Frontier Design

Designing the Way We Design:
The Questions We Ask Before Prototyping

Reconsidering ornamentation
Reconsidering ornamentation

2026 / PARSLEY
What kind of design conveys the very sound itself?
What kind of design conveys the very sound itself?

2025 / A mallet percussion instrument that lets you appreciate every note
What to retain? What to change?
What to retain? What to change?

2007,2025 / Digital Flute
What kinds of designs stimulate our instincts and satisfy our curiosity?
What kinds of designs stimulate our instincts and satisfy our curiosity?

2024 / Cat Toy Design
What kinds of writing and drawing tools would typify Yamaha?
What kinds of writing and drawing tools would typify Yamaha?

2024 / Scribe Tool Design
Defining Kando - Design
Defining Kando - Design

2023 / e-plegona
What if Yamaha designed tools for playing with fire?
What if Yamaha designed tools for playing with fire?

2023 / Outdoor Tool Design
Designing a child’s first encounter with sound
Designing a child’s first encounter with sound

2023 / MATERIAL ORCHESTRA
Thinking about how we start music
Thinking about how we start music

2022 / Stepping Out of the Slate
A tool for working out Yamaha-style
A tool for working out Yamaha-style

2022 / Workout Tool Design
Pondering the power to produce sound and the power to produce movement
Pondering the power to produce sound and the power to produce movement

2022 / Untitled Instrument
Two distinct computer mice embody the essence of Yamaha
Two distinct computer mice embody the essence of Yamaha

2022 / Mouse Design
Reinventing music-playing equipment - Design
Reinventing music-playing equipment - Design

2022 / Yamaha Sound Machines
What if Japan had pianos in the Edo period?
What if Japan had pianos in the Edo period?

2021- / Edo Piano