In recent years, conquest of cancer is an important subject. The Heavy Ion Irradiation System is a cure which irradiates and annihilates the heavy ion (carbon) which is one of the radiation to a cancer cell in the living body. It is attracting attention as an epochal therapy that places fewer physical burdens on the patient since it targets cancer cells only and does not harm other tissues, and does not require any incisions. We developed the new system towards the spread of Heavy Ion Irradiation System. The design of "Omotenashi" was performed for the purpose of realization of the environment where the staff can work smoothly and a patient can also be comfortably treated.

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This paper shows scenario-based application software design process, called Scenario-based Visual Prototyping (SVP). The process of design has been conducted by Information Designers and employs different kinds of visual expressions such as ideal sketches, esquisse and visible concepts. The application called TaskPalette is a business process management system, for managing employees' clerical job process.

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A participatory platform named "Expression Nebula" has been designed. The platform allows museum visitors to express their experience on the exhibits or workshops. The expression would be a new "output" activities form conventional "input" for them on the museum knowing. This paper shows two discussions; one is a design method with coupling of technology system and cultural program. Second is an activity program design based on connecting visual expressions verbal expressions for emerging reflexive thinking.

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The aim of this project is to assist Tsukuba city from Universal-Design viewpoint. We developed the check system that can judge achievement level of Universal-Design. This system works on the Internet and a database server. It can create the check sheets automatically, and return the results of judgement to users. The system can also show the reason why we need it and how to solve problems. Users can evaluate the place in charge and carry out their work based on Universal-Design. The system gives us what we should do for various events, many phases of events and all people. This is quite new service that has the concept of Information-Design and Universal-Design.

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This paper discusses the tool design for daily life expression activities. The card-type shape and manipulation of the multiple touchscreen devices are studied for supporting expression in travel activities. "Ensemble" using multiple touchscreens is proposed as our key concept, and pilot version of PhotoPlayer is developed. PhotoPlayer can record and play daily life photo expression. Multiple PhotoPlayers can play it synchronously to support group study and creation.

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"SyncFeel" is an innovative interactive system for nonverbal remote communication. "SyncFeel" uses LEDs whose color is manipulated by the user's body movements like surfing. An interface of this system has two kinds ot color areas. One is the user's area oi which color is changed by the user's own tilt. The other is the partner's area of which color is changed by tilt of the partner at a distance. If the two persons cooperate, the two colors in each interface will match. You can detect your partner's mood by the color and exchange nonverbal messages.

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Thinking of what I can do as a designer regarding issues of climate change and other global environment, I am studying the possibility of furniture design in order to achieve a sustainable society. As one example, I am continuously researching the bamboo material which grows fast and was familiar to the pre-war Japanese people, to be used again as a modern furniture material. At this presentation, I will introduce a stool designed according to the theme of "design considering realistic market".

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This study shows new furniture design for Japanese-style rooms. Today, the rooms tend to be less represented in a house. Living space and furniture accepted Western culture and changed its styles in the period of modern civilization, and the number of the rooms was decreasing. And It is hard to find suitable furniture to the rooms today. Basically there is no furniture in the rooms, however they were changed significantly. In this essay, I have defined new furniture proper to the rooms in our day as "Japanese room furniture", and developed design of it which have Japanese traditions and is contemporary. After careful consideration on the environmental affairs, I have chosen materials. Proposing new furniture proper to the rooms would Increase greatly the relative importance of the rooms, and make it possible to provide new value to "Japanese room furniture". In this essay, I have referred to new furniture design whose utility value would be enhanced in contemporary living space.

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Frois Is used at the home in wide range Japan, and exists as life tools unique to Japan. Now, Frois of various designs has in a market. However, there is nothing that released the actual condition of a user's consumption. In design, development of "Retto", I conducted the Internet questionnaire survey in order to know the actual condition of a user's consumption first. I have grasped consumers request from the result. Next, I experimented about Frois's comfortable size. The target was being loved for a long time and used.

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Hexagonal Forceps Series are results of the development for medical instruments. At first, this microforceps for veterinary surgeons was developed. Medical instruments for small animals (such as dogs and cats.) are very few. Clinical veterinary surgeons feel stresses very much with medical instruments for humans. Hexagonal forceps with new concepts can be used easily and hold surely. As a result, the last prototype got good evaluations from veterinary surgeons. Then, the improvement of this microforceps was continued. And these forceps were applied to instruments for medicine, laboratories, and factories.

