ABOUT
Kensho Miyoshi received his PhD in 2020 from the Royal College of Art, London, for his contribution of the design programme centring on kinaesthetic empathy for designing the movement of objects. In the RCA’s graduation show in 2020, his PhD project was selected in Paola Antonelli’s curated collection A Sense of Humanity. He is the author 'Designing Objects in Motion: Exploring Kinaesthetic Empathy' published from Birkhäuser in 2020.
Holding an MEng and BEng in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Tokyo, Kensho has engaged in aerospace-related interdisciplinary projects, such as Phenox (autonomous interactive drones) and ARTSAT (satellite for art use), and, as a creative practitioner, has designed kinetic sculptures and installations, such as Ripple Clock and Puwants. After working at the DLX Design Lab of the University of Tokyo, he has been awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science from April 2020, and is currently based in Tokyo. Kensho also co-leads the activity of a Tokyo-based experimental design studio, Studio POETIC CURIOSITY.
All enquiries regarding commission, collaboration, lecture, exhibition and publication, please email contact[at]miyoshikensho.com
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Visiting Researcher [new]
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies
Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan
2020-
Project Researcher
DLX Design Lab, Institute of Industrial Science
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2019-2020
PhD (RCA) Design Research
Royal College of Art, London, UK
2015-2019, Graduating in 2020
MEng (UTokyo) Aeronautics and Astronautics
Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2013-2015
BEng (UTokyo) Aeronautics and Astronautics
School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2009-2013
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Grant for Scientific Research by Young Researchers
Suzuki Foundation, Japan
2021
Grant for Japanese Young Researchers
The Nakajima Foundation, Japan
2021
Contemporary Arts Grant
Terumo Foundation for Life Sciences and Arts, Japan
2018
Arts and Culture Grant 2018
Nomura Foundation, Japan
2018
Arts and Culture Grant 2017
Nomura Foundation, Japan
November 2017
Arts and Culture Grant 2016
Nomura Foundation, Japan
Oct-Dec 2016
PhD Scholarship
Nakajima Foundation, Japan
2015-2019
Jury Selection
Entertainment Division, 18th Japan Media Arts Festival
2014
Graduation Works Support Program for MILANO SALONE 2015
Japan Design Associations NPO
2014
A’ Design Award and Competition 2013-2014 (Italy)
Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design Category
2014
Super Creator Certification
(METI) Information Promotion Technology Agency
2014
Visiting Researcher Support Program
International Information Science Foundation (Japan)
2014
EXHIBITIONS
Dine-Art Week Obuse
Hokusaikan
Obuse, Japan
23-28 Feb 2021
Work-in-progress Show 2019
School of Design Research, Royal College of Art
London, UK
25 and 27 Jan 2019
Work-in-progress Show 2018
School of Design Research, Royal College of Art
London, UK
19-21 Jan 2018
An exhibit of art and life 2017
Nifrel
Osaka, Japan
Sep 14 2017 - Jul 1 2018 (extended)
Work-in-progress Show 2016
School of Design Research, Royal College of Art
London, UK
27-31 Jan 2016
Tokyo Design Week in Milan 2015
Supported by Japan Design Associations NPO
Milano Italy
Apr 2015
'Chocogito no tokeru koro (When cho-cogito melts)', Stage setting
Ryo Konishi Large Ensemble
Ekoda Buddy (Tokyo)
Mar 2015
PUWANTS [solo]
Factotum Gallery
Tokyo Japan
Nov-Dec 2014
THE MIRROR -Hold the Mirror up to nature-
Ginza Nagoya Shokokaikan
Tokyo Japan
2014
Parallel Nature
FURUSATO MUSEUM OF ART
Toyama Japan
2014
A' Design Award Winners Exhibition
Como Cathedral
Como Italy
2014
The 15th iiiExhibition
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo Japan
2013
The 15th iiiExhibition Extra
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo Japan
2013
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
Miyoshi, K. 2020 October. Designing Objects in Motion: Exploring Kinaesthetic Empathy. Basel: Birkhauser. (Single-authored Book) [new]
Miyoshi, K. 2019. Objects in Motion: Exploring Kinaesthetic Empathy in Design. PhD Thesis, Royal College of Art, London. (PhD Thesis)
Miyoshi, K. 2019. Puppetry as an alternative approach to designing kinesthetic movements RTD Conference, Delft and Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Conference Paper)
Miyoshi, K. 2019. What allows us to kinesthetically empathize with motions of non-anthropomorphic objects? The Journal of Somaesthetics, Vol 4 No 2. (Journal Article)
Miyoshi, K. 2018. Where Kinesthetic Empathy meets Kinetic Design. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Movement and Computing, 28-30 June 2018, Genoa. ACM, pp.32-35. (Conference Paper)
Miyoshi, K., Konomura, R. and Hori, K. 2014. Entertainment multi-rotor robot that realises direct and multimodal interaction. In: Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference on HCI 2014-Sand, Sea and Sky-Holiday HCI, 9-12 September 2014, Southport. BCS, pp.218-221. (Conference Paper)
Miyoshi, K., Konomura, R. and Hori, K. 2014. Above Your Hand: direct and natural interaction with aerial robot. In: ACM SIGGRAPH 2014 Emerging Technologies, 10-14 August 2014, Vancouver. ACM, p.8. (Conference Paper)
TALKS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS (selected)
Lecture for 'Advanced Biodevices (2020 Part I: Science x Design)' (invitation)
Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
October 2020
Lecture for MA Design Class at Université de Strasbourg (invitation)
Université de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
February 5th, 2020
Science x Design: Workshop and Lectures (organisation, facilitation and lecture)
Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire (CRI)
Paris, France
February 4th, 2020
Lecture for 'Advanced Biodevices (2019 Part I: Science x Design)' (invitation)
Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
October 2019
Lecture for 'Design Thinking' (invitation)
School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
July 2019
Lecture at Bauhaus Foundation in Dessau (invitation)
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Design Research COOP
Dessau, Germany
June 2018
NERD2GO (New Experimental Research in Design Conference) (invitation)
Organised by BIRD (Board of International Research in Design), Birkhäuser
Hildesheim, Germany
June 2018
Poetic Curiosity (talk session with Yusuke Aonuma)
School of Design, Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo Japan
May 2018
Design, Affect, Materials and Materiality Symposium (invitation)
School of Design Research
London UK
Mar 2018
Visualization Conference (invitation)
The Visualization Society of Japan
Tokyo Japan
Nov 2014
ACM SIGGRAPH Tokyo (invitation)
Tokyo Japan
Sep 2014
Future Technology Design (invitation)
Japan Society for Software Society and Technology 31st Conference
Nagoya Japan
Aug 2014
MEDIA (selected)
"Phenox Makes A Drone More of A Companion by Dropping the Controller”
Tech Crunch (US)
May 2014
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