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- Outline
XSCHOOL is a new design school and an incubation program, which takes place in the city of Fukui since 2016. Each year approximately 20 individuals, some of which expertise design, architecture, real estate, nursing, and financing, travel regularly in the period of four months, go through a process of local and indigenous studies, and work with Fukui’s partnering companies with unprecedented work in craftsmanship in fields like food, ceramics, and textile. This project was planned as a part of Fukui city’s program “make.fUKUI PROJECT” which empowers human exchange beyond the regional boundary and create new type of jobs. Participants have become big fan of Fukui and keep coming back to town with their friends and family members. Its creative community is still growing today.
- Producer
Yuki Uchida, Hiroshi Tamura, Ryo Shirai, Re: public, Inc. + Akemi Hayashi, Koichi Miyashita, Fukui Shimbun
- Director
Yuma Harada, UMA/ design farm + Tomomi Tada, MUESUM + Yuki Uchida, Re: public, Inc.
- Designer
Shunya Hagiwara + Koji Takahashi, + Yuma Harada, Ryosuke Nishino, UMA/ design farm + Tomomi Tada, Nagae Dai, Mizuki Senoo, MUESUM
- More information
- Already in service/use
- 2016/11