Leading Edge Design Corp.
Shunji Yamanaka (J), designer at Leading Edge Design; 1982, B. Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Tokyo. He founded Leading Edge Design in 1994 and is its president. Author of “Making of Boeing 777,” Sketchbook of Human & Technology Series, Taiheisha, 1997; “Making of Trans-Tokyo Bay Highway,” Sketchbook of Human & Technology Series, Taiheisha, 1998 “Making of Future Car,” Sketchbook of Human & Technology Series, Taiheisha, 2000. Board member, Human-Network Research Group, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, Japan.
Kinya Tagawa (J); Design engineer at Leading Edge Design; B. Eng. (Mechano-Informatics), from the University of Tokyo; M. A. (Industrial Design Engineering) from the Royal College of Art, UK; 2001, .D. I. C. (Mechanical Engineering) from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK.
Jun HOMMA (J), System designer at Leading Edge Design; 1999, B. Eng. (Mechano-Informatics) from the University of Tokyo. Winner of the “JSAI 1998 Best Presentation Award” at the 12th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 1998, and the “RoboCup Japan Open 98,” Small Size League, Japan, 1998 and 1999.
Nicholas Oxley (USA), Associate designer, Leading Edge Design; B. S. (Mechanical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US; 2002, M. A. (Industrial Design Engineering) from the Royal College of Art, UK.
Yuji Mitani (J), Associate designer at Leading Edge Design; B. Eng. and M. Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Tokyo.