Laila Cassim

Connects the creative activities in the disability welfare sector with design, developing various products and projects through collaborative design . She is active in promoting the economic independence and social participation of people with disabilities as well as raising social awareness among designers and companies. She is the art director of the symbolic ‘SHIBUYA FONT’, which has received numerous domestic and international awards, including the Good Design Award (2019), the Open Innovation Award from the Cabinet Office (2022) and the Best Design Award (2023) at the Golden Pin Design Awards in Taiwan. She is also a specially-appointed associate professor at Nara Women’s University, a specially-appointed researcher at the University of Tokyo and a part-time lecturer at the Kuwasawa Design Institute. From April 2023, she is a Specially-appointed Associate Professor at Nara Women’s University’s Engineering Department. From 2022, she was appointed a member of the jury for the Good Design Award.Last Updated: 2023.12

Co-Players

Julia Cassim

Visiting Professor, Kyushu University and Akita College of Art and Design, Member of Advisory Board, Nara Women’s University

Ito Shin’ichiro

Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, Kyoto Sangyo University

Iwasawa Hitoshi

spatial designer / Sculptural Design Director, Iwasawa Bros.

Iwasawa Takashi

Technical Director / Iwasawa Bros., TMPR

Takahashi Kosuke

Inventor