Takashi Iba's Keynote at AsianPLoP2020: "Support for Living Better  Throughout the COVID-19 Situation with Pattern Languages"

Keynote at AsianPLoP2020
Ph.D in Media and Governance
Professor at Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
President of CreativeShift, Inc.
Support for Living Better  
Throughout the COVID-19 Situation
with Pattern Languages
Takashi Iba
An Attempt at Pattern Translation to Another Domain
and Pattern Language Remix

• introduce several pattern languages for human action
(activity design) in everyday life, work, and education.
• present my recent project utilizing our pattern
languages to support for living through the current
COVID-19 situation.
In this keynote, I will …

• Education (Iba, et al., 2011; Iba & Utsunomiya, 2017)
• Learning (Iba, et al., 2009; Iba & Iba Lab, 2014)
• Collaboration (Iba, et al., 2013; Iba & Iba Lab, 2014)
• Presentation (Iba, et al., 2012; Iba & Iba Lab, 2014)
• Reading (Iba, et al., 2018)
• Open Dialogue (Iba et al., 2017; Iba & Nagai, 2018)
• Motivating Self-Improvement (Burgoyne &Iba, 2017)
• Life Transition (Iba & Kubo, 2017)
• Project Design (Kubota et al., 2016; Iba et al., 2017)
• School Design (Iba et al., 2015)
• Workshop Design (Iba, 2012; Akado et al., 2015)
• Middle Leader for Child Care (Nozawa, et al., 2018)
• Omotenashi (Hospitality) (Iba & Nakagawa, 2019)
• Cooking (Akado et al., 2016; Yoshikawa et al., 2018; Isaku & Iba, 2016)
• Managing Everyday Life with Working and Parenting (Ogo et al., 2017)
• Living Lively and Beautiful (Arao et al., 2012)
• Natural Living - Ethical Lifestyle (Kamada et al., 2016)
• Living well with Dementia (Iba & Okada, 2015; Iba, et al., 2016)
• Social Entrepreneurship (Shimomukai, et al., 2012; Shimomukai, et al., 2015)
• Cross-Border Leadership (Miura, et al., 2016)
• Public Policy Design (Iba & Takenaka, 2017)
• Surviving Earthquakes (Furukawazono et al., 2013; Furukawazono & Iba, 2015)
• Conservation of Ecosystem (Kamada et al., 2018)
+ about 400 meta-patterns
We have created 60 pattern languages in various
domain including 1,600 patterns for past 10 years.

Some Examples of Pattern Languages we created
‣Presentation Patterns
‣Collaboration Patterns
‣Learning Patterns
‣Words for a Journey
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Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Presentation
Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative
Presentations, CreativeShift, 2014
Presentation Patterns
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『Fearless Change ― ア
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めの48のパターン』井庭崇+井庭研究室, 慶應義塾大学
出版会, 2013
プレゼンテーション・パターンを例を
交えてわかりやすく紹介している書籍
『プレゼンテーション・パターン
― 創造を誘発する表現のヒント』
Takashi Iba, Aya Matsumoto, and Kaori Harasawa, “Presentation
Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative Presentations,”
Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Pattern
Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP2012), 2012
Takashi Iba and Taichi Isaku, “Presentation Patterns: A Pattern
Language for Creative Presentations, Part I,” 10th Latin
American Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs
(SugerLoafPLoP2014), 2014

Creative Presentation Main Message Touching Gift
Image of Success Storytelling Exploration of Words
Visual Power Dramatic Modulation Unexpected Evolution
Doors of Mystery Beautiful Clarity Perfect Portion
Cherry on Top Mind Bridge Reality Sharing
Participation Driver Quality in Details
Expression
Coordinator
DINOSAUR
Discomfort Removing Significant Void Activation Switch
Take-Home Gift Stage Building
Reminders
of Success
Presentership Best Effort
Construction of
Confidence
Invitation to the World
Improvised
Presentation
Personally for You
Unique Presenter
Aesthetics of
Presenting
Reflecting Forwards
Be Authentic!
A Pattern Language for Creative Presentations
Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Presentation Patterns:
A Pattern Language for Creative Presentations,
CreativeShift, 2014
34 patterns for designing creative presentations

Context
Problem
Solution
Consequence
Pattern Name
Introductory Sentense
Pattern Illustration
Forces
Actions

Adventure Playground 670 words
2 photos, 1 sketch
Abstract Factory 2,159 words
2 diagram
83 lines code
182 words
1 illustration
Jump In
(C. Alexander)
(GoF’s Design Patterns)
(Learning Patterns)
PL for
architecture
Intentionally simple because of using pattern languages as
media for narrative & dialogues
PL for
software
PL for
human action

