List of Innovation Seeds - Design Business Directory

List of Innovation Seeds

The experience with Covid-19 has given mankind the seeds of innovation in many areas that will change the perspective and help people live better in the future from a positive point of view. Before the seeds are forgotten as the issue is resolved, a cross-disciplinary collaboration of designers, scientists, and others has developed a list of concepts and ideas with a design thinking approach and it is made available to everyone as an interactive digital platform that is designed to be easy to understand and search inspiration for future research.

Created by Midori Yamazaki

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Honored with the A' Design Award.

Midori Yamazaki

Creative Director / Artist / Researcher. Graduated From London Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design / MA Communication Design and worked at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo. Specialized in Communication Design Including Digital, Graphic, Fashion and Space Design. As for a career background, took the role of Creative Director at adidas, NIKE, Facebook, Condé Nast, and Won multiple awards including Design Space Associate Award, Art Directors Club Award, NY Art Directors Club Award, and Type Directors Club Award.

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