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Elaine Czech
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Welcome

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My name is Elaine Czech. I am a Design Researcher specializing in designing experiences.

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Designing Experiences

Winner of CHI2019 Student Design Competition

Product and service designed to help build community relations within nursing homes.

FO: App Design and Stroller Service

Branding and startup service created to help visitors to Tokyo traveling with young children get around the city easily.

In Between Worlds: Art Exhibition

Mask creation and exhibition space design which explored themes of biological anthropology and Noh theater

Research Process Highlights

Confer: Conference App

Confer: Conference App

Confer: Conference App

DETAILED EXAMPLE OF DESIGN PROCESS 

App designed to match introverted academic mentors/mentees to improve the conference experience.

Noh Experience

Confer: Conference App

Confer: Conference App

ARTISTIC RESEARCH PROJECT

An overview of the two years of research spent at the International Noh Institute in Kyoto, Japan. 

Artistic Skills

Art

Design

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Various 3D Projects

Design

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Sampling of digital works

About Me

My Background

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Art & Design and minors in Biological Anthropology and History of Art.  After graduating, I moved to Kyoto, Japan to live for two years as a researcher of Noh Theater and Masks. Briefly came back to the States for a year to relearn English before returning to Japan to pursue a masters in Media Design at Keio University in Tokyo. 

My Experience

In undergraduate, I studied a range of design and craft techniques. I also took full advantage of my University as a research facility and pursued other academic disciplines. 

But in researching Noh, I gained unexpected skills. My initial language limitations allowed me to hone my observation skills and due to its emotional nature, prepared me to become a design researcher.

My Passions

Outside of the design, I am an avid hiker and Zumba enthusiast. I also love animals and initially wanted to become a veterinarian when I entered college.

Awards

2013

ENDANGERED Art & Photography Contest, 3rd Prize in the Photography Section

2013-2015

ITO Foundation Scholarship Recipient

2017-2019

MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship Recipient [Detroit Consulate General of Japan Nominee]

2019

1st Prize in CHI 2019 Student Design Competition

2020

Fully funded EPSRC PhD studentship from University of Bristol

2021

Bristol PLUS Award and

Awarded Associate Fellow HEA title for meeting UK Professional Standards Framework descriptor 1

Publications

Czech, E., Shibasaki, M., & Tsuchiya, K. (2019). Haptic Remembrance Book Series.

Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing

Systems - CHI EA 19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3309685

Czech, E., Shibasaki, M., Tsuchiya, K., Peiris, R., & Minamizawa, K. (2019). Multi-modal

Design to Promote Social Engagement with Dementia Patients. 2019 IEEE World Haptics

Conference (WHC). https://doi.org/10.1109/whc.2019.8816108

Czech, E., Shibasaki, M., Tsuchiya, K., Peiris, R., & Minamizawa, K. (2020). Discovering

narratives: Multi-sensory approach towards designing with people with dementia.

Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing

Systems - CHI EA 20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3375209

Shirota, S.,Uju, M., Chandra, Y., Czech, E., Peiris, R., and Minamizawa, K. (2020). Design of Altered Cognition with Reshaped Bodies. In Proceedings of the Augmented Humans International Conference (AHs '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 22, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3384657.3384773

Shibasaki, M., Kamiyama, Y., Czech, E., Obata, K., Wakamoto,Y., Kishi, K., Hasegawa, T., Tsuchiya, S., Matsuda, S., Minamizawa, K. (2020). Interest arousal

by haptic feedback during a storytelling for kindergarten children. In 12th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2020, Proceedings. pp 518-526.

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  • Product & Service Design
  • Branding & Service Design
  • Masks & Exhibition Design
  • Design Process for Book
  • Design Process for FO
  • Detailed Example
  • Artistic Research on Noh
  • Art
  • Design