Dialogue workshop to share experiences of
presentation with using the Presentation Patterns
in a class for high school students

experience
as a whole
experience
as a whole
pattern pattern
pattern
pattern
Pattern Language
as Vocabulary for
Communication
pattern
Peer Learning
Using patterns for learning from others,
not only from the patterns themselves
You can learn a lot from your peers 
with using a Pattern Language

A workshop for high school teachers

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as Glasses of
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RecognitionA Pattern Languages supports
design & improvement

Collaborating to improve
their own presentations
with the Presentation Pattern
A workshop for graduate students

Presentation Patterns
in an elementary school

TV Program “SuperPresentation”, NHK, 2012

Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Collaboration
Patterns: A Pattern Language for Creative
Collaboration, CreativeShift, 2014
Collaboration Patterns
Takashi Iba and Taichi Isaku, "Collaboration Patterns: A
Pattern Language for Creative Collaborations,"
Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on
Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP2013), 2013
Creative Collaboration
Create a Legend
Response Rally
Return of Growth
Mission for the Future
Growth Spiral
Feeling of
Togetherness
Spontaneous
Commitments
Innovative Ways
Sympathetic Union
Part to Contribute
Loose Connections
Vulnerability
Disclosure
Loaf of Time
Chaotic Path to
Breakthrough
Roadmap to the Goal
Words of Thanks
Collaborative Field
Ideas Taking Shape
Improvised Roles
Emergence Vigor
Activity Footprints
Inside Innovator
Spadework for
Creativity
Quality Line
Beyond Expectations
Context of the World
Creative Clashes
Project Followers
Endurance to
Continue Creating
Power to
Change the World
Generative
Destruction
Strategic
Developments
Polishing Senses
Vulnerability
Disclosure
Loaf of Time
Chaotic Path to
Breakthrough
Roadmap to the Goal
Words of Thanks
Collaborative Field
Ideas Taking Shape
Improvised Roles
Emergence Vigor
Activity Footprints
Inside Innovator
Spadework for
Creativity
34 patterns for conducting
creative collaborations
How to create something great together
with others as a team

Sharing the stories of experience of collaboration
with the Collaboration Patterns

Collaboration Patterns
in a school training for
middle and high school teachers

Using the Collaboration Patterns
In Junior High School, Japan

Reﬂecting and improving research
project with the Collaboration Patterns

Collaboration Patterns Workshop at a
school, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Learning Patterns: A
Pattern Language for Creative Learning, CreativeShift, 2014
Learning Patterns
T. Iba, T. Miyake, M. Naruse, N. Yotsumoto, “Learning Patterns:
A Pattern Language for Active Learners”, 16th Conference on
Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP2009), 2009
Takashi Iba and Toko Miyake, “Learning Patterns: A Pattern
Language for Creative Learning II,” Proceedings of the 1st Asian
Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs
(AsianPLoP2010), 2010
Takashi Iba and Mami Sakamoto, “Learning Patterns III: A
Pattern Language for Creative Learning,” Proceedings of the
18th Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs
(PLoP2011), 2011
40 patterns for designing
creative learning

Dialogue Workshop
with the Learning Patterns
1,000 freshmen participate in dialogue workshops with using the Learning
Patterns every year, for past 9 years (Keio University)

Preparation for Dialogue Workshop
Circle all patterns that
you have experienced.
Also, put a start mark on just
5 patterns that you want to
gain in the near future.
* Consider “learning” in a
broad sense, including skill
development of music,
sports, hobby, social
activities, and so on.
19 A Bug’s-Eye & Bird’s-Eye View
20 Hidden Connections
21 Triangular Dig
22 Passion for Exploration
23 Brain Switch
24 Fruit Farming
25 Attractive Expressions
26 The First-Draft-Halfway-Point
27 Acceleration to the Next
28 Community of Learning
29 Serendipitous Encounters
30 Good Rivals
31 Talking Thinker
32 Leaning by Teaching
33 Firm Determinations
34 Questioning Mind
35 The Right Way
36 Brave Changes
37 Frontier Finder
38 Self-Producer
39 Be Extreme!
0 Creative Learning
1 Opportunity for Learning
2 Learning by Creating
3 Open Learning
4 Jump In
5 Copycat Learner
6 Effective Asking
7 Output-Driven Learning
8 Daily Use of Foreign Language
9 Playful Learning
10 Tornado of Learning
11 Chain of Excitement
12 Quantity brings Quality
13 Skill Embodiment
14 Language Shower
15 Tangible Growth
16 Thinking in Action
17 Prototyping
18 Field Diving
Name
Circle all patterns that you have experienced.
Also, put a star mark on just 5 patterns that you want to gain in the near future.
* Consider “learning” in a broad sense, including skill development of music, sports, hobby, social activities, and so on.
For Workshop
Yukichi Fukuzawa

Look for a person who has experienced
the learning patterns you want to gain.
Listen to their experience of the learning.

