神戸芸術工科大学を卒業後、ロンドンのCentral St Martins College of Art and Designの大学院でインダストリアルデザインを学びMAを取得。その後、(株)田中デザインオフィスにてプロダクトデザイナーとして勤務し、家電、携帯電話、産業機械、照明器具等のデザインに携わり、幅広い分野でグッドデザイン賞等を多数受賞。デザイナーとして活動しながら千葉大学で工学博士号を取得。現在は岩手大学教授。企業との共同研究や受託研究を中心にデザイン活動を行い、南部鉄器のデザインではヨーロッパを中心に多くの製品を発表している。岩手県の伝統工芸である岩谷堂箪笥では大学の研究室として2005年から家具を中心とした共同研究を行い、学生のデザインディレクションを中心に、若者からの視点で伝統工芸を見直す活動も行っている。震災後は沿岸地域の水産関係の企業を中心にパッケージデザインの活動を行っている。 北陸先端学科学技術大学院大学・客員教授,、棗庄大学(中国)・客員教授、高雄師範大学(台湾)・客員教授も務める.
Excellent Presentation (Asia Digital Art and Design Association),Naranchimeg Usukhbayar, Peng Jiang,Takamitsu Tanaka
主な研究論文
Research into support method for divergent thinking by denial expression method in design process.<Study of support system to make designers free from stereotype>,Journal of the Asian Design International Conference Vol.1, 6th ADC TsukubaAsian Society for the Science of Design), pp.44-49],Takamitsu Tanaka,Hisataka Noguchi
Development of Teaching Material Volume Calculations Using a Wooden Puzzle [HCI International 2014 Conference Proceedings ,pp 109-117,Takamitsu Tanaka,Masao Tachibana, Ichiro Hirata
The Perception of Product Value of Different Languages on Packaging Labels. The Case of Taiwanese, Japanese, and Thai Consumer [Design Research, 66, (14 Nov. 2014), pp.84-91] Suleeporn Kamchompoo,Takamitsu Tanaka
Basic Observation About the Difficulty of Assembly Wood Puzzle by Wooden Joint [Human Interface and the Management of Information: Applications and Services, Volume 973, (2016年7月21日), pp.589-598] Takamitsu Tanaka , Masao Tachibana, Thongthai Wongwichai, Yen-Yu Kang
Investigating affecting the difficulty in assembling a joint of a cube puzzle [Bulletin of Japanese Society for the Science of Design, 63(4), (2017年2月10日), pp.49-58] Thongthai Wongwichai, Takamitsu Tanaka
Consideration of palatability concerning the propotion of a sling in packaging design ,Proceedings of the 14th annual conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association, pp.331-334 ,Jinyell Kong,Takamitsu Tanaka,2017
Joint, Space and Volume study by Interactive Cube Puzzle ,Proceedings of International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology 2018, Sakeson Yanpanyanon,Thongthai Wongwichai,Takamitsu Tanaka
Discussion on the Application and Design Research of Exotic Chinese characters in Product Packaging Design [Proceedings of the 15th annual conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association, Wang Yun, Suleeporn Kamchompoo and Takamitsu Tanaka,2018
Investigating the Influence of Shape on the Assembly of an “Easy to Understand” Joint Cube Puzzle [Proceedings of the 15th annual conference of Asia Digital Art and Design AssociationPeng Jiang, Thongthai Wongwichai, Sakeson Yanpanyanon and Takamitsu Tanaka,2018
AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) APPLICATION FOR CUBE PUZZLE ASSEMBLING-Follow the application in a smartphone step-by-step while assembling- Sakeson YANPANYANON, Thongthai WONGWICHAI, Takamitsu TANAKA Journal of Science of Design 4 ( 1 ) 19 - 28 2020
Benefits of Product Infographic Labeling on Meat Packaging Pasu Charusiri, Kaori Yamada, Yimin Wang, Takamitsu Tanaka International Journal of Asia digital art and design ( Asia Digital Art and Design Association ) Volume 25 ( Issue 2 ) 30 - 38 2021
Study of Multidimensional Design Approaches to Emergency Signage Supasumond Sopachitwatana, Kaori Yamada, Yimin Wang, Takamitsu Tanaka International Journal of Asia Digital Art and Design ( Asia Digital Art and Design Association ) Volume 25 ( Issue 3 ) 39 - 48 2021
Research into the Effect of Curve Stimulus Position on Assembly Process Peng Jiang, Takamitsu Tanaka,Design Research,84 28 - 34 2022