Akira Harada

• Graduated from Tokyo University of Education, Faculty of Education, Department of Arts, Major in Crafts, Japan
• Obtained Ph.D. from University of Tsukuba, Japan
• 1964~1978 GK Industrial Design Institute, Japan
• 1978-2006 Professor, Faculty of Art, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• 1985-1986 Visiting Researcher at Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
• 2006~2012 First President of Sapporo City University & Chairman of SCU, Japan

     -  Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
     -  Chair of the Department of Sensitive and Cognitive Brain Science, and Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
     -  Professor Emeritus of the University of Tsukuba, Japan
     -  Professor emeritus at Sapporo City University, Japan
     -  Professor emeritus of the Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University, China.
     -  Visiting professor at the School of Design Arts, Beijing Institute of Technology, China.
     -  President of the Japan Design Society, Japan
     -  President of the Japan Kansei Engineering Society, Japan
     -  Honorary Advisor of the Japan Design Society, Japan
     -  USA Kaufman Research Award, Grand Prize of Prefabricated International Design Competition, Sign Design Award, Minister of International Trade and Industry Award, Order of the Sacred Treasure

Cho, Youl

• 1980 Graduated from the Department of Applied Arts, College of Fine Arts, Hongik University
• 1985 Graduated from Tsukuba University Graduate School of Arts, Japan
• 1999 Chairman of the founding preparation committee of the Korean Society of Basic Art and Design
• 2000~2004 President of the 1st and 2nd conferences of the Korean Society of Basic Art and Design
• 1988~2017 Professor, Department of Visual and Video Design, Hansung University
• 1996 Visiting researcher, Graduate School of Arts, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• 2010~2013 Special Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan
• 2017~2022 Foreign Visiting Professor, Tainan University of Applied Science and Technology, Taiwan
• 2022 Taiwan University of the Arts Foreign Visiting Professor
• 2010~2013 Special Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan
• 2017~2022 Foreign Visiting Professor, Tainan University of Applied Science and Technology, Taiwan
• 2022 Taiwan University of the Arts Foreign Visiting Professor

     -  1986 Japan CS Design Award International Category Gold Award Winner
     -  1986~1988 Seoul Olympics and Asian Games opening and closing ceremony spectator event planning and directing
     -  1997 Solo exhibition in Tokyo, Japan (INAX Gallery, Ginza)
     -  2008 Japan Asia Digital Awards Digital Division Grand Prize and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
     -  2010 ANBD Japan Yokohama Exhibition Grand Prize Winner