Thanks to Keiji Takeda Lab for recording this video with drone

Strong agree + Agree
= 95.7%
Survey after the Dialogue Workshop, 2017
(N = 710)
Do you think it was important for you to listen to the
learning experiences of others, in order to help you
think about your own way of learning?
Takashi Iba, “Peer Learning via Dialogue with a Pattern Language”, in F. Grippa, et al. (eds), Collaborative Innovation
Networks: Building Adaptive and Resilient Organizations, Springer International Publishing, COINs, 2018, pp.197-209
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-74295-3_16

= 88.3%
(N = 710)
About the five patters you have chosen; are you
now able to imagine clearly how you can actually
take action?

= 90.3%
(N = 710)
Did you feel that the Learning Patterns helped you
to tell someone your own stories of learning in the
dialogue?

= 96.5%
(N = 710)
All in all, was it enjoyable for you to read the
Learning Patterns and to have the dialogue
with others?

Takashi Iba, “Pattern Languages as Media for Creative Dialogue: Functional Analysis of Dialogue Workshops,”
in P. Baumgartner, R. Sickinger (eds), PURPLSOC: The Workshop 2014, 2015. pp.236-255
https://www.purplsoc.org/the-books/
• It was a surprise to find out so many people around me had ideas that I never thought of
before. Talking to people who would listen closely to my stories and answer my questions
generously made the workshop very inspiring.
• By having other people explain with their stories the patterns that I want to adopt, the
rather abstract image of the patterns became more concrete and started to seem
feasible.
• I found out through the workshop that people could have different types of stories even
though they are based on the same pattern.
• I was thinking about the amount of experience everyone has. The stories from my peers
made me realize how much more there still is for me to experience and learn.
• This workshop was a good opportunity for me to organize the experiences I have had
up until now. I was able to figure out things that I still need to work on and things that I
want to start working on.
• This made me realize how each one of us is full of unique experiences. This also
made me realize how valuable my past actions are, and it helped them become a source
of confidence for me.
• Through the workshop, I was able to find a solution to a problem I had been worrying
about since I started college.
• Speaking to someone new about a story of my experience was something I have never
done before and was fun.
• I actually made several new friends.

Planning based on the Dialogue Workshop
Ask students to plan their way of learning in the semester
For the ﬁve patterns I want to gain this semester, I chose
Field Diving, Daily Use of Foreign Language, Hidden
Connections, Open Learning, and Questioning Mind.
I chose these patterns because these patterns are
experiences that are very appealing to me, and ones in
which I’ve never gotten to experience before.
During the workshop, I met and talked with several
classmates for the same time. Through hearing their
experiences, I was able to get an insight into each of
their lives, as well as how I can strive to explore their
learning patterns in the future.
For the Field Diving pattern, I talked to someone from
the United States who was very interested in learning
Japanese, and had been studying Japanese from
textbooks on her own. She said that before coming to
Keio, she took a scholarship trip to Japan to learn
outside the textbook, in a real setting. Her trip to Japan
was an opportunity for her to take her interest and “dive
My plan to gain the ﬁve patterns I have chosen
Daily Use of Foreign Language: I want to join some
circles as soon as possible, so that I have more
opportunities to converse with Japanese students.
Also, when I go to eat at restaurants, I should practice
ordering in Japanese and improve my speech.
Hidden Connections: Since there are many new
things that I will learn in all my university courses, I
should try my best to recall most of the information I
obtained from high school, so that I can relate my past
knowledge with these new materials and understand

LearningPatterns:APatternLanguageforCreativeLearning(ver.1.00)
A Pattern Language
for Creative Learning
Ver. 1.00
Sep, 2014
learningpatterns@sfc.keio.ac.jp
patterns
Creative Learning
Opportunity for Learning
Learning by Creating
Open Learning
Jump In
Copycat Learner
Effective Asking
Output-Driven Learning
Daily Use of Foreign Language
Playful Learning
Tornado of Learning
Chain of Excitement
Quantity brings Quality
Skill Embodiment
Language Shower
Tangible Growth
Thinking in Action
Prototyping
Field Diving
Hidden Connections
Triangular Dig
Passion for Exploration
Brain Switch
Fruit Farming
Attractive Expressions
The First-Draft-Halfway-Point
Acceleration to the Next
Community of Learning
Serendipitous Encounters
Good Rivals
Talking Thinker
Leaning by Teaching
Firm Determinations
Questioning Mind
The Right Way
Brave Changes
Frontier Finder
Self-Producer
Be Extreme!
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22. Passion for Exploration
35. The Right Way
7. Output-Driven Learning
31. Talking Thinker
14. Language Shower
21. Triangular Dig
17. Prototyping
12. Quantity brings Quality
24. Fruit Farming
27. Acceleration to the Next
30. Good Rivals
5. Copycat Learner
39. Be Extreme!
38. Self-Producer
34. Questioning Mind
36. Brave Changes
8. Daily Use of Foreign Language
9. Playful Learning
33. Firm Determinations
32. Learning by Teaching
13. Skill Embodiment
15. Tangible Growth
11. Chain of Excitement
10. Tornade of Learning
16. Thinking in Action
18. Field Diving
20. Hidden Connections
19. A Bug’s-Eye & Bird’s-Eye View
37. Frontier Finder
23. Brain Switch
26. The First-Draft-Halfway-Point
25. Attractive Expressions
28. Community of Learning
29. Serendipitous Encounters
3. Open
Learning
0. Creative Learning
2. Learning
by Creating
1. Opportunity
for Learning
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Start to
Learn
Learning
in Practice
Chain of
Learning
Skill
Development
Action
Learning
Abductive
Thinking
Creative
Process
Power to
Complete
Peers for
Learning
Interpersonal
Learning
Reflective
Thinking
Grow to
be Unique
3 patterns in each group

