jfda organization


Out Line
Spirit
Finland, the country characterized by woods and lakes, has been nurturing unique culture in northern Europe. Her culture that traditionally gives great attention to the beauty in the life has been brought into modern design, and vivifying design for daily life in range from jewelry to architecture. Those designs have been creating the world of simple yet warm and distinctive form and they have been permeating in peoplesﾕ lives. Also the nation is contributing to the global culture by practicing universal design and internationally opened university education, and further in highly advanced technology fields such as mobile communication and chemistry. While Japan, for the last a hundred years, above all for the previous fifty years, has been driving her modernization, and contributing to democratization of products and the beauty. Design fields in Japan have been exerting their effort to deepen life culture not only in domestic but international level. The effort has appeared in formative expression of preciseness, simplicity and condensation in the arena of advanced products. Those expressions were derived from distinctive traditional culture with quality craftsmanship and pleasure to use built things. Although cultural background are different to each other, the design of both nations have some points in common that are found in simple formative culture that are well along with attitude of daily lives enjoying formative expressions in life. Also both nations have been promoting international influence of design. In the age of resolving borders in many realms, possibility of cooperation of both countries are widening beyond obstacles of distance, time, and culture. Design is practice of producing man made world in creative method by unifying intellectual resources of various professions and regions. By cooperating of both countries over the bridge of design, both parties will be able to contribute to further development of global culture through international design activities and to sophisticate respective cultures and industries as well.
Aims of Activities
This Association will carry out the following activities by means of design creativity. Proposing and act for the solution of current issues in interdisciplinary cooperation between various design fields, and contributing to deepening life culture of both countries and the world. Positively approaching to issues, such as global ecology, history and culture and state of art technology, that need interdisciplinary cooperation of both countries, Developing proactive organized activities through coordination with industries, governmental administration, culture and civil organizations of both countries. Through both countries' cooperation, exerting effort for structuring and permeating design concept that attunes to the times. Striving to design promotion and development of education for range from professionals to general public of both countries toward creating new design culture. Aiming to development of global civilization with teeming vision together with all people in both countries and the world who live in present and future, through variety of the cooperation of both parties.
Outline of the Operation
1. Circulation of information Mutually exchanging design information gathered from professional design fields of both countries and sending them to the world for communication through design. Publication of public relation materials Building information network and its circulation between both countries. 2. Identification of a project and its implementation Identifying interdisciplinary project which needs cooperation of both nations, and implement it by organizing human resources from various professional fields of both countries and propose a policy based on the result of the project. Holding a workshop Holding a study forum Holding a symposium for presenting an outcome Others 3. Award Studying for awarding an outcome of researches and operations that contributed to both countries through design. 4. Operation of exchanging human resources Promoting fellowship for design professionals and students of both countries. 5. International cooperation and coordination Studying a way of international cooperation jointly by both countries, and feasibility of contribution to identification of design problems that need exchange between respective UN organizations, nations and regions to be resolved. Holding an international design workshop jointly organized by both countries. Holding an international design conference jointly organized by both countries. Others
Organization and Administration
1. Board of Directors: an organ that is responsible for carrying out of the programs Chairman : organ representative Directors : office work and financial investigation Councilors : question the board of directors Advisors : specialized advice 2. Secretariat: general administration Secretary-General, etc. Organizers: assistance for general execution of programs 3. Project: promotion of individual programs Teams are set up for promotion of programs on such specific topics as research, honors, international exchange, education, publicity, etc.
Membership ( fees )
Individual membership entrance fee 10,000 yen annual membership fee 30,000 yen Organization membership entrance fee 50,000 yen annual membership fee 150,000 yen
Administration of the Organization
Founding members Masato Isaka, Osamu Ishiyama, Michitaka Itoh, Kenji Ekuan, Makoto Shimazaki, Keiko Torigoe, Aya Nakayama, Michio Hanyu, Daisaburo Murai, Hiroko Watanabe, and others related persons. Executive board Chairman: Kenji Ekuan Industrial Designer President: Makoto Simazaki Interior Designer, Honorary professor, Musashino Art University Board member: Osamu Ishiyama Architect, Professor, Waseda University Takamichi Itoh Kinetic Artist, Professor, Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music Keiko Torigoe Soundscape Researcher, Designer of Acoustic Environment, Professor, The University of Sacred Heart Hiroko Watanabe Textile Designer, Honorary professor of Tama Art University Board of trustees Trustee: Hisami Kurokochi Executive Board Member, Plan Japan Yasuji Ishigaki Former Ambassador to Finland Secretariat Secretarial General: Daisaburo Murai (GK Graphics) Liaison / Japan: Masato Isaka (Japan Institute of Design)

Secretariat Japan Finland Design Association (Japan) c/o The Finnish Institute in Japan 3-5-39 Minami Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 106-8561 c/o GK Graphics Incorporated telephone : 03-5952-6831　facsimile：03-5952-6832 e-mail : jfda@gk-design.co.jp index