Inspiration / Innovation Japan with Nick Luscombe CIC LIVE

Nick meets Georgie Ichikawa. Georgie was born 1982 in Tokyo, and moved to UK when he was 16.He later graduated from University of Arts London ( London College of Fashion ) MA Fashion Design Technology with scholarship. At age of 25 he became head designer for PUMA x Alexander McQueen .In 2018 he was a founding member to start MR GAY JAPAN in which he became chair person for the organization for activism for the LGBTQ community in Japan. He is currently working at PUMA JAP...

Nick Luscombe meets long-time Tokyo-based English artist Ratko Backo about his training at Saint Martins in London, his decade working with Issey Miyake and his latest art works.https://www.instagram.com/ratko_backo/

Nick speaks to Philip Clemo, the British composer, musician, producer, sound artist, filmmaker and visual artist, described by Propermusic.com as one of contemporary music's most innovative artists.Phil is currently in Japan developing a project with the charity Shout at Cancerexploring the destructive and healing legacy of radiation. It honours thetrees that survived the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombs and a choir ofcancer survivors who learnt to sing after the removal of their voiceboxes.htt...

Nick chats with Chikako Fujii about her career as a company director and dancer, and the importance of international collaboration.Chikako was born in Tokyo and has a father who is known as an early pioneer in the Japanese French patisserie industry. Chikako worked in the family business for 16 years and gained various management skills during that time. She became a managing director in 2018 before leaving the business in December 2021 when the family business was sold in January 2021.Chikak...

Nick is joined on CIC Live with music specialist Keith Cahoon.Keith Cahoon grew up in Northern California, and became a music fanatic at a young age. He began buying an immense number of albums, and regularly attended concerts at Winterland and other Bay Area venues. After stints in university and working as a carpenter, he joined Tower Records at age 22. While he first thought the job would be just for a few months, he ended up working for Tower Records for 25 years, 7 in A...

Nick chats with Keiji Ito, the CEO of Tokyo-based startup MentorMe, a new venture created to support entrepreneurs.mentorme.co.jphttps://jp.cic.com/en/office/