4. Jump In 37. Frontier
Finder
34.
Questioning
Mind
7. Output-Driven
Learning
31. Talking
Thinker
10. Tornado
of Learning
13. Skill
Embodiment
16. Thinking
in Action
19. A Bug’s-Eye
& Bird’s-Eye View
22. Passion
for Exploration
25. Attractive
Expressions
28. Community
of Learning
6. Effective
Asking 5. Copycat
Learner 39. Be
Extreme!
38. Self-
Producer
35. The
Right Way
36. Brave
Changes
9. Playful
Learning
8. Daily Use of
Foreign Language
32. Leaning
by Teaching
33. Firm
Determinations
12. Quantity brings
Quality
11. Chain of
Excitement
15. Tangible
Growth
14. Language
Shower
17. Prototyping
18. Field Diving
21.
Triangular
Dig20. Hidden
Connections
23. Brain
Switch 24. Fruit
Farming
26. The First-Draft-
Halfway-Point
27. Acceleration
to the Next
29.
Serendipitous
Encounters
30. Good
Rivals
3. Open
Learning
1. Opportunity
for Learning
2. Learning
by Creating
1. Opportunity of Learning
2. Learning by Creating
3. Open Your Learning 4. Jump In
5. Copycat Learner
6. Effective Asking
9. Playful Learning
10. Tornado of Learning
11. Chain of Excitement!
14. Language Shower
15. Tangible Growth
17. Prototyping
18. Field Diving
21. Triangular Dig
23. Brain Switch
24. Fruit Farming
30. Good Rivals
31. Talking Thinker
33. Firm Determination
35. The Right Way
36. Brave Changes
37. Frontier Finder
38. Self-Producer
39. Be Extreme! Core
Start to
Learn
Learning
in Practice
Chain of
Learning
Skill
Development
Action
Learning
Abductive
Thinking
Creative
Process
Power to
Complete
Peers for
Learning
Interpersonal
Learning
Reflective
Thinking
Grow to
be Unique
Experience Chart of the Learning Patterns
3 patterns in each group
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No.1 Opportunity for Learning
No.2 Learning by Crea6ng
No.3 Open Learning
No.4 Jump In
No.5 Copycat Learner
No.6 Eﬀec6ve Learning
No.7 Output-Driven Learning
No.8 Daily Use of Foreign Language
No.9 Playful Learning
No.10 Tornado of Learning
No.11 Chain of Excitement
No.12 Quan6ty brings Quality
No.13 Skill Embodiment
No.14 Language Shower
No.15 Tangible Growth
No.16 Thinking in Ac6on
No.17 Prototyping
No.18 Field Diving
No.19 A Bug's-Eye & Bird's-Eye View
No.20 Hidden Connec6ons
No.21 Triangular Dig
No.22 Passion for Explora6on .
No.23 Brain Switch
No.24 Fruit Farming
No.25 Arac6ve Expressions
No.26 The First-Dra]-Halfway-Point
No.27 Accelera6on to the Next
No.28 Community of Learning
No.29 Serendipitous Encounters
No.30 Good Rivals
No.31 Talking Thinker
No.32 Learning by Teaching
No.33 Firm Determina6ons
No.36 Ques6oning Mind
No.37 Fron6er Finder
No.38 Self-Producer
No.39 Be Extreme!
Takashi Iba & Ayaka Yoshikawa, “Understanding the Functions of Pattern Language with Vygotsky’s
Psychology: Signs, The Zone of Proximal Development, and Predicate in Inner Speech,” 23rd Conference on
https://www.hillside.net/plop/2016/papers/proceedings/
Have Experienced
Want to Gain
Real example of
a freshman

