RYUSUKE IMANAKA
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- ・Transdisciplinary Arts Theory
- ・Applied Transdisciplinary Arts Theory B
- ・Transdisciplinary Arts Seminar
- ・Transdisciplinary Arts Practicum A
- ・Production Skills Workshop I, II, III
- ・Guided Research I, II (Master’s Course)
- ・Transdisciplinary Arts Research: Expression I, II
- ・Guided Research I, II (Doctoral Program)
Profile
After working in the interior design section of Ilya Corporation (Tokyo), Prof. Imanaka formed Design Unit I&I with Yoshiaki Ito in 1997. He has undertaken projects in a wide range of fields, including spatial production, furniture design, machine design, graphic design, corporate identity, and database programming. The two major themes of his work are the compatibility of Japanese traditional culture and modern society, and the unity of structure and form. In 2003, he established r-homeworks, a design firm based in Tokyo, seeking to contribute to the evolution of living environments and searching for the values that will shape future society. He joined Akita University of Art as an instructor in 2013, and has been further expanding his field of activities to include areas such as art direction. His main areas of expertise are interior planning, furniture design and product design. He is also an avid downhill cyclist.
http://en.r-homeworks.jp/
Research
activities
【Selected design projects】
2017
Akita Furniture (JR Akita Station lounge)
sixinch JAPAN Hongo showroom. Tokyo
2015, 2018
BIYONG SCAPE (exterior monument design plan). Cable Networks Akita Headquarters
2015
BIYONG POINT (Akita University of Art gallery space). Cable Networks Akita Headquarters
2013
AKIBI41 Teachers’ EXHIBITION (exhibition plan), Akita University of Art
【Selected submissions / exhibitions】
2017
Ima aru sekai × Imada konai sekai [The Present World / The World That Has Not Yet Come] (with Hideyuki Oda). Akita Museum of Art
2016
Akita no bijutsu [Art of Akita]. Akita Museum of Art
sixinch JAPAN booth. Interior Lifestyle Tokyo
2015
Gwangju Design Biennale. Korea
2014
Kawasaki de ato [Art at Kawasaki]. Kanagawa
2013-Present
Yusui chiten [Wellspring] (annual group exhibition by Creative Manufacturing Design faculty). Various locations
2013-2016
Support to Support Project (art project supporting the recovery of areas affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami). Gallery 5610, Tokyo
InterMax booth (CYCLE MODE International, Chiba; 2013)
Ioops lounge chair (2014)
Stackable chairs (2014)
Exhibition planning and design (2014)
IGAS Exhibition booth planning (2015)
Installation monument (2015)
IT office breakroom 01 (2016)
IT office breakroom 02 (2016)
sixinch JAPAN booth and wall furniture system planning (Interior Lifestyle Tokyo; 2016)