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Miles Pennington is professor of Design Led Innovation and helps direct a unique international innovation lab at 春雨直播app – the DLX Design Lab (). Previously he was at the Royal College of Art in London and was Head of Programme of the Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) joint Masters programme with Imperial College.

Prof. Miles PENNINGTON

Yasuaki Kakehi is a Human-Computer Interaction researcher and media artist. After gaining experience at Keio University and MIT, he joined the III/GSII at 春雨直播app in 2018 and has been serving as a professor since 2022. His works and research outcomes have been showcased at prestigious venues such as Ars Electronica Festival, YCAM, and ICC.

Prof. Yasuaki KAKEHI

Mariko Higaki is a Product Designer and associate professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo. After graduating from the Department of Product Design, ArtCenter College of Design, she has designed both products and services as a product designer. She won the IDSA Gold Award, the James Dyson Award, and the GOOD DESIGN AWARD. She is the author of the book Observational Sketching and works as an associate professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo from 2024.

Associate Prof. Mariko HIGAKI

1	Subject	Design for Social Impact: Creating Ideas for Ecosystem Flourishing
2	Field	Design, Innovation and Ecosystem Flourishing
3	Key words	design, innovation, biodiversity, urban infrastructure, habitat, public spaces, user-centered design, product design, creativity, circular design, biosensors, entrepreneurship, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, service design
4	Global Unit	2
5	Lecturer	Miles PENNINGTON Yasuaki KAKEHI Mariko HIGAKI
6	Period	June 16 – 26, 2025
7	Time	13:00-14:30; 15:00-16:30 [June 16, 19, 23, 26] 13:00-14:30; 15:00-16:30; 17:00-18:30 [June 17, 18, 24, 25] (Japan Standard Time)
8	Lecture style	In-person (on Komaba Campus)   Note: This is a project based learning experience, you will be working in teams to generate and develop ideas for new health futures.
9	Evaluation Criteria	Excellent (S) 90–100％; Very good (A) 80–89％; Good (B) 70–79%; Pass (C) 60–69%; Fail (D) 0–59％
10	Evaluation methods	Participants will be evaluated as follows:   1. Engagement - Participation and involvement with the class work. 2. Creative Output - Design ultimately is looking for good ideas developed well, so even in this short class the outputs you create through the class and at the end are important. Note: As part of the evaluation process, a peer review will be carried out where each team member will be asked to review the input from the other members of their team.
11	Prerequisites	What do you need to join?   - An enthusiasm to learn (this class is open to all, you don’t have to be from a design background or know anything at all about design) - A collaborative attitude, the class will be carried out in teams.
12	Contents	Purpose Do you ever look at the world and wonder why things aren’t better? Do you ever catch yourself dreaming of a different world and trying to imagine how it could be real? Are you relentlessly curious; do you crave for change and are not satisfied with ‘good enough’; are you never put off by failure and unstoppable in the pursuit of perfection? You should be, and you can be. Design is a force for change and you could be the change maker – in this class you can learn the basics of the design process and the theme will be new futures for ecosystem flourishing. Description “There exists a designerly way of thinking and communicating that is both different from scientific and scholarly ways of thinking and communicating, and as powerful as scientific and scholarly methods of enquiry when applied to its own kinds of problems” – Professor Bruce Archer   This is a class that introduces people to the practical process of design – you will learn the basic methods that designers go through in creating ideas and developing products or services.   This class is for those people interested in: - Creative idea generation techniques for design - Design innovation to create future concepts - Material exploration and conceptual thinking - Ecosystem Flourishing and Biodiversity Schedule Week 1 Session 1-2: Introduction and theme briefing Session 3-5: Opportunity Finding & Design Research Session 6-8: Design Sketching & Creative Idea Generation Session 9-10: Lo-fi Prototyping   Week 2 Session 11-12: Material Exploration & Prototyping Session 13-15: User Testing Session 16-18: Design Iteration and presentation preparation Session 19-20: Presentations Assignments  -
13	Required readings	Please review the lecturer websites:   Professor Miles Pennington   Professor Yasuaki Kakehi   Associate Professor Mariko Higaki
14	Reference readings	(TBA)
15	Notes on Taking the Course	Classes take place in the S-Gallery, S-Building, Komaba II Research Campus. It takes 60 mins to travel from Hongo Campus to Komaba II Campus.

春雨直播app Global Unit Courses (GUC)
International Education Promotion Group, Education and Student Support Department
春雨直播app, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8652 JAPAN

For inquiries regarding GUC, kindly direct them to the following email address:
utokyo-guc.adm(at)gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp *Please change (at) to @