A platform for people who share interest in science across different fields
to collaborate and generate new perspectives.

Members

• Mitsuhiro Suwa

  FabCafe / Loftwork Inc. CEO

  Mitsuhiro Suwa is the Co-Founder and President of the new-style creative agency Loftwork Inc. In 2000, with the aim of making a new infrastructure for creative talents, he started up the creative network “loftwork.com.” Using his own experience working as a creative director, he is developing “loftwork.com” into one of Japan’s greatest creative infrastructures. In recent years, he has put a lot of energy into giving seminars and lectures, and writing materials on the topic of the effective use of Web platforms.

  He was born in San Diego, US, in 1971.
  After graduating from Keio University’s Faculty of Policy Management (SFC,) he took part in the start-up of the FM radio station established by JapanTimes, “InterFM” (FM Inter-Wave Inc.) He contributed to the radio station as the first creative director. After　this creative task, he went to the US in 1997, and after majoring in Digital Arts at the School of Digital Arts, worked as a designer in New York. He established Loftwork Inc. in the year 2000.

  Mitsuhiro Suwa is the Co-Founder and President of the new-style creative agency Loftwork Inc. In 2000, with the aim of making a new infrastructure for creative talents, he started up the creative network “loftwork.com.” Using his own experience working as a creative director, he is developing “loftwork.com” into one of Japan’s greatest creative infrastructures. In recent years, he has put a lot of energy into giving seminars and lectures, and writing materials on the topic of the effective use of Web platforms.

  He was born in San Diego, US, in 1971.
  After graduating from Keio University’s Faculty of Policy Management (SFC,) he took part in the start-up of the FM radio station established by JapanTimes, “InterFM” (FM Inter-Wave Inc.) He contributed to the radio station as the first creative director. After　this creative task, he went to the US in 1997, and after majoring in Digital Arts at the School of Digital Arts, worked as a designer in New York. He established Loftwork Inc. in the year 2000.

• Chiaki Hayashi

  Co-founder and Representative Director

  She is a graduate of Waseda University’s School of Commerce and Boston University’s Graduate School of Journalism. After working for Kao, she founded Loftwork in 2000 and has worked on more than 200 projects a year, including web design, business design, community design, and spatial design. She operates communities and platforms such as FabCafe, a global digital manufacturing café; MTRL, which explores new possibilities for materials; and AWRD, which promotes co-creation with creators through online openings and judging.
  She is also a member of the Good Design Award jury, a member of the Manufacturing Industry Subcommittee of the Industrial Structure Council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, a member of the “Study Group for Industrial Competitiveness and Design”, and the chairman of “The Bear Dances in the Forest of Hida Co. She won “Woman of the Year 2017” (Nikkei WOMAN).

  She is a graduate of Waseda University’s School of Commerce and Boston University’s Graduate School of Journalism. After working for Kao, she founded Loftwork in 2000 and has worked on more than 200 projects a year, including web design, business design, community design, and spatial design. She operates communities and platforms such as FabCafe, a global digital manufacturing café; MTRL, which explores new possibilities for materials; and AWRD, which promotes co-creation with creators through online openings and judging.
  She is also a member of the Good Design Award jury, a member of the Manufacturing Industry Subcommittee of the Industrial Structure Council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, a member of the “Study Group for Industrial Competitiveness and Design”, and the chairman of “The Bear Dances in the Forest of Hida Co. She won “Woman of the Year 2017” (Nikkei WOMAN).

• Chiaki Ishizuka

  BioClub / YouFab Director

  After graduating from IAMAS in 2015, after undergoing industry-university collaborative project management, she was invited by BCL’s Georg Tremmel from December 2016 and joined BioClub. In December, participating in Loftwork, as a creative director, she was in charge of spatial and award-related projects, while interacting with various communities such as media art, bio art, hacker space, science academic, Tech companies and ventures Built. We are developing a forum for open discussion and experiments in technology. She is also continuing to produce works on the theme of relationships and history between living things and humans since he is enrolled in beauty.

  After graduating from IAMAS in 2015, after undergoing industry-university collaborative project management, she was invited by BCL’s Georg Tremmel from December 2016 and joined BioClub. In December, participating in Loftwork, as a creative director, she was in charge of spatial and award-related projects, while interacting with various communities such as media art, bio art, hacker space, science academic, Tech companies and ventures Built. We are developing a forum for open discussion and experiments in technology. She is also continuing to produce works on the theme of relationships and history between living things and humans since he is enrolled in beauty.