Design editor. After serving as the editor-in-chief of AXIS, began working as a freelance editor and writer. In 2001, founded Triples to create a culture of play for children, organizing workshops and exhibitions and publishing The Toy and Play Concierge. In 2015, co-founded the Platform for Architectural Thinking (PLAT) and launched the "Survey on the Current State of Design Archives in Japan" project. Major published works (as editor and co-author) include 100 Selected Toys from Around the World (Chūōkōron-Shinsha, 2003), 100 Japanese Designers (co-authored, Asahi Shimbun, 2005), Masters Who Designed Japan (co-authored, Asahi Shimbun, 2006), Shiro Kuramata Reader (ADP, 2012), and Introduction to Shiro Kuramata (ADP, 2021).

Director of the Shiga Museum of Art. Completed a master's degree in Aesthetics and Art History at Keio University Graduate School. From 2000 to 2020, worked as a researcher and senior researcher at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and has held the current position since 2021. Also serves as a temporary committee member of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Cultural Council Cultural Economy Subcommittee," a specialist committee member of the "Cultural Council Cultural Economy Subcommittee Art Promotion Working Group," a member of the "Expert Council on the Promotion of Cultural and Artistic Activities for People with Disabilities" organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Additionally, he is a selection committee member for the Obayashi Foundation's recommendation process, a guest judge for the Yusaku Kamekura Design Award (24th and 25th editions), and a judge for the Mainichi Design Awards (2021–2024).
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Director of the National Museum of Western Art. Completed a master’s degree at the University of Tokyo in 1990, then studied at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Specializes in Western modern and contemporary art history. Joined the National Museum of Western Art in 1996 as a researcher in the Curatorial Department. After serving as an associate professor in the College of Art and Design at Musashino Art University, became a professor in 2009. Also served as Director of the University Museum & Library and Director of the Center for Art & Design Research. Assumed the current position in April 2021.
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Head of Research Resources at the National Art Research Center. Holds a Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. After working at the Pola Museum of Art and the National Museum of Western Art, assumed the current position in 2023. Involved in the operation of Art Platform Japan (APJ), a research portal site on Japanese art. Co-editor of The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of Western Art (2 vols., National Museum of Western Art, 2018–2019). Also serves as a member of the Cabinet Office's study group on exhibitions and operations for the new National Archives of Japan, a board member of the Japan Museum Association's advisory committee for the Agency for Cultural Affairs' new registration system project, and an advisor for the online catalogue raisonné of the Yoshitomo Nara Foundation.

Head of the Craft Department at the National Crafts Museum. Completed the master's program in Aesthetics and Art History at Seijo University Graduate School. Previously worked at the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, the Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art, and the Craft Department of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Assumed the current position in 2022.
Also serves as a specialist committee member of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "Cultural Council (Cultural Properties Subcommittee)," a selection and advisory committee member of the Mitani Cultural and Artistic Preservation and Information Dissemination Foundation, a jury member for the Japan Foundation's "FY2025 Ishibashi Foundation / Japan Foundation Fellowship for Research on Japanese Art," and a first-round judge for the ceramics category of the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition (70th and 71st editions).

Since 2016, she has held her current position at M+, a museum of visual culture in Hong Kong's West 9 Cultural District. Lived in Sweden from 1995 to 2016. Based in Stockholm, she is the head of exhibitions at Konstfack/Swedish National College of Arts, Crafts and Design, and a freelance curator and writer. Co-president of ICAM International Federation of Architecture and Museums, member of the CHAT Centre for Heritage Arts & Textiles Advisory Committee (Hong Kong), expert member of the Cultural Council of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, member of the Design-DESIGN MUSUEM Committee Member, National Art Research Center, Japan.
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Holds a master's degree in Design History and Curatorial Studies from Parsons School of Design. After working at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, currently serves as the director of the Igarashi Takenobu Archive while also planning design-related exhibitions, writing for books and magazines, and translating texts. Recent projects include the book Igarashi Takenobu A to Z (Thames & Hudson, 2020) and the exhibition DESIGN MUSEUM JAPAN 2024: Collecting and Connecting Japanese Design (The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2024).

Associate Director of 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT.
Joined AXIS Inc. in 1986 and worked in the editorial department of the design magazine AXIS before becoming independent in 1994. Since then, has been active as a design journalist.
Has been involved with 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT since its pre-opening preparations and has served as Associate Director since its opening in 2007. Also contributes as a guest curator for design exhibitions at museums in Japan and abroad, with notable projects including Japanese Design Today 100 (2014, The Japan Foundation) and Japon–Japonismes: Objets inspirés, 1867–2018 (2018, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris). Recently supervised the exhibition Visionaries: Making another Perspective (2023, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art). Serves as Design Director at the Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design and as a visiting professor at Musashino Art University.
［Photo: Kenichi Yamaguchi］