Inspired by Art & Design

R&D stories from the art scene

Art provides us with insights that we have not been able to perceive before. In his book "Art Thinking: How to Enhance People's Happiness through Business and Art," Takeshi Akimoto, former director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, and many other museums, likens artists to "canaries in a coal mine. Akimoto says, "They are the first to see what many people cannot yet see with their own eyes, hear what they cannot yet hear, and convey what cannot be expressed in language in the form of shapes and images. In other words, if we can unravel the original theme of the artwork, we can apply it to cutting-edge research and development material.

Rethinking a "Happy Future" Envisioned by Technology at KOTARO NUKAGA
Exploring R&D material from the field of art/design (No.7)

Have you ever been in a gallery or art gallery? Many of you may not be familiar with galleries, as they are generally places where works of art are displayed and sold. KOTARO NUKAGA, which we visited this time. The gallery is a place that exhibits and sells art...

Dialogue in the Dark: New Perceptions in the Dark
Exploring R&D material from the field of art/design (No.6)

Have you ever experienced darkness where you can see nothing at all? I recently experienced it at the Dialogue Diversity Museum "Dialogue Forest" in Takeshiba, Tokyo. This museum offers "Dialogue in the Dark," a program in which visually impaired attendees...

Experience Signs of the Future at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Exploring R&D material from the field of art/design (No.5)

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) has many exhibits, but this time we will focus on "Thinking Backwards from the Future" and "Zero Ichi An", two of them. We asked Ms. Hiromi Miyahara, Acting Director, Science Communication Office, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), about the background and thoughts behind their creation....

ICC x Media Art Chronology is packed with hints for our times
Exploring R&D material from the field of art/design (No.4)

Based on the "ICC x Media Art Chronology," we will introduce past exhibitions and projects organized by ICC, picking up themes that are suggestive of the present....

Meet new ways of looking at cutting-edge technology at ICC
Exploring R&D material from the field of art/design (No.3)

Hatsudai, Tokyo, is an area with a strong artistic flavor, home to the New National Theatre and the Tokyo Opera City cultural complex. Located in one corner of the Tokyo Opera City Tower is the NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], a...

Confronting one's common sense through one's body at "Mitaka Tenmei Hanten Jyutaku In Memory of Helen Keller
Exploring R&D material from the field of art/design (No.2)

In Memory of Helen Keller" (Mitaka Tenmei Hanten Hanten Jutaku) is a unique housing complex in a residential area near the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

Let's observe a "piece of the future" that is budding as a result of an encounter between science and design.
Exploring R&D material from the field of art/design (No.1)

The art/design field seems to be an extremely high hurdle if you don't have a connection with it. I have had the bittersweet experience of saying to someone I have just met, "My hobby is art appreciation," only to be met with a wallflower of a comment, "...you're a noble man..." I have had many bitter experiences in the art/design field.

There is no clear-cut correct interpretation of a work.
Explore R&D stories from the art/design field

In this series, we plan to introduce "museums that engineers should visit" at the rate of about one per month, but before that, here is a brief explanation of why engineers should visit museums...

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