koichi & Kamuro Shinya. Its architectural notion expands into interior, exhibition curation, product design, spatial installation & movie production. Featured works include "Template in Claska" "NIKE1LOVE" "Residential in Kouhoku" "The Ware of Air" "Gulliver Table" "Big T" & etc. "Weaver of Light (Canon, Milano Salone 2011)" received Elite Design Award; commendation as permenant collection of "The Ware of the Air」 in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2015). Published "The book of the Ware of Air" (2011), Work Portfolio "TORAFU ARCHITECTS 2004-2011 IDEA + PROCESS" (Bijutsu Shuppan-sha), Artbook "TORAFU’s Small City Planning" (Heibonsha - 2012); "TORAFU ARCHITECTS Inside Out" (TOTO Publishing - 2016).

Space / Product Designer. Born in Kagoshima, 1975.
Based in Fukuoka & Tokyo, leads CASE-REAL of spatial design; KOICHI FUTATSUMATA STUDIO of product design.
From Architecture & Interior design diverging furniture & product design, his featured works include "Cutleries for valerie_objects (valerie_objects/2015)" "HYGGE BOARD (SKAGEN/2015)" "Elder_ARAOKAGANKYO (Aroaka Optics/2017)" "SHOE STOOL (Opinion Ciatti/2014)" "in the sky (E&Y/2010)" "HAMMOCK (E&Y/2009)" and etc. "22 (EK JAPAN/2009)" was selected as a permenant collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).

Design Studio led by Yusuke Hayashi & Yoko Yasunishi, established in 2001. Branched from Product design, multi-disciplinary approach was undertaken into graphics, packaging, spatial design & etc. Challenging design limitation in projects’ art direction, branding, material, function & technical developement, brought forth powerful messages of Japan’s technology to the global market. Collaborated with numerous local & international makers, namely Canon、MUJI、Camper、Mercedes Benz、TIME&STYLE & etc. Works were exhibited in Tokyo, Singapore, Milano, Paris, Stockholm & several other cities. Numerous awards received, including Red Dot Design Award、 German Design Award、Good Design Special Award & Design For Asia Award.

Graduated in Yokohama National University (1996), followed by professional pursuit in design office, architecture WORK-SHOP as well as in a furniture production workshop, super robot. Established "Keiji Ashizawa Design" (2005) and "Ishinomaki Laboratory" (2011). Disciplined in Architecture (offices, residential, mass housing, renovation and etc), from local to international projects, the practice also actively involves in gallery curation, furniture & product design. Elected a the CEO, as Ishinomaki Laboratory gained its furniture branding as an official company, and the practice was elected as the CEO.