2016 DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion Research Grants for Academic Studies Relating to Graphic Design and Graphic Art, Selected Research Topics
Screening Process and Results
Launched in 2014, the DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion research grants program in its third year attracted a total of 46 applications.This number demonstrates that research scholars are steadily becoming aware of the program’s existence—a development that pleases us greatly.
As in previous years, the grant winners for 2016 were decided in a two-part screening process: the first part consisting of evaluation of the application documents, and the second part a final evaluation session attended by the complete judging panel. After lengthy discussions of the merits of the finalists, ultimately the judges selected a total of 12 research topics to receive grant awards. Eleven topics were chosen in Category A, which encompasses research on graphic design or graphic art in general, and one topic was selected in Category B, which calls for research relating to graphic designer Ikko Tanaka. In addition, seven of the grant winners of 2015 had requested continuation of support for a second year, and after a review of these grantees’ interim reports the judges approved ongoing assistance for all seven applicants.
The applications received for 2016 were on research topics of even higher quality than before, confirming once again the significance and potential of this program. In evaluating the submitted applications, the judges carefully considered their respective merits from a variety of perspectives including novelty, originality, social or scholastic significance, and appropriateness as a research project. Amid the discussions, one judge voiced the opinion that opportunities should be given to scholars who are doing admirable research despite challenges presented by their environment. We intend to take this issue under consideration in the future.
We wish the newly selected grant winners the greatest success in carrying out their research, and we look forward to learning of their significant results.
Hiroshi Kashiwagi
Screening Committee Chairman
DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion
Application Overview
Application Period: May 1 through July 10, 2016
Number of Applications
| Subtotal | Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | Overseas | ||
| Category A | 42 | 40 | 2 |
| Category B | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 46 | 43 | 3 |
2016 Selected Research Topics
| Category | Research Topic | Applicant Affiliated Institution |
Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
A Study of Japanese Typefaces and a Typeface Customization System for Dyslexic Readers |
Xinru ZHU Graduate Student, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo |
500,000 JPY |
A |
The Representation of Architecture and Graphic Design: Through the Analysis of Architectural Exhibitions |
Kenjiro HOSAKA Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
500,000 JPY |
A |
Text paintings of "Viennese Kineticism": An intersection of progressive design education and the international avant-garde |
Tomoko KAKUYAMA Part-time Lecturer, Dokkyo University |
500,000 JPY |
A |
Comparative Study of the Visual Culture between Korea and Japan through the visual image of Female Ghosts |
Mikyung BAK Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University |
400,000 JPY |
A |
"Shumi to Heibon" (Hobbies and Ordinary Stuff) (1920-1926) magazine; its Design and Cosmopolitanism |
Helena ČAPKOVÁ Assistant Professor, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University |
500,000 JPY |
A |
AWAZU Kiyoshi in the History of Graphic Design in Japan: Architecture, Movie and Photograph |
Ritsuko TAKAHASHI Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa |
300,000 JPY |
A |
Telling the future of the endangered languages with visual images | Multilingual picturebook design for folktales |
Fumi YAMAMOTO Designer, Illustrator, Part-time lecturer, Visual Design Department, Kyoto City University of Arts |
500,000 JPY |
A |
Elucidation of the expert craftsmanship from woodcuts |
Mariko ANDO Temporary Researcher, Research Center for Knowledge Science in Cultural Heritage, Doshisha University |
500,000 JPY |
A |
The Information spreading and communication in the refuge for resilience design —Interpreating people's problems and solutions from the poster |
Yoshito OGATA Associate Professor, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University |
300,000 JPY |
A |
Japanese Graphic Design Collections at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and Copper Union, Herb Lubalin Study Center |
Sakura NOMIYAMA Research Fellow, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
300,000 JPY |
A |
Greek Vases as a field of shaping public image |
Emiko TANAKA Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Niigata University |
250,000 JPY |
B |
Application of Cavalier Perspective and Multi-focus —Design Language of Ikko Tanaka |
Lang XIAO Postgraduate Student, Fine Arts Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
450,000 JPY |
2016 Continuation Grants (2015 Selected Research Topics)
| Category | Research Topic | Applicant Affiliated Institution |
Grant Amount 2015 Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
How to make a living as a graphic designer? —A comparative study between Japan and France on the role of copyright |
Makoto NAGATSUKA Professor, Hitotsubashi University |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
Color Barrier Free Displays in Disaster Situations |
Kensei TSUCHIDA Professor, The Faculty of Information Sciences and Arts, Toyo University |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
A study on the British illustrated newspaper "The Graphic" and the revival of Fancy Pictures in the 19th century |
Naoki SATO Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
Representation of girls and its consumption in advertisements of modern Japan |
Shiori MAEKAWA Assistant Technical Staff, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Museum and Archives |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
Visions of the postwar capital: "Tokyo" and graphic design in visual communication |
Kei OSAWA Associate Researcher , The University Museum, The University of Tokyo |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
Study of Vernacular Belief Practice with the Visualization of the Dead |
Takemi ODAJIMA Research Specialist , Tohoku University, School of Arts and Letters |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
RANJI, The Roots of Japanese Commercial Graphic Design, and the Successors |
Ako YOSHINO Part-time Lecturer, School of Information Studies, Shizuoka Sangyo University |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |