kenta kondo
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alternative designer
mechanical engineer
social critic


prototyping
alternatives
because business-as-usual
is not it... 🙃


about me me me



work:
 
 freelance consultant (present)
  >design
  >engineering
  >futuring

 ideo tokyo: senior designer/engineer (2019-2023) 
  >design
  >engineering
  >consulting 

 sharkninja: senior mechanical engineer (2017-2019)
  >system engineer
  >airflow r+d
  >product architecture
  >manufacturing DFM
  >human factors

education:

 brown university: sc.b. mechanical engineering 
 (magna cum laude)

 risd: nasa studio, mit studio, shoemaking

design awards:

 good design award 2022 - ikou
 reddot design award 2021 - shark ultra cyclone
 good design award 2020 - shark ninja cordless stick
 reddot design award 2020 - shark rocket cordelss pro
 

public exhibits:

 irex 2023 - bridgestone 
 design touch 2023 - izanai
 roger williams natural history museum 2017 - MAV RISD

public speaker:

 design matters tokyo 2024
 asiba festival panel 2024
 design matters tokyo 2023 (workshop)


media:

 sumu 2024 
 near future laboratory podcast 
 tokyo artbeat - izanai
 core 77 - Zest Spice
 
book recommendations:

 myth of syphisus - ablbert camus
 dispossesed - ursula k le guin
 crime and punishment - fyodor dostoyevsky

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