No.3 Open Learning
No.4 Jump In
No.17 Prototyping
No.18 Field Diving
No.23 Brain Switch
No.24 Fruit Farming
No.30 Good Rivals
No.38 Self-Producer
No.39 Be Extreme!
Have Experienced
Want to Gain

No.3 Open Learning
No.4 Jump In
No.17 Prototyping
No.18 Field Diving
No.23 Brain Switch
No.24 Fruit Farming
No.30 Good Rivals
No.38 Self-Producer
No.39 Be Extreme!
Have Experienced
Want to Gain
Real example of
a freshman

No.3 Open Learning
No.4 Jump In
No.17 Prototyping
No.18 Field Diving
No.23 Brain Switch
No.24 Fruit Farming
No.30 Good Rivals
No.38 Self-Producer
No.39 Be Extreme!
Self-Scaffolding to the Zone of Proximal Development
with a Pattern Language
Zone of Proximal
Development
What learners can do
with guidance or with help
Present Level
of Development
Feel the strong emotion of accom-
plishment, which will motivate your
learning.
Excitement comes to people
who crave for it.
Chain of Excitement
Takashi Iba & Ayaka Yoshikawa, “Understanding the Functions of Pattern Language with Vygotsky’s
Psychology: Signs, The Zone of Proximal Development, and Predicate in Inner Speech,” 23rd Conference on
https://www.hillside.net/plop/2016/papers/proceedings/
Have Experienced
Want to Gain

No.3 Open Learning
No.4 Jump In
No.17 Prototyping
No.18 Field Diving
No.23 Brain Switch
No.24 Fruit Farming
No.30 Good Rivals
No.38 Self-Producer
No.39 Be Extreme!
Expansion of Experience
(1.5 years later)
(When entering the college)
Have Experienced
Real example of
a freshman

No.3 Open Learning
No.4 Jump In
No.17 Prototyping
No.18 Field Diving
No.23 Brain Switch
No.24 Fruit Farming
No.30 Good Rivals
No.38 Self-Producer
No.39 Be Extreme!
1 year in College
Students after
1.5 years in College
Students after
2 years in College
3 years in College
Students after
4 years in College
Students after
5 years in College

Pattern App ‘Patterns We Live By’
Yuki Kawabe, Haruka Mori, Aimi Burgoyne, Takashi Iba, “Pattern Experience Chart Generator function on a pattern
language platform Patterns We Live By”, Proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Pattern Languages of
Programs (EuroPLoP18), 2018
Yuki Kawabe, Takashi Iba, “An Ecosystem for Collaborative Pattern Language Acquisition”, Collaborative Innovation
Networks Conference 2019 (COINs), 2019
https://patternapp.net
Developed by
Yuki Kawabe

17. Prototyping
18. Field Diving
19. A Bug’s-Eye & Bird’s-Eye
21. Triangular Dig
23. Brain Switch
24. Fruit Farming
30. Good Rivals
31. Talking Thinker
33. Firm Determination
35. The Right Way
36. Brave Changes
37. Frontier Finder
38. Self-Producer
39. Be Extreme!
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
3. Open Your Learning
4. Jump In
5. Copycat Learner
6. Effective Asking
9. Playful Learning
14. Language Shower
15. Tangible Growth
17. Prototyping
18. Field Diving
21. Triangular Dig
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
4. Jump In
5. Copycat Learner
6. Effective Asking
9. Playful Learning
14. Language Shower
15. Tangible Growth
17. Prototyping
18. Field Diving
21. Triangular Dig
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 How many students have
experience of each pattern? 5,353 students ( 821 678 871 912 1040 1031 )
Takashi Iba, “Using Pattern Languages as Media for Mining, Analysing, and Visualising Experiences,”
International Journal of Organisational Design and Engineering, Vol. 3, No.3/4, pp.278-301, 2014

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
How many participants chose each
pattern for gaining in the near future? 5,353 students ( 821 678 871 912 1040 1031 )
0 10 20 30 40 50
0. Crea-ve Learning
2. Learning by Crea-ng
4. Jump In
5. Copycat Learner
6. Eﬀec-ve Asking
9. Playful Learning
12. Quan-ty brings Quality
14. Language Shower
15. Tangible Growth
16. Thinking in Ac-on
17. Prototyping
18. Field Diving
20. Hidden Connec-ons
21. Triangular Dig
22. Passion for Explora-on
17. Prototyping
18. Field Diving
21. Triangular Dig
23. Brain Switch
24. Fruit Farming
25. Arac-ve Expressions
26. The First-Dra]-Halfway-Point
27. Accelera-on to the Next
30. Good Rivals
31. Talking Thinker
33. Firm Determina-on
34. Ques-oning Mind
35. The Right Way
36. Brave Changes
37. Fron-er Finder
38. Self-Producer
39. Be Extreme!
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0 10 20 30 40 50
0. Crea-ve Learning
2. Learning by Crea-ng
4. Jump In
5. Copycat Learner
6. Eﬀec-ve Asking
9. Playful Learning
12. Quan-ty brings Quality
14. Language Shower
15. Tangible Growth
17. Prototyping
18. Field Diving
21. Triangular Dig
Takashi Iba, “Using Pattern Languages as Media for Mining, Analysing, and Visualising Experiences,”
International Journal of Organisational Design and Engineering, Vol. 3, No.3/4, pp.278-301, 2014

