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Yrjö Sotamaa (born 25 September 1942 in Helsinki) is a Finnish designer. Sotamaa is Professor Emeritus of Design Innovation in the Aalto University School of Art and Design and President Emeritus of the University of Art and Design Helsinki (Taik). He served as the President of TAIK from 1986 until 2008. He earned his MA in Interior Architecture and Furniture Design from TAIK, where he studied with Kaj Franck and Antti Nurmesniemi. == Career == In 1969-70 Sotamaa was a Visiting Professor at Purdue University (USA) by the invitation of Professor Victor Papanek and was a close collaborator of Papanek for several years. During his time in Purdue he also collaborated with Buckminster Fuller. In 1972-73 he studied nomadic cultures and handicrafts in East Africa. Sotamaa entered the service of TAIK in 1975 as Head of Department of Interior Architecture and Furniture Design. During his time as President of TAIK (since 1986) the University grew to one of the leading art and design institutions in the world. President Sotamaa had also a visible role in the development of the Arabianranta area of Helsinki (the Art and Design City) where the University is situated, under the notion of the Living Lab. The concept was first put forward by MIT Professor William Mitchell, in terms of a research methodology for sensing, prototyping, validating and refining complex solutions in multiple and evolving real life contexts.〔(Living Lab )〕 Sotamaa has played a key role in the creation of the Finnish and Danish national design policies, the EU User Driven Innovation Policy and the reinforcement of the position of design in the Finnish Innovation System.〔( Finnish Innovation System )〕 He has also played an active role in renewing the Finnish university system and is the "father" of the Helsinki Innovation University project, named Aalto University, which started operating on 1.1.2010.〔(Innovation University )〕 Sotamaa has held a number of expert positions. Sotamaa was elected in 2001 to be the first President of CUMULUS, the International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media (2001-2007). He was Chairman of the Foundation of the Finnish Institute in Japan during 1996-2009, Chairman of the Board of the Art and Design City Helsinki ADC Ltd (2000-2010), Vice-President of the Finnish Council of University Rectors in 1997-2003 and Member of the Round Table of Design in Finland (2000-2010). As Chairman of the Finnish Information Society Forum and as a Member of the Information Society Forum of the European Union (1995-99), he participated in research on the evolution of the information society and in the planning of future strategies. He was the Vice-Chairman for the National Committee preparing the new Governments Art and Artist Policy Programme for Finland (Taide on mahdollisuuksia, Art is Possibilities). Sotamaa was Executive Vice Director of the Sino-Finnish Centre at Tongji University during 2010-2013. He has served as a scientific advisor to universities in Austria, China, Denmark, England and Korea and been Visiting Professor at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He has been member of the Steering Group of the Danish Center for Design Research, the Higher Education Funding Council of England Funding Review Panel for Specialist Institutions, the External Review Committee of Tsinghua University, PRC, the International Advisory Board of the Austrian Program for Arts-based Research PEEK (Austrian Science Foundation) and the Helsinki World Design Capital 2012 Delegation. Sotamaa was invited by the Danish Government to be a member of Design 2020 expert group to create a vision for Denmark as a design nation. Sotamaa was also Chairman of the Radical Design Week Shanghai 2012 Steering Group. He has served as Chairman of the Tapio Wirkkala Rut Bryk Foundation TWRB and the Japan-Finland Design Association JFDA (Finland). He has been member of the Boards of many culture organisations including the Asko Foundation, the Väinö Tanner Foundation, the Finnish Culture Foundation and on the Advisory Boards of the Finnish Cultural Institutes in Rome and Madrid. He is Founding Member of the Finnish-Swedish Academy of Industrial Design. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yrjö Sotamaa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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