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).
Tadanori Nagasawa
Cultural Engineer, Educator in Art and Design. Former President of Musashino Art University and Senior Fellow of Royal College of Art. Received MA(RCA) in 1981 from Royal College of Art after graduated Musashino Art University in 1978.
Ayse Birsel
Ayse (Eye-Shay) Birsel, is a Turkish-born, New York-based award-winning industrial designer, author, executive coach. She is the co-founder of Birsel + Seck, working with Amazon, Herman Miller Knoll, Toyota, among others.
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.
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.
Kenta Ono
He is currently researching on system design, and design theory in the system planning research unit in the Design Research Institute of Chiba University. Receiving ME and Ph.D. from Chiba University, his previous experience includes Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Mitsubishi Telecom Europe S.A. (France) as an interface designer.
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.
Katja Forbes
Katja is a seasoned leader in the digital industry with a proven track record of driving growth and innovation. She is an expert in areas such as ethical navigation of emerging technology, CX, UX, data science, and product design.
Pier Paolo Peruccio
Pier Paolo Peruccio is a professor, design historian and curator whose current research explores systemic design. He is the author of several books and more than 100 articles on industrial and visual design. Pier serves on the Board of Directors of several organizations in Italy and globally, including WDO.
Srini Srinivasan
Srini Srinivasan is a highly accomplished designer, design educator and entrepreneur in technology development, with over 30 years of experience in the United States, Europe and Asia. He served as President of WDO from 2019-2022.
Anne Asensio
Anne Asensio is a recognized designer who has held executive roles in design management and innovation strategy. She has won several international awards and occupies leadership positions within companies and design schools around the world, including WDO.
Pradyumna Vyas
Pradyumna Vyas is the former Director of the National Institute of Design (NID). He has more than 38 years of professional and teaching experience in various spheres of design and currently serves on WDO’s Board of Directors.
Sheng-Hung Lee
Sheng-Hung Lee is a designer, researcher and professor that has juried for several distinguished international design competitions. Trained as an industrial designer and electrical engineer, his work is influenced by his passion for how design and technology impact and be integrated into society.
Lilian González
Lilian González is an industrial designer and design professor working in Mexico. She is the co-founder of Pecha-kucha Queretaro and organizer and curator for various international conferences, symposiums and exhibitions exploring art and design. Lilian currently serves on WDO’s Board of Directors.
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.
Ana Arriola-Kanada
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dominique Chen
Information Scientist. Interested in human-computer interaction, augmented reality, human augmentation through technology, and human-AI integration.
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.
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.
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.
Monika Koncz-MacKenzie
After graduating from the University of Bonn, Germany with an M.A. in Anthropology and Sociology she moved to the UK in 2006, where she worked as a Leadership Consultant on culture change and multi-stakeholder innovation processes. She now works with Senior Design leaders from large corporates to create enabling conditions to design for a circular economy.
Eisuke Tachikawa
Design strategist for creating a hopeful future. Advocate of "Evolutionary Thinking," a new creativity education based on the principles of life.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
Hiroshi Harakawa
Transitioning from the private sector, he joined the Japan Patent Office in 2012, specializing in industrial and consumer equipment design examinations. Since July 2021, he's been researching the evolution of Japan's design policies over a century and exploring global design strategies. Now, as one of the few art school graduate officials, he leads a study group leveraging his design expertise to envision future design policies. He graduated with a degree in Product Design from Tohoku University of Art and Design.
Muhammad Neil El Himam
Muhammad Neil El Himam, M.Sc, joined the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) in 2020 as Director of Digital Economy for Application and Governance. His career in government office began when he took the position as Junior Supervisor (Class II/a) in the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) in 1989, Director of ICT Infrastructure and Facilitation for Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) from 2015 – 2019. Due to his educational background in engineering, and also the expertise in ICT field, Muhammad Neil El Himam is now trusted to serve as Deputy for Digital Economy and Creative Products for the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy since August, 2020.
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.
