Video dialogue: Mineko Orizaku (photographer) / Hideyuki Kasuga: The Dawn of 2021 Modernism - Talking about the Circular Economy - vol 03: The Chemical Daily / hide kasuga 1896 company Joint Production Dialogue Project

Kagaku Kogyo Nippo / hide kasuga 1896 Sha
Collaborative Dialogue Project
The Dawn of 2021 Japanese Modernism
- Talking about the Circular Economy - vol 03

Guest: Ms. Mineko Orisaku / Host: Hideyuki Kasuga

The third guest will be photographer Mineko Orisaku, currently professor and head of the Department of Photography at Osaka University of Arts, who will discuss "materials and art" and "2021 modernism," a lifestyle that blends the old and new.

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Ms. Mineko ORISAKU
Mineko ORISAKU

Photographer. Born in Ishikawa Prefecture. A friend of hers sent her a photograph while she was in college, which led to her selection as the 1981 Miss Universe Japan, and she competed in the New York pageant. During her term as Miss Universe, she met photographer Shoji Otake and joined Otake Studio in 1982, was selected for the 1985-86 National Nika Exhibition, became independent in 1987, and lived in Boston, U.S. for two years from 1989. From that experience, he created a collection of works entitled "BOSTON in the time. He continues to photograph beautiful landscapes and moments of people around the world. In addition to holding numerous photo exhibitions throughout Japan and around the world, he is active in a wide range of activities, appearing on television and giving lectures. He is a professor and head of the Department of Photography at Osaka University of Arts.

Hideyuki KASUGA
Dr. Hideyuki KASUGA

Doctor of Engineering, born in 1973 in Nagano, Japan. He received his master's degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology. After working as a researcher in Tokyo and Paris, he became the representative of the family business of an industrial parts manufacturer, which has its roots in a linen wholesaler founded in 1896. In 2009, he founded the luxury consumer brand "BLANC BIJOU PARIS" in Paris, based on his discovery of the possibility of applying the "emotional value" of PTFE (fluorocarbon resin), a cutting-edge and unchanging material handled by the family business, to a wide range of lifestyle markets. In 2012, he became independent and established a materials-based materials think tank, hide kasuga 1896, Inc. The company is currently developing the "hide k 1896" brand of environmentally friendly materials based on the concept of "value creation and regeneration" and the "BLANC BIJOU PARIS" brand in the global market. The company provides consultation to chemical and materials companies on its unique branding method that links research and development with the market. He is also a founding chairman of "Green Composite Hills by hide k 1896," a circular economy consortium with industry-academia-government collaboration, and is promoting the construction of a recycling-oriented society.