Lectures, Papers, Exhibitions, and more

University Lectures

1. Masaki Iwabuchi and Makoto Takahashi. (2022.7 -). Social Dreaming through Design. Graduate School of Engineering at the Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan. https://fuse.eng.tohoku.ac.jp/

2. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2021.12). Transition Design. Tama Design University at the Tama Art University. https://tub.tamabi.ac.jp/tdu/lecture/186/

3. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2021.4). Social Dreaming through Design. Graduate School of Design at the Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan.

4. Masaki Iwabuchi and Daijiro Mizuno. (2019.7). Magazine from the Future, speculative workshop with students of Eindhoven University of Technology. KYOTO Design Lab at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan. https://medium.com/inter-anti-disciplinary-spaces-magazine-from-the

Keynote Speech / Invited Talk

1. Masaki Iwabuchi and Sakura Nomiyama. (2023.10). Roundtable talk about how to recapture design history. Design for Anthropocene hosted by Japan Design Promotion, Online, Japan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLse8lrABE

2. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2023.8). Design Futurist Practices and Challenges in the US - At the Intersection of Design, Business, and Vision. Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan. https://rcsc.musabi.ac.jp/event_report/2402051618

3. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2021.9). Dreaming Positive Futures. Human Interface Symposium 2021. Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. https://jp.his.gr.jp/events/symposium2021/

4. Masaki Iwabuchi, Atsuro Morita, Yoshihiro Nakano, Yasuhiro Kamihira, Junko Shimizu. (2020.12). Read Designs for the Pluriverse. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. https://www.facebook.com/100057622240790/posts/2704821279729585/

5. Masaki Iwabuchi, Naoki Hashimoto, and Dai Habata. (2020.7). Designing Futures. Speculative Futures Tokyo vol.1. Speculative Futures Tokyo Initiative, Tokyo, Japan. https://rcsc.musabi.ac.jp/event_report/200731/

6. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2019.8). Design for the 22nd Century. Business Design Talk vol.03, Tokyo, Japan. https://note.com/bdtalk/n/n33357c490e81

7. Masaki Iwabuchi and Daijiro Mizuno. (2019.8). Participatory Session: Speculation of ikigai from Kyoto ─ Case study on Practice of Transition Design, Kyoto, Japan. https://youtu.be/P2LSk76JXiA

8. Masaki Iwabuchi and Daijiro Mizuno. (2019.6). Mini-symposium: Some Recent Agendas in Design Research, Kyoto, Japan. https://youtu.be/_DlhQ1u4B9g

Research Paper (International Conf. w/ peer review)

1. Masaki Iwabuchi, Daijiro Mizuno. 2020. Speculation of The Purpose of Life in 2050 from Kyoto - Case Study on Transition Design in Japan -. In Proceedings of Pivot 2020, USA, p 145-165. https://doi.org/10.21606/pluriversal.2020.031

2. Masaki Iwabuchi. 2020.Wanderlust into (y)our past: Mediating Intimacy for Prosocial Co-existing with Your Loved One in Home Quarantine. In Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Posters (SIGGRAPH ’20 Posters), August 17, 2020, Virtual Event, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3388770.3407402 

3. Yukari Hori, Masaki Iwabuchi, and Akira Baba. 2008. Real life is an odyssey: proposal for a videogame linked to reality. In Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE ’08). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 433. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/1501750.1501883

4. Masaki Iwabuchi, Yasuaki Kakehi, and Takeshi Naemura. 2008. LimpiDual touch: interactive limpid display with dual-sided touch sensing. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2008 posters (SIGGRAPH ’08). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 87, 1. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/1400885.1400978 [selected for Student Research Competition, ACM]

Online Articles (English)

1. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2020.7). Emerging Design Attitudes: Speculative, Transitional, and Pluriversal Design. UX Planet. retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://uxplanet.org/design-attitudes-for-this-century-speculative-transitional-and-pluriversal-design-fb55c9d401e6

2. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2020.1). Design Education for this Century. UX Planet. retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://uxplanet.org/redefining-the-word-design-676d7a874281

3. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2019.10). Let Design Die — Design for Dark Matter. UX Planet. retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://uxplanet.org/let-design-die-design-for-dark-matter-3bc1e8ff5617

4. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2019.9). Design for This Century. UX Planet. retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://uxplanet.org/design-for-this-century-313ac3f6499d

5. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2019.9). How to ask Creative Questions as a Designer. UX Planet. retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://uxplanet.org/how-to-ask-creative-questions-as-a-designer-ceb2d6e640ea

6. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2019.8). 5 Design Approaches to start a New Creative Project. UX Planet. retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://uxplanet.org/5-design-approaches-to-start-a-new-creative-project-3b548073cb90

7. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2019.8). Case Study on Transition Design: Speculation of Life in 2050 from Kyoto (Part 2). Predict. retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://medium.com/predict/case-study-on-transition-design-speculation-of-life-in-2050-from-kyoto-part-2-f6653c4e800c

8. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2019.8). Case Study on Transition Design: Speculation of Life in 2050 from Kyoto (Part 1). Predict. retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://medium.com/predict/case-study-on-transition-design-speculation-of-life-in-2050-from-kyoto-part-1-118cb06b15d

9. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2019.6). I joined the KYOTO Design Lab to research “Super Comprehensive” Human-Centered Design. Predict. retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://medium.com/predict/i-joined-the-kyoto-design-lab-to-research-super-comprehensive-human-centered-design-6b5d20ba5654

10. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2018.10). Design Manifesto: Goodbye Human, Hello Alien. Predict. retrieved June 30, 2020, from https://medium.com/predict/design-manifesto-goodbye-human-hello-alien-f9d607b65e00

Sole Exhibition

1. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2017.03). The Body. Art Photograph Show Part. 35, RECTO VERSO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan.

2. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2016.02). Photography 100 years after. Art Photograph Show Part. 27, RECTO VERSO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan.

Group Exhibition

1. Masaki Iwabuchi (2024.6). TERAVARNA 10th Open exhibition. https://www.teravarna.com/winners-2024-open-10

2. Masaki Iwabuchi (2020.7). Wanderlust into (y)our past: Mediating Intimacy in Home Quarantine. FUTURE LIFE.  https://futurelife-fiction.com/projects.php?tk=dhASTNNrPwtIQhTPnsqlOAn

3. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2020.5). Wanderlust into (y)our past: Mediating Intimacy for Prosocial Co-existing with Your Loved One in Home Quarantine. HINDSIGHT – Parsons Design & Technology Thesis Show, NY, US. https://parsons.edu/dt/

4. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2019.9). Breathing Chair. NYC Media Lab’19 Demo Expo, NY, US. https://summit.nycmedialab.org/demo-expo

5. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2018.4). SMILE. New Japan Photo Exhibition in KG+, Hotel Anteroom, Kyoto, Japan. https://hotel-anteroom.com/exhibition_cat/652/

6. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2017.12). SMILE. New Japan Photo Exhibition, IMA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

7. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2016.3). Square. New Japan Photo Exhibition, Midoriso 2, Tokyo, Japan.

8. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2016.5). AM3:00, NYC. New City Art Fair (in EINSTEIN STUDIO botth), hpgrp Gallery, NY, USA. https://www.flickr.com/photos/95682097@N06/albums/72157663479862213

9. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2013.3). Square. ART DUBAI (in EINSTEIN STUDIO booth), Dubai, UAE.

10. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2013.3). Square. Photo Fair Einstein, Tokyo, Japan.

11. Masaki Iwabuchi, Yasuaki Kakehi, Takeshi Naemura. (2008.9). LimpiDual Touch. Interactive Tokyo, National museum of emerging science and innovation, Japan.

12. Masaki Iwabuchi, Yasuaki Kakehi, Takeshi Naemura. (2008.8). LimpiDual Touch. GOOD DESIGN EXPO 2008, Tokyo Big Sight, Japan.

13. Masaki Iwabuchi Yasuaki Kakehi, Takeshi Naemura. (2008.8). LimpiDual Touch.  50th Sign & Display Show, Tokyo Big Sight, Japan.

14. Masaki Iwabuchi, Yasuaki Kakehi, Takeshi Naemura. (2008.6). LimpiDual Touch. iii exhibition 9, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

15. Masaki Iwabuchi. (2007.6). Syncing Floor. iii exhibition 5, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

Academic Societies/Membership

1. The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts. (2024.5 - Present). New York, USA.

2. The Design Futures Initiative. (2019.12 - Present). San Fransisco, USA.

3. Top Writer in Design Category. (2019.9). Medium, USA.

4. Pluriversal Design SIG. (2019.5 - Present). Design Research Society, UK.

5. Scrum Alliance. (2017.8 - Present). Scrum Alliance, CO, USA.