Celebrating Institutional Excellence

Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan

Taiwan (China) (TW)

Daisuke Nagatomo graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo, and decided to pursue his passion of architecture at Columbia University, where he received master degree in advanced architectural design. Nagatomo began his career in the metropolitan New York area with architecture firms, including TEN Arquitectos and Design Office for Research and Architecture. He was the invited researcher for FabLab House project at IaaC, Barcelona from 2009 to 2010 where he holds research diploma. Nagatomo is currently the assistant professor of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan as well as adjunct faculty member of Tokyo Denki University. Nagatomo has taught several schools including Pratt Institute (New York), Tokyo University of Science, and Keio University.

Mohamad ali Vadood

Iran (IR)

Mohamadali Vadood, a life-long artist and also a designer who works in the field of wooden arts and his works include wooden sculpting, carving and marquatry. As an art instructor, he has always done his best to help his students think creatively. As an artist, reviving old forms of art from ancient Persia has been something that he highly regards with respect and enthusiasm, especially when it goes to old Iranian wood carving and its design.

Yumeng Li

United States of America (US)

Helen Brasinika

Greece (GR)

Tomi Rantasaari

Finland (FI)

Csaba Tölgyesy

Hungary (HU)