Bringing over 17 years of industrial design and branding practice experience, John Takamura has been instrumental in implementing brand and product development programs in both Asia and North America. John is currently an Associate Professor of Indu
...MoreBringing over 17 years of industrial design and branding practice experience, John Takamura has been instrumental in implementing brand and product development programs in both Asia and North America. John is currently an Associate Professor of Industrial Design in The Design School at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University where he teaches both lower and upper division BSD (Bachelor of Science in Design degree) industrial design courses and MSD (Master’s of Science in Design degree) design research and MID (Master’s of Industrial Design degree) graduate design courses. John is active in developing corporate sponsored university research, industrial design, and branding programs within various consumer product and service industries. Additionally, John teaches courses in the First Innovations American Indian Studies program at ASU on American Indian Entrepreneurship for Sustainability where he focuses on Innovation and Branding. John serves as Director of Design for GlobalResolve™, a social entrepreneurship program at Arizona State University where he is responsible for ethnographic research and design programs for products and services intended for the Base of the Pyramid market in the developing world. He has recently been designated a Senior Sustainability Scientist at the ASU Global Institute for Sustainability.
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