Takashi Iba with Iba Laboratory, Learning
Patterns: Eine Mustersprache für kreatives
Lernen, translated by Reinhard Bauer, Petra
Szucsich & Martin Sankoﬁ, CreativeShift, 2018
Learning Patterns: Eine Mustersprache für kreatives Lernen
Learning Patterns in German!
Pädagogische
Hochschule Wien

Takashi Iba, Makoto Okada, Iba Laboratory,
Dementia Friendly Japan Initiative, Words for
a Journey: The Art of Being with Dementia,
CreativeShift, 2015
Words for a Journey
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36 patterns for living well with dementia WORDS FOR CARING
FAMILIES
WORDS FOR
EVERYONE
WORDS FOR THOSE
LIVING WITH
DEMENTIA
Takashi Iba, Tomoki Kaneko, Arisa Kamada, Nao Tamaki,
Makoto Okada, “Words for a Journey: A Pattern Language for
Living Well with Dementia,” Pursuit of Pattern Languages for
Societal Change. Designing Lively Scenarios in Various
Fields, Peter Baumgartner, Tina Gruber-Muecke, Richard
Sickinger (Eds.), PURPLSOC, 2016, pp.152-176
Takashi Iba, Aya Matsumoto, Arisa Kamada, Nao Tamaki,
Tasuku Matsumura, Tomoki Kaneko, and Makoto Okada, “A
Pattern Language for Living Well with Dementia: Words for a
Journey,” 5th International Conference on Collaborative
Innovation Networks (COINs), 2015
Takashi Iba, Aya Matsumoto, Arisa Kamada, Nao Tamaki,
and Tomoki Kaneko, "A Pattern Language for Living Well with
Dementia: Words for a Journey," International Journal of
Organisational Design and Engineering, Volume 4, No. 1/2,
2016, pp.85-112

15 Gift of Words12 Live in the
Moment
13 Self-Intro Album 14 Own Way of
Expressing
11 Turning the Tide10 Voice of
Experience
7 Daily Chore 8 Self-Reflecting
Room
9 Favorite Place
6 Can-Do List5 Fellow Travelers2 The First Step 3 Departure
Announcement
4 Travel Plan
WORDS FOR THOSE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA

16 Going Together 17 Team Leader
30 Generational Mix 31 The Amusement
Committee
32 Hint of Feelings28 Casual Counseling 29 Special Day
25 The Seen World 26 Personal Time 27 Emotion Switch23 Make it Funny 24 Usual Talk
20 Disclosing Chat 21 Chance to Shine 22 Preparation for
the Dream
18 Family Expert 19 The Three
Consultants
WORDS FOR CARING FAMILIES

37 Mix-Up Event
33 Job-Specific
Contributions
38 Inventing Jobs
34 On-the-Spot
Helper
39 Delivering
the Voice
35 Encouraging
Supporter
40 Warm Design
36 Personal
Connections
WORDS FOR EVERYONE

Network of Related Patterns
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Quality of Life (QOL)

Self-Intro Album
A picture is worth a thousand words.
You recently have many opportunities
to meet new people.
▼ In this context
You sometimes have trouble
introducing yourself with words.
▼ Therefore
Keep a small item with you, such as
an album, which you can use to
show who you are.
▼ Consequently
You can stay calm and easily introduce
yourself to others.

Can-Do List
Don’t get too depressed
by the things you can’t do.
You are trying to live positively with
dementia, but there will still be times
when you feel down.
▼ In this context
You may feel trapped by sad feelings
caused by fright and worries about
your future.
▼ Therefore
Make a list of the things that you
can still do now.
▼ Consequently
You should notice that there is still a
lot that you can do.

