Classes taught

Design Science Seminar, Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Seminar, Yamaguchi and the World, Multicultural Communication Seminar, Science and Technology Theory Seminar I, Design English, Visual Communication Design

Short biography

I was born in Santiago Chile in July 1975. I studied at the Department of Design, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Chile from March 1996 to December 1999. The “design” I deal with is not the general design that can be categorized through shapes, systems, and fields such as architecture, the internet, graphics, and fashion. It is a more fundamental way of thinking and theory that is approached from psychological and sociological dimensions. In order to pursue this true design, I came to Japan in April 2003 and studied Japanese for one year. Then from April 2004 to March 2006 I obtained a Master’s Degree in the Master’s Course (Master of Arts and Engineering) Graduate School, Kyushu University, and from April 2006 to March 2009 I obtained a Doctoral Degree from the Doctoral Course (Master of Arts and Engineering), Graduate School, Kyushu University. After graduating, I worked as an Adjunct Professor at Sojo University beginning in April 2010. Then in April 2015 I took up my position as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Global and Science Studies, Yamaguchi University, where I have the students consider the essential nature of “design” while also actively working on fieldwork.

Major papers, books, and works

FlipFlop – Automatic display software for children with physical disabilities due to cerebral palsy September 2006 Society for Design and Art Fusing with Science and Technology Design Research No. 41 Page 106 – 114 Kopilot, Development of internet web browsing software for people with severe motor impairments November 2008 Society for Design and Art Fusing with Science and Technology Design Research No. 47 Page 62 – 69 Proposal for a Conceptual Definition of User and Interface based on the Biological Theory of Autopoiesis (Thesis only available in English) December 2013 Society for Design and Art Fusing with Science and Technology Design Research No.63 Page 139~143

A Message to the Students