+DESIGN ｜ Takebe.Lab

Takebe Lab. challenges creativity that inspires on the basis of our past scientific discovery.

+Design approach offers more effective and intuitive ways to communicate our ideas with people regardless of professional background by investigating boundary principles of human creativity: Science, Engineering, Art and Design.

DESIGN WORKS

Digital Organoid

iScience | 2018 Engineering organoid with micro RFID chip, that emits wireless signals.

Fatty Liver Organiod

Cell Metab | 2019 Bioengineered human liver model of inflammation and fibrosis on an organoid. Yellow, lipid accumulation: Brown, nucleus.

Vascularized islet

Cell Reports | 2018 Dense vascular networks formed inside transplanted islet.

Multi-organ system

Nature | 2019 Multi-organ (Hepato-billiary-pancreatic-duodenal) organoids grown from human stem cells

Enteral ventilation via anus

Med | 2021 Mammalian enteral ventilation.

Multicellular Organiod

Cell Metab | 2019 Presence of organized hepatocyte and stellate cell lineages in organoids

Membrane Fluidity Signature

Stem Cell Reports | 2018 Visualizing membrane fluidity in human stem cells

Organoids Beyond

Science | 2019 Engineered multi-organ grown from human pluripotency.

CRAFTSMANSHIP

Acryl craft

Multi-Organ aquarium-like block

T-Shirt

Multi-Organ Tee

Mascot “Organoid-san”

He’s fatty, and ugly cute. Concept/ Rie, Illustration/ Asuka

Earrings

Boundary Organoid earrings

TakebeLab. Logo

The shape is a key of “The T” puzzle. The piece represents diversity, connectivity and their combination.

Earrings

Fatty and Healthy Liver Organoid earrings

Mascot “Organoid-san”

He’s fatty, and ugly cute. Concept/ Rie, Illustration/ Asuka

CINEMA

Engineering multi-organs

3D CG video of works published in Nature 2019.
By Amana Hydroid

Amazing self-developing blood vessels in a dish

By Takebe Lab.

TAKEBE LAB 2016

By Miharu Matsunaga & Jiro Murayama

Street Medical School @YCU-CDC

By Tokyo Designplex institute

Rebuilding nephrons in mouse

By Takebe Lab.

Self-condensation into miniature liver

By Ken Iwasawa production

REVIEW

2025

A Gamified N-back App for Identifying Mild-cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

JMA Journal | 15 Jan

Naohiro Murata, Shozo Nishii, Ryoya Usuha, Asuka Kodaka, Masako Fujimori, Haruka Sugawara, Takashi Kiriyama, Hirotake Uchikado, Yasuo Okumura, and Takanori Takebe