Words for a Journey (Pattern Language
for living well with dementia)
in a meeting of those living with dementia

Dementia cafe at Starbucks Coffee, Tokyo

Used in Training courses and workshop for caregivers and
supporters for the elderly, many areas in Japan

Words for a Journey (Pattern Language for
living well with dementia)
in a meeting for supporters in a local community

Action Guidebook for people with dementia,
provided by local government, Kawasaki

in a hospital

Words for a Journey (Pattern Language for
living well with dementia)
in a meeting for supporters in a local community
(elementary school students)

in a nursing education

Online Session with Words for a Journey in Kumamoto (2020)
168 participants, connecting 31 high schools

旅程的關字
與認知障礙症共存的啟示
三聯書店（香港）
編著：井庭崇、岡田誠
著：慶應義塾大學井庭研究室、
認知障礙症 FRIENDLY JAPAN・INITIATIVE
Translated into traditional Chinese
and published in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Takashi Iba, Makoto Okada,
Iba Laboratory , Dementia
Friendly Japan Initiative,
Words for a Journey: The
Art of Being with Dementia,
CreativeShift, 2015
90000
Newspaper in UK

Very Quick Overview of
Other Pattern Languages we created
‣Project Design Patterns
‣Words for a Dialogue
‣Affective-Science-based Marketing Patterns
‣Active Learning Patterns for Teachers
‣Omotenashi Design Patterns
‣Middle Leader Patterns for Child Care
‣Life with Reading
‣Inquiry-based Learning Patterns
‣Life Transition Patterns
‣Ways of Everyday World-Making
‣Cooking Patterns
‣Cook-That-Dish Patterns for Tacos
‣Survival Language
‣Change Making Patterns

Takashi Iba, Fumio Kajiwara, Project Design Patterns: 32
Patterns of Practical Knowledge for Producers, Project
Managers, and Those Involved in Launching New Businesses,
translated by Ayaka Yoshikawa, CreativeShift, 2019
Project Design Patterns
in collaboration with UDS Ltd.
32 patterns for generating ideas and cultivating them
Korean translation was
published in 2018Tetsuro Kubota, Yuji Harashima, Haruka Mori, Toru Ishida, Kaori Harasawa, and
Takashi Iba, “Project Design Patterns: Patterns for Designing Architectural Projects,”
5th Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (AsianPLoP2016), 2016
Takashi Iba, Haruka Mori, and Ayaka Yoshikawa, “A Pattern Language for Designing
Innovative Projects: Project Design Patterns,” International Journal of
Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 36, 2019, pp.491-518
이바 다카시, 가지와라 후미오,
역자 김영주, 모모세 히로유키,
기획은 패턴이다, 북스톤, 2018

A Pattern Language for Dissolving Problems
Based on the Open Dialogue Approach
Words for a Dialogue
English translation book will be published in 2020
• Takashi Iba, Masafumi Nagai, Reiko Asano, Tsuyoshi
Ishida, Misa Eguchi, Airi Matsumiya, “Open dialogue
patterns: a pattern language for collaborative
problem dissolving”, Proceedings of the VikingPLoP
2017 Conference on Pattern Languages of Program,
2017
• Takashi Iba, Masafumi Nagai, Tsuyoshi Ishida, "Open
Dialogue as Coupling of Psychic, Social and Creative
Systems", in F. Grippa, et al. (eds), Collaborative
Innovation Networks: Building Adaptive and Resilient
Organizations, Springer International Publishing,
COINs, 2018, pp.223-235
• Masafumi Nagai, Takashi Iba, "Using Open Dialogue
Patterns to Improve Conversation in Daily Life”, in F.
Grippa, et al. (eds), Collaborative Innovation
Networks: Building Adaptive and Resilient
Organizations, Springer International Publishing,
COINs, 2018, pp.211-222
30 patterns

Affective-Science-based Marketing Patterns
40 patterns (+113 action patterns)
for practicing and mastering
value-creation marketing
Dr. Yuji Kosaka
Consignment of creation by
Oraculum Co.,Ltd.
under the support of the grant
by Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Industry, Japan.
感性科学マーケティング・パターン
実践・習得のコツのことば
オラクルひと・しくみ研究所
カード
Iba, T., Masai, M., Abe, Y., and Kosaka, Y., "Patterns for
Motivating Customers in a Pattern Language for Affective-
Science-based Marketing”, 9th Asian Conference on Pattern
Languages of Programs (AsianPLoP2020), 2020
Iba, T., Masai, M., Abe, Y., and Kosaka, Y., “Patterns for
Building Customer Relationships in a Pattern Language for
Affective-Science-based Marketing”, European Conference on
Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP2020), 2020
Iba, T., Masai, M., Abe, Y., and Kosaka, Y., “Patterns for
Learning Through Practice in a Pattern Language for Affective-
Science-based Marketing”, 27th Conference on Pattern
Languages of Programs (PLoP2020), 2020

Active Learning Patterns for Teachers
Takashi Iba & Yoshihiro Utsunomiya, “Active Learning Patterns for Teachers”, in Pursuit of Pattern
Languages for Societal Change. A comprehensive perspective of current pattern research and practice,
R. Sickinger, P. Baumgartner, T. Gruber-Muecke (Eds.), PURPLSOC, 2018.
in collaboration with Benesse Corporation
45 patterns for teachers to support
their students to be a active learners
Used in more than 400 schools

