A quick post-Labor Day recap……..

The last three weeks of August went by very quickly.  Anime scripwriter Dai Sato was in town along with Ryan Morris, his interpreter, for a couple of weeks to teach Anime Production/Scriptwriting to 25 high school students. Here are some summary videos of the classes he taught during those two weeks. Learn about 起承転結 (Ki-Sho-Ten-Ketsu) [...]

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Social Design – Design + Community + Social Impact

Design + Community + Social Impact The Latest from GOOD Magazine and IDEO
1:55 pm – The conference hall at Midtown is filling up. Most of the audience looks to be under 30 – designers, students, people interested in sustainability. What is social design? That’s the title of the first session and we’ll be hearing from [...]

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Terra Firma, Real Space

We met with Mr. Nao Suzuki, editor of greenz.jp. greenz.jp, a self-described media activism, sustainability think tank, visionary’s network , focuses on creative activism, green business, global affairs and sustainable community, both in Japan and worldwide.
The setting was the Lounge greenz, a laid-back loft-like restaurant bar with plenty of exposed wood and potted plants (and, [...]

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Design & Sustainability

I’m waiting for my flight to Tokyo, thinking about the three days of intensive meetings Japan Society’s Innovators Network will be hosting on the theme of sustainability and cutting edge design.
GOOD Magazine Co-Founders Casey Caplowe and Max Schorr, and Valerie Casey, Leader, Digital Design Experience of IDEO arrive in Tokyo on Thursday.
Among those they’ll meet [...]

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