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Developing a new design principle: combining the framework of the Benefit of Inconvenience and the methodology of Kansei Engineering

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K20124
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 90010:Design-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University of Advanced Science (2021-2023)
Fukuoka Women's University (2020)

Principal Investigator

Shigemoto Yuuki  京都先端科学大学, 工学部, 特任講師 (60818376)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywordsデザインマネジメント / デザイン思考 / 感性工学 / KJ法 / 不便益 / マクロビオティック / シャーマニズム / スピリチュアル / 感性 / 創造性 / 霊性(スピリチュアル) / 日本文化(東洋文化) / 量子力学 / 感性工学の方法論 / 不便益の視座 / 発想法 / 人間中心デザイン / 意味のイノベーション / デザイン原理 / 感性デザイン
Outline of Research at the Start

【研究問題】 RQ1) How can perception of “inconvenience” and “benefit” be evaluated?; RQ2) What design principles generate the benefit of inconvenience in socio-culturally different communities?【学術的意義】不便・便益の評価方法が未発達な不便益研究と、不便をデザイン原理から排除してきた感性工学の相乗効果的な発展と、これらの知見を用いることでデザイン学の更なる発展が期待される。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The integral research of Kansei Engineering and Benefit of Inconvenience has made it clear that an exploration of ‘Kansei (sensibility and intuition)’ is essential for revealing the true form of Kansei Engineering and its professional manipulation. Furthermore, it has been clarified that the Kansei may correspond to ‘intuitive thinking’ in the global perspective of design thinking; or the management of Kansei could potentially be superior to the intuitive thinking. Additionally, the effectiveness of the KJ method by Prof Jiro Kawakita has been rediscovered as a method for understanding user needs using Kansei in the early stages of Kansei Engineering and design thinking. Further development in this field would require an exploration of Kansei itself and human existence. The exploration involves the potential to complement and strengthen the contemporary Western science, and the integration may bring the new scientific knowledge that is necessary for the next era.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

デザイン思考におけるintuitive thinkingをはじめとする、ヒトの創造性を開拓する領域の更なる発展には、感性そのもの、ひいては人間存在への探究が肝要であると分かり、これが現代の西洋科学と補完的に次の時代に必要な知を作り上げる可能性を見出した。また、こうした知見のソースとして、KJ法やマクロビオティックといった世界に広まっていない日本の知、そしてそれらのつながりが見えて来た。以上より、当初の計画とは方向性は異なるものの、本領域に関わる複数のテーマの関係性やその全貌、それらが世界のデザイン論にもたらす意義の開拓という観点から、計画時以上の成果を上げることができたと結論づけ、結びとする。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] マクロビオティックと KJ 法に通底する教育論 ーあるいは現代日本の教育から失われたものー2023

    • Author(s)
      重本祐樹
    • Journal Title

      マクロビオティックジャーナル2023年春夏号

      Volume: 2023年春夏号 Pages: 38-39

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 書評『求道(井上敬康(著), 2022, 幻冬舎)』,『時間と空間を操る「量子力学的」習慣術(村松大輔(著), 2021, サンマーク出版)2023

    • Author(s)
      重本祐樹
    • Journal Title

      マクロビオティックジャーナル2023年秋冬号

      Volume: 2023年秋冬号 Pages: 41-41

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] マクロビオティックと KJ 法に通底する教育論 ーあるいは現代日本の教育から失われたものー2023

    • Author(s)
      重本祐樹
    • Journal Title

      マクロビオティック ジャーナル2023年春夏号

      Volume: 2023年春夏号 Pages: 38-39

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Benefit of Inconvenience: Revising Human Ability for the Design of Kansei Design2022

    • Author(s)
      Yuuki Shigemoto
    • Journal Title

      Human Dynamics and Design for the Development of Contemporary Societies. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 25. AHFE International, USA.

      Volume: 25 Pages: 407-413

    • DOI

      10.54941/ahfe1001415

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] マクロビオティックを学問する ー 知性と感性を統合するデザイン2022

    • Author(s)
      重本祐樹
    • Journal Title

      月刊マクロビオティック

      Volume: 1016 Pages: 32-33

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Design by Inconvenience: Retrieving the Creativity of Human Beings2021

    • Author(s)
      重本祐樹
    • Journal Title

      Journal of The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

      Volume: 60 Issue: 12 Pages: 854-857

    • DOI

      10.11499/sicejl.60.854

    • NAID

      130008130130

    • ISSN
      0453-4662, 1883-8170
    • Year and Date
      2021-12-10
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report 2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Beyond IDEO’s Design Thinking: Combining KJ Method and Kansei Engineering for the Creation of Creativity2021

    • Author(s)
      Yuuki Shigemoto
    • Journal Title

      Advances in Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Communication of Design

      Volume: - Pages: 16-23

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-030-80094-9_3

    • ISBN
      9783030800932, 9783030800949
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] KJ法とマクロビオティックと肚 ~東洋文化のサイエンス~2023

    • Author(s)
      重本祐樹
    • Organizer
      アストックサロン
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Benefit of Inconvenience: Revising Human Ability for the Design of Kansei Design2022

    • Author(s)
      Yuuki Shigemoto
    • Organizer
      13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022) and the Affiliated Conferences
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Beyond IDEO’s Design Thinking: Combining KJ Method and Kansei Engineering for the Creation of Creativity2021

    • Author(s)
      Yuuki Shigemoto
    • Organizer
      AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Human Factors in Communication of Design
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 国内における不便益研究の体系的レビュー2020

    • Author(s)
      重本祐樹
    • Organizer
      SSI2020(計測自動制御学会システム・情報部門学術講演会2020)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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