On Wednesday, October 16th, Chitose Laboratory Corp. Senior BioEngineer Daishiro Harada was a guest lecturer at the "Sustainable Design Seminar" class (taught by Associate Professor Hirotada Yamagata) at the Department of Project Design, School of Design Engineering, Tohoku University of Art and Design (hereinafter referred to as the Department of Project Design) in Yamagata Prefecture.

The Department of Project Design is a department that aims to solve real-world problems faced by local communities and companies by providing practical learning through projects about a wide range of fields necessary for planning, such as product development, promotion, event production, and digital utilization, and to cultivate the "planning ability to design things" that cannot be replaced by AI.

This "Sustainable Design Seminar" class is designed to develop students' conceptual skills for sustainable design that starts from social issues, and their planning skills to simultaneously solve social issues and their clients' business issues through practical proposals to companies.

Approximately 50 students took the course and learned about social issues and efforts to address them, as well as basic information about photosynthetic energy and algae.
The students were given the task of proposing a new product (service) idea that uses photosynthetic energy to solve the social problems of food, clothing and shelter.

The students asked questions about algae production, such as "Why isn't algae produced in Japan?", as well as specific questions about the storage period and price of algae, and it was clear that they were participating in the class with great enthusiasm.

Based on the results of this class, the students will work in groups over the course of three weeks and each group will give a presentation on Wednesday, November 13th.
We look forward to receiving useful ideas for solving problems that can be generated from the unique perspective of young people.

Event Outline
Date and time: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 14:00~16:50
Next review date and time: Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 14:00-16:50
Place: Tohoku University of Art and Design
Lecture: Department of Planning and Design "Sustainable Design Seminar" Title: New products that solve social problems related to food, clothing and shelter through photosynthetic energy

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