Tuesday, October 7th Four University Professors Discuss “New Design Studies” – “DESIGN AND PEOPLE Issue No. 2: How to Live with Others” Publication Commemoration Event Held at Aoyama Book Center CONNECT Co., Ltd.

[Tuesday, October 7th] Four University Professors Discuss “New Design Studies” – A Commemorative Event for the Publication of “DESIGN AND PEOPLE Issue No. 2: How to Live with Others” Held at Aoyama Book Center [CONSENT Inc.] ​
Concent Co., Ltd. Press Release: September 18, 2025 [Tuesday, October 7th] Four university professors discuss “new design studies” – A commemorative event for the publication of “DESIGN AND PEOPLE Issue No. 2 | How to Live with Others” will be held at Aoyama Book Center. To commemorate the publication of “DESIGN AND PEOPLE Issue No. 2: How to Live with Others,” a design magazine published by CONNECT Inc., a talk event featuring four university professors who are contributors to the magazine, “Thinking about New Design Studies with Professors,” will be held at the Aoyama Book Center Main Branch on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
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DESIGN AND PEOPLE is a design magazine launched to explore the nature of design through dialogues and essays by experts and design practitioners from a variety of fields, and to seek opportunities for the gradual reconnection of people and industries. Issue No. 2, on sale in August 2025, features dialogues, essays, and book reviews from 31 experts, including designers, researchers, and government officials, who live in what has been described as an “age of division,” intersecting their critical thinking and life histories. This publication commemorative event will be a panel discussion featuring four authors from Issue 2: Aya Yaegashi, who advocates for a “reconstruction of design studies” and has led preparations for the opening of the new Ritsumeikan University School of Design and Art in April 2026; Taku Kashima, who teaches sociology at the University of Tsukuba; Ichiro Saga, who teaches graphic design at Tama Art University; and Toshiaki Koga, who teaches art and culture at Musashino Art University. The panelists will discuss “new design studies” as an academic discipline that encompasses science, art, and philosophy. They will also discuss their practices at their respective universities, graduate schools, faculties, and departments, as well as their future prospects. Please consider this event as an extra part of your open campus experience. There will also be time for a social gathering with the four speakers after the event. The moderator for the event will be Tomoya Yoshida, editor-in-chief of DESIGN AND PEOPLE. Event Details and Application Page ​ You will be redirected to the event page on the Aoyama Book Center website. ■Speaker profile 〈Panelists〉 *Titles omitted Yaegashi Kazaru Design Studies Researcher / Professor, College of Business, Ritsumeikan University Graduated from the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo. Joined Ritsumeikan University in 2007. Currently leading preparations for the
establishment of the Faculty of Design and Art and Graduate School, scheduled for establishment in 2026. Conducts theoretical and practical research into the meaning and role of design in social life in general. His publications include “Designing New Leadership” (Shinyosha, co-authored with Mitsuru Onishi). KASHIMA Takashi Sociologist / Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Information Studies) / Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba His specialties are media theory, sociology, advertising history, and design history. His books include “Historical Sociology of Advertising Producers: Fluctuations Surrounding Individuals and Organizations in Modern Japan” (Serika Shobo) and “Olympic Design Marketing: From the Emblem Issue to Open Design” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha). SAGA Ichiro Design researcher / Ph.D. (Fine Arts) / Associate Professor, Department of Graphic Design, Tama Art University His specialty is the history of modern design, as well as the theory and practice of visual design and typography. He supervised the translation and commentary of Josef Müller-Brockmann’s autobiography, “Playful Seriousness, Serious Play, My Life: Commentary: Grid Systems as Aesthetics” (BNN Shinsha). KOGA Toshiaki Visual culture researcher/Associate professor, Department of Art and Culture, Musashino Art University He completed his doctoral studies in Language and Information Sciences at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo. After