Socrates Cafe
This year, TOKYO DESIGN WEEK will include 30 sessions of Socrates Cafe, a special event where creators and cultural figures will come together to discuss a wide variety of topics. Event participants are invited to drink wine, discuss and debate with special guests in a space where new ideas and new answers will be born.
- Outline
Theme: Free (example: local revitalization projects, etc.)
Content: Discussion moderated by special guests and their partners
Schedule: 30 sessions will be held from 10/24 (Sat.) through 11/3 (Tues.)
Special Guests: To be announced
Socrates Cafe Executive Committee (DESIGN ASSOCIATION NPO)
President: Katsumi Asaba
Chairman: Kenji Kawasaki
Board of Directors: Kenichiro Mogi, Toyo Ito, Kengo Kuma, Akihiro Nishino
※Tickets will be available for purchase from the TDW website beginning in mid-September.
※Ticket price is 3500 yen (includes admission to TDW and wine at the event). Space is limited to 80 participants.
For a schedule of special guests, please see below.
Oct. 24th (Sat)
13:00-15:00 Yohei Sadoshima (Cork, Inc. Co-Founder/CEO) × Mai Shiotani (PR・Web Publishing)
Oct. 24th (Sat)
16:00-18:00 Akihiro Nishino (Actor) × Kazuma Ieiri (Entrepreneur)
Oct. 24th (Sat)
19:00-21:00 Leslie Kee (Photographer)
Oct. 25th（Sun）
13:00-15:00 Kenichiro Mogi（Neuroscientist）
Oct. 25th（Sun）
16:00-18:00 Ururu Kaigo (Culinary Expert) × Akira Morikawa (Former President of LINE Corporation, Entrepreneur, C Channel Founder/CEO)
Oct. 26th（Mon）
19:00-21:00 Toyo Ito (Architect) × Sachiko Fukumoto（Actress, Underwater Performer）
Oct. 27th（Tue）
13:00-15:00 Daisuke Yanasawa（KAYAC Inc. CEO）× Masahide Miyata（kanshin!,Inc. CEO）× Toshio Tsuchiya（LIFE VIDEO,Inc. CEO / Nippon Television Network Corporation. 編成局ゼネラル・プロデューサー）
Oct. 27th（Tue）
16:00-18:00 Toshiyuki Inoko (teamLab Founder) × Tsunehiro Uno (Critic, review magazine PLANETS Editor in Chief)
Oct. 27th（Tue）
19:00-21:00 Yasuhiro Suzuki (Artist) × Kosuke Tsumura (Fashion Designer)
Oct. 30th（Fri）
13:00-15:00 Seiichi Hishikawa（Creative Director／Video Artist／Photographer、DRAWING AND MANUAL Founder、 Musashino Art University Professer）
Oct. 31st（Sat）
19:00～21:00 Koichi Kawajiri（Editor、Visiting Professor at Tōhoku University of Art & Design）× Atsuko Isamoto（Editor、Illustrator、Copywriter）×ICF（Ishigaki Creative Flag）members
Nov. 1st（Sun）
13:00-15:00 Hiroyuki Izutsu (Illustrator) × Kintaro Takahashi (Illustrator) × Hide Nakaya
Nov. 1st（Sun）
16:00-18:00 Saki Yamakawa（Crazy Wedding Brand Manager） × Kazuhiko Moriyama（CRAZY,inc. CEO） × CRAZY新事業メンバー
Nov. 1st（Sun）
19:00-21:00 Katsumi Asaba（Art Director） × Ryoichi Enomoto（Creative Director）
Nov. 2nd（Mon）
19:00-21:00 Interactive Communication Experts(I.C.E) × Arina Tsukada
Nov. 3rd（Tue）
13:00-15:00 Kaoru Mende (Lighting Designer) × Hirohito Totsune（Lighting designer）
Nov. 3rd（Tue）
16:00-18:00 Misha Janette（Fashion Journalist/Fashion Director/『Tokyo Fashion Diary』Blogger）
