Institute for Social Vision Design (ISVD)
Representative Director
ヨコタナオヤ（横田直也）
ヨコタナオヤ
Creative producer and strategic designer. With an integrated approach spanning concept development, strategy, and design, he leads projects from structural analysis of social issues through to solution design. He drives research projects in areas such as traffic noise and urban environments, combining data analysis with design-driven methodologies.
Affiliations
Correlate Design LLC
CEO
Education
Ritsumeikan University, College of Policy Science, International Public Institute
B.A. in Policy Science
Kyoto University of the Arts, Landscape Design
Talks & Presentations
Kamiyama Marugoto Kosen "Wednesday Night"
June 4, 2025, Kamiyama, Tokushima
Guest lecture as entrepreneur
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Labs (5)
Local Assembly Civic Data Lab — Reading Policy Diffusion Across Japan's 1,788 Assemblies
Using roughly 241 million speech records from all 1,788 Japanese local assemblies, the lab measures how policies spread, how debates develop, and how residents participate.
Visit the lab→Public Asset Utilization Research Lab
The lab studies PPP/PFI systems and the use of public assets to identify why institutions fail to work as intended and where they can improve.
Visit the lab→Social Design Lab
The lab organizes six academic foundations of Social Vision Design into a practical methodology.
Visit the lab→Agnotology Lab — Structural Analysis of Informational Injustice and Counter-Design
The lab examines cases in which ignorance is produced and sustained, then develops ways to counter informational injustice.
Visit the lab→Quiet City Project — Visualizing Urban Noise × Sensory Stress and Policy Proposals
The project visualizes urban sound from the perspective of people with sensory hypersensitivity and misophonia. In Bunkyo Ward, it is developing a Sensory Stress Index and examining gaps in noise policy.
Visit the lab→