David Kusuma
WDO President. David Kusuma is President of the World Design Organization (WDO) for the 2022-2023 term. Previously, David was Global Vice President of R&D and Product Development at Tupperware Brands Corporation. His team created game-changing product solutions, leading to the development of 150 to 200 new products every year and launched in over 100 countries around the world. He was also responsible for developing the PONDS plant growing system in collaboration with NASA, designed by Tupperware to simplify growing vegetables in microgravity, and now being used onboard the International Space Station (ISS). David Kusuma also worked for General Electric and Bayer Material Science and most recently as Senior Vice President at Oregon Tool Inc., a leading global company which designs and develops products for forestry, lawn & garden, farming, agriculture, and construction. He is recognized as a Fellow of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), and a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).
Jian Liu
Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Associate Dean of School of Architecture Tsinghua University; Registered City Planner in China; Managing Chief-Editor of China City Planning Review; Past President of Asian Planning Schools Association.
Hyungkun Yoon
Hyungkun Yoon is a "Japan-Korea-China Three Country Design Specialist" who has been in design education and field for more than 10 years in Japan Korea, and, China, respectively. He received a doctorate in 'Emotional Engineering' from Chiba University and worked for R&DMAK, a Japanese design company in Tokyo.
After graduating from Yonsei University in Korea, he went to China in 2004 at the request of Shanghai Jiaotong University and consulted on design strategies of many companies, including Chinese sensitivity analysis on Toyota design and UIUX by Samsung MP3. They include designs that change the world (Korea Adi Publishing 2022) and startups and designs (Shanghai Transportation University Press, China, 2019). He is currently a director of the Korean Design Association. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us.
Michal Ziso
Michal Ziso is an architect, a futurist entrepreneur and space architect revolutionizing the designed environment on Earth through space innovation. AAs the founder and CEO of ZISO-Architecture + Innovation Lab and The SLEEP- SpaceTech startup, she pioneers inclusive-human-centered design on a global scale. Michal is a graduate of the Technion and the International Space University, and an advisor to SpaceTech VC's.
Jacob Mathew
Jacob spent his early work life, transforming business with design, he now leverages business, design and entrepreneurship to transform society, as Mentor, Industree Foundation and Design Principal, Srishti Manipal Institute.
Tim Ingold
Tim is a social anthropologist whose interests range from human ecology, evolutionary theory, environmental perception and skilled practice to art, architecture and design. He is fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and in 2022 was awarded the CBE for services to Anthropology.
Marianne Mensah
Marianne Mensah is the Founder of the Climate Innovation Education Lab (CIEL) whose purpose is to advise business on their sustainable transformation, building on their power to innovate. Through higher education, Marianne Mensah engages young designers to become catalysts of the development of a regenerative society. Marianne Mensah serves on the board of associations focused on climate education and creativity inspired by nature.
Ana Arriola-Kanada (They/She)
Ana is a queer latine, mother of four, award-winning product designer and researcher, and the Executive Director of IDEO Tokyo, Japan. With a focus on software and hardware as a service, consumer electronics, lifestyle experiences, UX/UI systems, and ethics & AI, Ana's designs are based on the principles of being human, simple, and authentic.
Seiichi Saito
Seiichi studied architectural design at Columbia University School of Architecture in the United States. He leads Panoramatics and has served as a planning and implementation advisor for many government agencies and companies.
Junichi Rekimoto
Information Scientist. Interested in human-computer interaction, augmented reality, human augmentation through technology, and human-AI integration.
Cameron Sinclair
Cameron Sinclair is founder of Worldchanging Institute, an US based research organization focused on architectural and design solutions to humanitarian crisis. Additionally, he writes on architecture and design as well as advising family foundations on philanthropy. Cameron also is the co-founder of Half Kingdom Gin.
Yugo Nakamura
Web designer / interface designer / video director. Established design studio tha ltd. in 2004.
Dominique Chen
Information Scientist. Interested in human-computer interaction, augmented reality, human augmentation through technology, and human-AI integration.
Minako Ikeda
She explores the possibilities of design by applying editorial thinking. And she is involved in design projects aimed at passing on the culture and techniques of traditional crafts.
Eisuke Tachikawa
Design strategist for creating a hopeful future. Advocate of "Evolutionary Thinking," a new creativity education based on the principles of life.
Dwinita Larasati
A lecturer/researcher at FSRD ITB, Focal Point of Bandung City of Design UNESCO Creative Cities Network; Executive Committee of Indonesia Creative Cities Network, makes & publishes graphic diary.
Daijiro Mizuno
Born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Royal College of Art in the U.K., where he received his M.F.A. and Ph. D. Since returning to Japan, he has been engaged in cross-disciplinary design research with a focus on fashion design.
Suzanne Mooney
Mooney is an Irish media artist and associate professor at Tama Art University, Tokyo. Her current research explores the immersive potential of technology in the arts and contemporary culture.
Chi-Yi Chang
Chi-Yi CHANG is the President of Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI)，Board Member of the World Design Organization，and Professor at the Graduate Institute of Architecture at the National Chiao Tung University，Vice Chairman at Xue Xue Foundation. He was the Deputy governor of Taitung County Government. Previously Vice President for General Affairs in National Chiao Tung University，the director of the Graduate Institute of Architecture in National Chiao Tung University and the director of A+@ Architecture Studio, he has published several books including Contemporary Architecture: the Concept of Aesthetic, European Charm: New Architecture, and Contemporary Architecture of North American in Focus.
Yutaka Matsuo
Completed his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo in 2002. Ph.D. (Engineering). Professor at the University of Tokyo since 2019. His areas of expertise are artificial intelligence, deep learning, and web mining.
Miyuki Tanaka
Miyuki has been working on exhibitions, performances, and various projects that defy categorization under the theme of “disability as a perspective that redefines the world.”
Koji Sasaki
Koji Sasaki, PhD is an anthropologist. For Hitachi, he has led various projects on social and ecological systems change, including Transitions for Sustainable Futures. He is also Senior Researcher at Keio University.
Kinya Tagawa
As principal, he leads Takram, a design firm that handles a wide range of innovation and branding themes from cosmetics to aerospace engineering.
Takashi Asanuma
After graduating from graduate school, he worked in experience design at business and consulting companies, and was appointed Chief Digital Officer of the Digital Agency of the Japanese Government in September 2021, and Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation, Chief Officer of the Digital Agency from April 2022.
Anna Whicher
Anna’s professional passions focus on developing, implementing and evaluating government policies, services and programmes using design methods. She has supported governments around the world to develop policy labs and design action plans.
Patricia Moore
Dr. Patricia Moore is a Designer and Gerontologist recognized for her Empathic Elder Experience and the promotion of Inclusive and Universal Design for global equity and life quality for all.
