Keio University

PROJECTS 2022

Post-Anthropocentric Vending Machines in Japan

JiaQing Chen, Nafhan Nurul, Ivana Chaloska, Adam Jordan, Tan Chang, Lucas Ogasawara, Marie Munzi

This project tells the speculative story of a new type of Japanese vending machine that uses microbes to power itself and produce fermented foods.

Ginkgo Prize for Biological Futures Winner

Instructor 2022

Matthew Waldman

Matthew Waldman is best known as the founder of NOOKA, the lifestyle design brand which brought the revolution of interface design to physical products and created unique timepieces that reinterpreted how time was told. At KMD, Professor Waldman turns his focus to circular design with a focus on expanding the designer toolkit towards material science and bio-design. Professor Waldman founded the SAMCARA “evolution by design” research lab at KMD in the fall of 2017. SAMCARA seeks to build a new language for the circular economy and to prepare innovators to embrace a new era of design that has an increased focus on bio-design, circular design, and material design. SAMCARA participates in the International Biodesign Challenge in New York City each year and works with Japanese corporations to develop new approaches to their businesses based on our philosophy.