Asahikawa, Kobe, and Nagoya established the “UNESCO City of Design Conference” in 2023 to strengthen exchange and collaboration among design cities in Japan.
In 2023, the conference ‘Correspondence’ was held in Tokyo as part of the official programme of the WDO World Design Congress Tokyo 2023. The second conference took place in Nagoya last year, and the third conference will be held in Kobe on September 3rd this year.
We are pleased to welcome Chiaki Hayashi to the conferenc co-founder of Loftwork, Japan’s leading creative company, and the president and representative director of Q0 Ltd. Q0 explores ways of solving social issues by fostering new relationships between rural and urban areas and expanding local opportunities through business practices. During the second part of the conference, guests from Japan’s design cities will discuss the role of design cities.