Projects

Client: R & D activities with TAKT PROJECT

Kurihara has participated as a team member from the beginning. The theme is ‘Is there something that has spilt over in the development of human-centred urban cities?
Since 2021, we have travelled to the Tohoku region, with its harsh nature and unique culture as a ‘periphery’, to search for clues for future design from that something that has spilt over. Each fieldwork has been serialised in the design magazine AXIS.

Client: A global conglomerate headquartered in Japan focusing on consumer electronics, gaming and finance.

Participation as a member in a mid-to-long-term business opportunity exploration and scenario development project. Emotional/emotional scientific and humanities approach to research.
[2021-2023]

Client: Town Office

Participated as a design researcher in a project aiming to solve regional issues using a design perspective.
［Ongoing since 2021.]

Client: A major car manufacturer

Participated as a member in the search for UX design elements required in the era of automated driving.
[6 months].

Client: A multinational conglomerate/AVIT manufacturer

Mainly we led global trend and inspirational research for medium- and long-term vision-making. We also supported vision-making as a member of the team. [7 months]

Client: App service development company

Prototype evaluation in the UX development of an advertising management tool. Designed and conducted of expert interviews, summarised key findings. [2021]

Client: One of the oldest department stores

We designed a research plan, implementation, and ideation support to create new customer experiences. [2 months].

Client: A major consumer electronics manufacturer and advertising agency.

Planning and implementing ethnographic research and ideation workshops to discover new business opportunities for home energy management systems HEMS. [2.5 months]

Client: One of the largest cosmetics manufacturer and design company

Planning and implementing design research on future beauty and cosmetic behaviour and idea generation workshops for new businesses. ［3 months]

Client: Cognity Inc.

Customer experience design related to UpSighter, which is a primary product. [3 years]

Client: A retail food company

Planning and implementing corporate ethnographic research of supervisors’ working process and booklet design. ［4 months]

Client: Food and beverage businesses: Japan Fair Trade Corporation (pvt) ltd.

Marketing support for the Sri Lanka Coffee Promotion Project using photo storytelling. [4 months]
Natural Coffee

Client: An independent project

Planning and implementing ethnographic research to understand customer service trends in urban India. [6 months].

Client: One of the largest cosmetics manufacturers.

Discovery of research topic seeds aimed at redesigning the next generation of in-store experiences related to beauty. ［4 months]

Clients: A major MFP manufacturers, design firms

Design research and planning of core functions for planning office equipment products for the IoT era, leading to a change in how people work. ［8 months]

Clients: A major telecoms carrier, design company.

Developing products and services to support consumers amid new work style changes in the next 3-5 years. ［From 8 months]

Client: A start-up company

Design research and user definition for the design and functionality of the system. ［4 months]

Client: Largest beverage manufacturer in Japan

Concept ideation through expert interviews and reflection in product planning. [2 months]