{"id":3999,"date":"2013-11-14T11:08:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T02:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/?p=3999"},"modified":"2014-10-01T09:45:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T00:45:22","slug":"mit-media-lab-at-tokyo-designers-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/2013\/11\/mit-media-lab-at-tokyo-designers-week.html","title":{"rendered":"MIT Media Lab at Tokyo Designers Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/jp\/2013\/11\/mit-media-lab-at-tokyo-designers-week.html\">\u2192Japanese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery_clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"gallery_3999_1\" class=\"photospace_res\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Start Advanced Gallery Html Containers -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbs_wrap2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbs_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"thumbs_3999_1\" class=\"thumnail_row \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"psr_paging\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pageLink prev\" style=\"display:none; 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He gave a 90 minute talk titled \u2018Remembering the Future\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/2013\/07\/at-mit.html\" target=\"_blank\">Prof. Ishii\u2019s<\/a> presentation was a delight to watch, with his passion showing through in the perfect content and delivery. Although I was totally convinced, the questions from the youthful audience during the Q&amp;A session suggested otherwise, as many questions failed to follow up on what Mr. Ishii had to say. It\u2019s important to be more daring and ask challenging questions.<\/p>\n<p>Because Prof.Ishii is so serious and passionate, he met these lukewarm questions with a\u00a0 dissatisfied look (as if to say \u2018why ask such a question?\u2019) . It was only natural that he was unable to answer some questions. Since I was in the front row, I was asked for my reaction 2 or 3 times, to which I responded with examples of Ishii\u2019s inspirational words and what I had understood. Truly, his lecture was meant to be understood not through the head but through the heart.<\/p>\n<p>After this lecture, there were two panel discussions with Mr. Ishii and Mr. Kenichiro Mogi, along with a guest and Mr Nobuyuki Hayashi acting as moderator.<\/p>\n<p>The first guest was Yuji Hara ( links in Japanese <a href=\"http:\/\/ameblo.jp\/ksdl\/\" target=\"_blank\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksdl.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a>), who dropped out of university to become a martial artist before going on to start a 3D printing business. He was followed by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kengo_Kuma\" target=\"_blank\">Kuma Kengo<\/a>, an architect who talked about using wood as a material in his architecture. Both of them gave talks based on their own personal experiences, and Mr. Hara\u2019s talk in particular involved travels around the world, resulting in a very physical, very sensory account which was quite refreshing.Perhaps engaging the right side of the brain might have produced more memorable impressions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2192Japanese MIT Media Lab was hosting a special forum at The Tokyo Designers Week 2013 which was being held at Jingu Gaien, so I went over to attend the afternoon session on the second day to listen to Prof Hiroshi Ishii, the associate director of MIT Media Lab. 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