Title	Associate Professor

Research Fields	Integrated design / Social implementation / Information editing / Solutions

Education	1997 Master’s (Design), Tokyo University of the Arts 1994 French Government scholarship student, École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD), Paris, France 1993 Bachelor’s (Design), Tokyo University of the Arts

Selected Professional Experience	2013-Present Associate Professor, Akita University of Art 2000-2004 Researcher and Guest Faculty, École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD)

Recent Activities	<Selected awards / prizes> 2010 Silver Lion (Design Category), ‘Sony Recycle Project JEANS’. Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. France 1999 Honorable Mention, Urbanart Exhibition. Parco Co., Ltd. <Selected projects> 2021 Shingata Korona jokyo ni okeru kansen kaihi kodo to Keizai katsudo o ryoritsu suru tame no, sumatofon apuri kaihatsu: kansen joho to fukusu GPS deta shogo ni yoru jissho jikken [Development of a smartphone application to balance infection prevention and economic activities in the COVID-19 era: Demonstration using infection information and multiple GPS data matching] (Selected, Akita Prefecture ‘Industry-Academic Collaboration Challenge’) 2020 Art director (“Summer beer”, “Winter beer” label designs), Yokote Hops Project. Yokote City, Akita 2018-Present Foster family system promotional poster project (with students from Communication Design program). Akita Red Cross Hospital Nursery 2017-2019 Planning and direction, Akita akinai dezain kaigi [Akita business design conference]. Various locations in Akita 2016-2017 Poster design, Kamikoani Project. Kamikoani Village, Akita 2015-2020 Art director, FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in Tazawako. Semboku City, Akita <Selected presentations / Publications> 2020 Akita-chi’iki ni okeru koukoku kanren kigyou no gyoutai-henka (2) [Changes in conditions for advertising-related businesses in the Akita Region (Part 2)] (presentation). 51st National Conference of the Japan Academy of Advertising. Edogawa University, Chiba Communication design companies in the Akita region (Part 2): Community-based enterprises (peer-reviewed article). Akita University of Art Faculty Research Bulletin Vol. 8, pp.3-13 2019 Poster presentation, Creative Forum 2019. Japan Academy of Advertising, Tokyo 2018 Organizing staff and poster presentation, 2018 Annual Conference of the First Branch of JSSD. Japanese Society of the Science of Design (online conference)

Courses Taught	Introduction to Design Community Project A, B Contemporary Art Seminar (Communication Design) Communication Design & Direction Bookbinding and Book Design Communication Design Theory A, B Communication Design Seminar A, B 1, 2, 3 Graduation Project (Communication Design)

Example Works

Sony Recycle Project JEANS	FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in Tazawako	PR plan, Nikkei Financial Technology Research Institute, Inc.

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: MIZUTA Kei (Japanese page)