The person behind interwoven
Mana Kobayakawa
Designing ways to learn, make, and participate.
Working between design and learning.
I look at how a page, a process, or a place can shape someone’s experience.
- Studied
Design & architecture
Kyoto Institute of Technology
- Practiced
Conceptual design & consulting
- Now
Learning experience design
Graduate student · NYU Steinhardt, LTXD
The thread behind the work
A practice within a longer story.
An inherited commitment to education. A path I’m still finding.
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Late 1800s–early 1900s
Inherited
My ancestor Shozaburo Dogura supported schools and education in Japan.
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1998–
My part in itThrough me
From drawing and design to imagining new places for learning.
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2050
EnvisionedLearning as infrastructure
I imagine learning woven into everyday life.
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2200+
EnvisionedA legacy reimagined
I imagine future generations adapting and carrying this work forward.
Contact
A question or a new perspective can shape what comes next.