working as an editor for the design magazine “IDEA,” he worked at the Japan Patent Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, where he was involved in design administration, including design review work, the founding of the International Design Forum, and the 2019 revision of the Design Act. In 2022, he became an associate professor in the Department of Art and Design at Musashino Art University. YOSHIDA Tomoya Editor, Creative Director / CONSENT Inc. Editor-in-Chief of the design magazine “DESIGN AND PEOPLE.” Part of the Design Leadership department. Engaged in editing and media strategy support. He has worked on many design-related books, including Giorgio Maffei’s “The Books of Bruno Munari,” Morioka Masayuki’s “BOOKS ON JAPAN 1931-1972: Japan’s Foreign Propaganda Graphic Magazine,” Josef Müller-Brockmann’s “Playful Seriousness, Serious Play, My Life: Commentary: Grid Systems as Aesthetics” (all published by BNN Shinsha), and Oka Hideyuki’s “Packaging: Traditional Japanese Packaging, Its Origins and Design” (Concent). He is also a co-owner of Morioka Shoten Co., Ltd. ■Event overview “DESIGN AND PEOPLE Issue No. 2 | How to Live with Others” Publication Commemoration “Considering New Design Studies with Professors” ~Talk Event with Aya Yaegashi (Ritsumeikan University), Taku Kashima (University of Tsukuba), Ichiro Saga (Tama Art
University), and Toshiaki Koga (Musashino Art University)~ Date and Time: Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM) Venue: Aoyama Book Center Main Store, Large Classroom (Cosmos Aoyama Garden Floor, 5-53-67 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) B2F) Capacity: 100 people Participation Fee: 1,650 yen (tax included) Organizer and Operator: Aoyama Book Center Planned: Concent Inc. Details and Applications: Please check the Aoyama Book Center official website event page. ■Bibliographic information
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/27489/40/27489-40-5e99721c025d4f45c57f34e0a49ec969-1165×1654.jpg 『DESIGN AND PEOPLE Issue』 No. 2 | How to Live with Others This design magazine features “dialogues and essays” in which authors discuss and write about their work and life, interests, research topics, and current affairs, all while questioning design and creativity. Design, with its mixed merits and demerits, connects a society fragmented by anxiety and desire. Designers, creators, engineers, researchers, architects, book designers, illustrators, writers, editors, government officials, and more, put their confusion and hopes into words as everyday people in nine dialogues and eight essays. Six book reviews exploring the key to design are also included. Authors: Rikako Nagashima, Rei Nagai, Asako Tsuji, Kotaro Watanabe, Aya Yaegashi, Koichi Kosugi, Jun Kawana, Toshinobu Nagata, Kazuki Numamoto, Yoko Takano, Hisato Ogata, Taku Kashima, Sunaetsu Takeda, Yu Yokoyama, Mai Tsunoo, Ryusuke Onishi, Ichiro Saga, Naoki Isogai, Takashi Okimoto, Yoshihide Asako, Toshiaki Koga, Kiyonori Muroga, Ayumi Oka, Riku Nagasaki, Masaru Osaki, Nayuta Oyamada, Hirokazu Ishino, Takuyuki Keira, Mikiya Sasaki, Tetsuro Uehara, Tomoya Yoshida Publisher: CONNECT Inc. Release Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Specifications: A5 size, 256 pages List price: 2,700 yen tax ISBN：978-4-909290-05-2 Publisher.com https://www.hanmoto.com/bd/isbn/9784909290052 Amazon https://amzn.asia/d/dEG46bl Rakuten Books
https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/18312005/ 【Contact for inquiries regarding this release】 CONNECT Inc. Public Relations: Yuka Iwatate, Mizuho Maeda E-mail: mktg@concentinc.jp Tel: 03-5725-0115
(Representative) About Concent, Inc. Concent is a design company that supports the activities of businesses and governments with the mission of “Opening up with design, opening up design.” We utilize the perspective and techniques of service design to provide consistent support from strategy formulation to execution in design management, business development, marketing, branding, creative development, and more. We also widely share the idea of ​​”utilizing design knowledge” through the operation of the “CONNECT Design School,” where anyone can learn about design. We work to create a society where every consumer can acquire a design perspective and use it to solve problems. Company Name: Concent Co., Ltd. Address: Prefas Ebisu Minami, 1-20-6 Ebisu Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0022 Established: December 1973 Representative: President and CEO Atsushi Hasegawa Business
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