At the 2025 Good Design New Hope Awards, the work of Fushi Sano (1st-year Master's program, Graduate School of Media and Governance) and Mirai Fujimoto (Graduate, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies) from the laboratory of Associate Professor Shinya Fujii of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies—whose "Honorable Mention" was previously announced—has won the "Grand Prize." (*Academic year at the time of application)
The Good Design New Hope Awards were established in 2022 by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion to support the activities of the next generation who will lead the future development of the design field. In 2025, 668 entries were received from across Japan, with 107 selected for inclusion and 8 receiving Honorable Mentions after a rigorous screening process.
On December 20, 2025, the final presentation screening for the 8 Honorable Mention winners was held, and the work by Mr. Sano and Ms. Fujimoto was selected for the Grand Prize.
【Good Design New Hope Award: Grand Prize】
TENTAI ONSOKUKAI (Celestial Sound Measurement Gathering)
Fushi Sano (1st-year Master's program, Graduate School of Media and Governance)
Mirai Fujimoto (Graduate, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)
Comment from Fushi Sano
I am deeply honored to receive the Grand Prize following the final presentation. In this project, we created the work by thinking about "all elements" simultaneously—design, engineering, art, and science—without separating these fields. Because we worked as a single team of two from planning to implementation without dividing roles, I believe the mechanism, form, and experience all came together as an inseparable whole.
I was greatly encouraged that this work, born from such a production process in response to the question of "listening to invisible stars," was recognized with the New Hope Award.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who has supported and collaborated with us from the beginning of the "TENTAI ONSOKUKAI" initiative until now. I am truly looking forward to seeing this new way of interacting with stars through "Celestial Sound Measurement" spread to even more people.
Source: Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office, General Affairs