Unexpected collaboration

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When we organised TEDxKeioSFC, how many organisers expected a collaboration between speakers? When I checked Facebook, one amazing news approached to me. The news is an announcement for a talk session by Shunji Yamanaka and Shiho Fukuhara.

Let me briefly introduce them. Mr. Yamanaka is an industrial designer and professor at Uni of Tokyo. He is very famous as a designer of IC card ticket machine called Suica/Pasmo. You can feel how generous his design of the machine is when you use a ticket machine gate in London. The interface of the device designed by him is very user-friendly.

Ms. Fukuhara is an bio artist. When I listened to her idea, my eyes were largely opening with the surprise. Her art is very philosophical. For instance, DNA of your grandparent who has passed away can be infused into a tree. From the moment, the tree can be seen as a monument of the grandparent. This is an art, but at the same time, allows us to recall the existence of the departed and memory with it.

These outstanding two people are in design and art field. But, I didn't expect that these line would cross. Around 4 years has passed since our TEDx event. The unexpected but exciting collaboration makes me thrilled in a good way. Looking forward to their activities.

You can watch their TEDx talks below.
and their event link is here.