Each session is an hour of focused discussion. A lineup befitting a "space for trading ideas"!

October 29 (Sat)
16:00–17:00 "What are Design Events?"
Teruhiro Yanagihara (Designer/DESIGNEAST) × Kenichiro Ide (Architect/DESIGNING) × DESIGNTIDE TOKYO Director

17:30–18:30 "Why is Swiss Design Education So Enjoyable?"
Elric Petit, Augustin Scott de Martinville (ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne, Switzerland)

19:00–20:00 "TIDE FOCUS Talk"
Vahakn Matossian (Vahakn Art & Design studio London) / Daito Manabe (Artist/Programmer)

October 30 (Sun)
13:00–14:00 "Let's Talk About Interesting Design Books We've Read Recently"
Yusuke Nakajima (rim rim art) × Hiroshi Eguchi (Utrecht) × Takafumi Haba (BACH)

14:30–15:30 "The Possibilities of Fashion"
Jun Aoki (Architect) × Yoko Hayashi (Author of "Expanding Fashion")

16:00–17:00 "EIC: A Project Connecting Design, Craft, and Society"
Ikuko Yokoyama (Curator/Writer/Producer) × Noriko Kawakami (Journalist/Associate Director, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT)

17:30–18:00 "3.11 and Design"
Keiji Ashizawa (Architect) × Tsutomu Nagaoka (Architect)

19:00–20:00 "UK-Japan Designer Talk / Mark-ing Exhibition"
"Mark-ing" Exhibition Designers × Max Fraser (Design Commentator) × Manami Yuasa (British Council) × Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa (E&Y)


October 31 (Mon)
16:00–17:00 "Buyers and Shop Owners"
Kazuto Kobayashi (ROUNDABOUT/OUTBOUND Owner) × Takeo Okuma (CLASKA Gallery & SHOP "DO" Director) × Yu Yamada (Buyer)

17:30–18:30 "Spreading German Design to the World"
Heike Suermann (DMY Eventmanagement, Cultural Management)

19:00–20:00 "After the Earthquake"
Yasunori Harano (Shigeru Ban Architects + VAN)

November 1 (Tue)
16:00–17:00 "media ≠ authority: What Designers Want to Say, What We Want to Ask Designers"
Shoji Ikai (Editor/Writer)

17:30–18:30 "Paris and Tokyo: On Design Distribution"
Jean Luc Colonna (MERCI) × Yoko Kawashima (Marketing Manager) × Masaki Yokokawa (CIBONE)

19:00–20:00 "Our Respective Design Stories"
Koichi Futatsumata (Designer) × Keiji Ashizawa (Architect)

November 2 (Wed)
16:00–17:00 "LACOSTE Holiday Collection's Series - Talk Show By Jonathan Adler × Simon Doonan"
Jonathan Adler (Ceramicist/Interior Accessories Designer) × Simon Doonan (Creative Ambassador-at-Large, Barneys New York)

17:30–18:30 "Design from Nothing"
Kenji Ekuan (Chairman, GK Design Group)

19:00–20:00 "On Design and Engineering"
Kinya Tagawa (takram design engineering)

November 3 (Thu, Holiday)
11:00–12:00 "Edible Art Installation"
Yuri Nomura (Food Director), Sam White, Jerome Waag, Stacie Pierce (Co-creator of OPENrestaurant)

13:00–14:00 "Is an Elevator to Space Possible?"
Hiroshi Ohno (Structural Engineer) × Masaki Kato (Designer)

14:30–15:30 "DESIGNTIDE and Venue Design: A Discussion by Three"
Makoto Tanijiri (Architect) × Ryuji Nakamura (Architect) × Sosuke Nakabo (Product Designer)

DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2011
Dates | October 29 (Sat) – November 3 (Thu, Holiday), 2011
Main Venue | Tokyo Midtown Hall
Hours | October 29 (Sat) – November 2 (Wed) 11:00–20:00 / November 3 (Thu, Holiday) 11:00–17:00 Admission | ¥1500 (Students ¥1000) / 1-Day Pass ¥3000 (Students ¥2000) / 3-Day Pass *Student discount valid only with student ID
Reception | October 28 (Fri) 19:00–21:00 *Entry by invitation or payment of admission fee.
https://designtide.jp/