117th metaPhorest Seminar
December 12th, 2025 (Friday) 19:00-20:40
117th metaPhorest Seminar: Haruna Nakayama & Mio Iizawa
This event will be primarily in Japanese, but questions and comments in English are also welcome.
On Friday, December 12th, our metaPhorest seminar will feature food designer Haruna Nakayama as our guest speaker. During the event, we will explore the connections and intersections between “food” and “biology” while hearing about Ms. Nakayama's past activities related to food. We will also introduce a collaborative project with ‘Zukanfu ~ Zasshi “Culture and Biology”’, planned and operated by host Mio Iizawa (metaPhorest member). We plan to discuss a project recreating recipes for “Shinagawa Meshi” (Shinagawa-style dishes) featured in the magazine, made possible with Ms. Nakayama's cooperation.
👉 Read the article “Records of Developing ‘Shinagawa Meshi’ Recipes” here. https://cultureandbiology.com/volumes/03-religion-syako/
日時・場所
December 12th, 2025 (Friday) 19:00-20:40 TWIns 3F Seminar room3 https://maps.app.goo.gl/Wy23SqPPMo3P7V8JA
ONLINE
This seminar can also be held online. Zoom Link
Haruna Nakayama
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1980. Graduated from the Department of Integrated Arts and Design, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Tsukuba. Completed the Advanced Art Expression Program at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School. Engages in communication design connecting people, regions, and products in collaboration with producers and government agencies, as well as food service design. Conducts research, planning, and production in new fields specializing in food. Involved in founding the NPO Food Designers Network, Tohoku Taberu Tsushin (Hanamaki City), Food and Craft Studio FERMENT (Fujisawa City), Cocoiq (Isetan Shinjuku), and catering for me! connecting farmers and households during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the art field, participated in the Foodscape Exhibition (Arts Maebashi, 2016), artist residency “KANBUTSU STILL LIFE” (Basel, Switzerland, 2014), and the Michi-no-Oku Art Festival Yamagata Biennale (Tohoku University of Art and Design, 2016), and the Yokohama Para Triennale (2017, 2020). Full-time Lecturer at Kyoto University of the Arts. Part-time Lecturer at Chiba University.
Mio Iizawa
Graduated from Tama Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Information Design. Completed the Master's Program in Design, Information Design Research Area at the same university. Has participated in “metaPhorest” since 2015. Engages in diverse, cross-genre projects centered around living organisms and culture. Since 2023, co-founded and directs the media project ‘Culture and Biology,’ exploring the space between encyclopedias and magazines. Also involved in planning and operating the book project “TRANS BOOKS,” conceived as a “Media Anything Bookstore,” driven by an interest in the medium of books.