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This research is joint design development with the TAKEFU knife village cooperative in Fukui Echizen. The dissatisfied opinion to a commercial home bread knife was investigated. The trial product kitchen knife for an experiment was made nine kinds. The cut experiment of bread and French bread was conducted using the subject. Use of the edge of a sickle was tried at first. But not moving smoothly became clear and the technical problem in work became clear. Next, processing of serrated edge was tried to a part of straight blade. Again, the cut experiment was conducted using the subject. The result has checked the predominancy of the half serration braid. The kitchen knife was manufactured with traditional craftsmanship of Echizen.

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We define fashion illustration as a general term for pictures which express fashion. It is considered that the following three points are the key elements of representation in fashion illustration; 1) beauty, 2) airiness, 3) freshness. In contrast fashion illustration always has a problem that it tends to have a risk to have the superficial impression in spite oi its beauty. In order to solve this problem, this study aims that painting techniques of India-ink painting is comprehensively incorporated into fashion illustration painting techniques and the results are systematized considered for reconstruction. The results shows that painting techniques of India-ink painting were based on both Oriental and Japanese artistic traditions. It was then realized that these painting techniques, which offer a great advantages, are to be suitable for incorporation, into fashion illustration painting techniques. The proposed techniques have possibilities to become the ones which the illustrators can realize in concrete both "sustaining the freshness of the initial images" and "expression of deep consideration oi the inner space" by using both hand drawing and CG.. These new painting techniques were named "Super Gradations for fashion illustrations."

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CAN THO bridge takes one part of National Highway No. 1 in VietNam. The upgrading of National Highway No. 1 is the top priority in the infrastructure development strategy of Viet Nam. CAN THO bridge is a three-span continuous cable-stayed bridge built across the Hou river in the Mekong Delta. The central span length is 550m with steel and concrete hybrid system. It is the longest among Southeast Asia. The bridge is watched by the river side and it creates new scenery in the city because of its pyron. Therefore we have been considered in the aesthetic design include: a) Symbolic characteristics of the cable-stayed bridge, b) Continuity of the above-mentioned three types of bridge utilizing horizontally expanding structural features, c) Harmony with the surrounding environment. It introduces these examination processes in this text.

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The basic concept for this project was established at the "Investigative commission for the upgrading of Hakata Station Square" in March 2010 upon discussions between residents, the government, relevant business operators, and specialists that included the author. In order to fashion a harmonized and appealing Station Square, the method of "a public design based on systematization and characterization", a design founded on the diverse relations between elements that form the plaza, was employed. The Station Square was given a simple and easy-to-comprehend ordered design that harmonized facilities and fixtures such as entrance to the underground, bus stop, signs, lightings, with the station building and surrounding landscape. The Square's outdoor life stage such as pavement, greenery, and benches were given a characteristic style that expressed Hakata and Fukuoka.

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The authors proposed new communication system in front of works in collaboration with citizen between participants and nonparticipants, carried out the experimental workshop and verified the hypothesis 1 "participants in workshop cherish the civic pride by making works in collaboration with citizen" and hypothesis 2 "the communication in front of the works connects the ideas of participants and nonparticipants". As results, these hypotheses were demonstrated by the questionnaire and hearing after exhibition. Attachment to place, pride in local area and civic dialog about problems and goals was confirmed by both participants and nonparticipants. If information exchange items are realized, more effects on civic pride by works should be expected in the future.

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In the children's hospitals, accidents such as children's falling from the bed, tripping over an intravenous drip device, or coming off of the drip needle have become a common problem. Although the hospitals have been trying to raise the cautions to parents about those accidents through brochures, the efforts has little effect. Our case studies and discussions with the experts show that the ways of providing information to raise the cautions have been toward either parents only or children only, and the information has failed in visualizing the cause-and-effect relationship of the accidents. This article discusses the effectiveness of providing both parents and children with the hazard anticipation information to have them learn together. We then present the mechanical picture book that we designed so that parents and children can train their hazard anticipation by making the book together. The article focuses on the most hazardous children's action: falling from the bed, and we present how the mechanical-picture-book based hazard anticipation training is effective for parents and children.

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The conventional objective of design was the finished product or the manifestation of an expression. Nowadays there are many different ways in which individuals use design products and sendees. The goal of design has expanded to focus on how people experience using these objects or services. So far there hasn't been any definite process or method for the designing such experience, a so-called "Experience Design". This paper shows a new art-educational project "Asobi no dezain", meaning "Design for Playing", which involves the experience of the user. This is a new educational program to study design methods and processes based on the player's enjoyable experience through "Asobi".

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