Omotenashi (Hospitality) Design Patterns
in collaboration with UDS Ltd.
28 patterns for creative hospitality
Miwane Umewaka, Ryohei Suzuki, Takashi Iba,
"Omotenashi Design Patterns", 9th Asian Conference on
Pattern Languages of Programs (AsianPLoP2020), 2020

Middle Leader Patterns for Child Care
27 patterns for middle leader
at preschools and kindergarten
in collaboration with The Center for
Early Childhood Development,
Education, and Policy Research
(cedep) at Graduate School of
Education at The University of Tokyo.
English translation book will be published
Dr. Kiyomi Akita

A Pattern Language for Creative Reading
Life with Reading
Takashi Iba, Aimi Burgoyne, Ayaka Yoshikawa, Fumie Niwai, Norihiko Kimura,
Yasushi Watanabe, “Life with Reading: A Pattern Language for Creative Reading”,
Proceedings of Conference on Pattern Language of Programs 25 (PLoP2018), 2018
27 patterns
in collaboration with Yurindo

in collaboration with
Benesse Corporation
36 patterns for inquiry-based learning
by high school students
Inquiry-based Learning Patterns
Used in about more than 190 high
schools (more than 36,000 students)
A Pattern Language for Creative Inquiry

Life Transition Patterns
Takashi Iba & Tomoko Kubo, “Life Transition Patterns: A Pattern Language for Shaping Your Future”, in
Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal Change. A comprehensive perspective of current pattern
research and practice, R. Sickinger, P. Baumgartner, T. Gruber-Muecke (Eds.), PURPLSOC, 2018.
27 patterns for life transition
in collaboration with Kawaijuku
Educational Institution
A Pattern Language for Shaping Your Future

Ways of Everyday World-Making
in collaboration with Kao
Corporation
34 patterns for living well with Working and Parenting
Iroha Ogo, Takashi Iba, Kimie Ito, Seiko Miyakawa, “Ways of Everyday World-Making: Living well with Working and
Parenting”, in Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal Change. A comprehensive perspective of current pattern

Cooking Patterns
in collaboration with Cookpad, Inc.
47 patterns for life with Cooking,
improving cooking skills, and
enjoying cooking
Yuma Akado, Shiori Shibata, Ayaka Yoshikawa, Aki Sano, and
Takashi Iba “Cooking Patterns: A Pattern Language for Everyday
Cooking,” 5th Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of
Programs (AsianPLoP 2016), 2016
English edition book will be
published in 2020
A Pattern Language for Cooking
in Everyday Life
Takashi Iba, Ayaka Yoshikawa, Tomoki Kaneko, Norihiko Kimura,
Tetsuro Kubota, “Pattern Objects: Making Patterns Visible in Daily
Life” in Matthaus P. Zylka, Hauke Fuehres, Andrea Fronzetti Colladon,
Peter A. Gloor (eds.), Designing Networks for Innovation and
Improvisation, Springer International Publishing, COINs, 2016,
pp.105-112 
Shiori Shibata
Takashi Iba Yuma AkadoAyaka Yoshikawa
Cooking Patterns
A Pattern Language for
Cooking in Everyday Life

Cook-That-Dish Patterns for Tacos
Team Tortilla
トルティーヤ
難易度：★★★
必要なもの
適切人数：6-9
生地をつくる人（2-3）、
伸ばす人（2-3）、焼く人（2-3）
ベーキング
パウダー
サランラップ
お湯
27 patterns divided into 5 categories
Ayaka Yoshikawa, Hitomi Shimizu & Takashi Iba, “Cook-That-Dish Patterns for Tacos: A Tool for Collaborative
Cooking”, in Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal Change. A comprehensive perspective of current pattern

Survival Language is a pattern language to support survival when
a catastrophic earthquake occurs. The basis of this proposal
comes from the problem that although countries like Japan have
experienced numerous catastrophic earthquakes, avoidable
tragedies continue to be repeated because knowledge about
disaster risk reduction has not been disseminated effectively.
Survival Language is focused specifically at the individual level. It
is true that there are many levels of community and governmental
support when a catastrophic earthquake occurs. However, such
supports are useless if individuals do not survive. It is critical to
individual survival to provide techniques for immediate personal
implementation when an earthquake occurs.
Survival Language seeks to support immediate decisions before,
during, and after an earthquake strikes, and to recall earthquake
safety measures even in ordinary moments of daily life.
Tomoki Furukawazono is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate
School of Media and Governance at Keio University. He is a senior
visiting researcher of Keio Research Institute of SFC. He earned a
Master of Media and Governance at the Graduate School of
Media and Governance, Keio University. Furukawazono is currently
the leader of Survival Language Project. He studies the thought of
Christopher Alexander, the father of Pattern Languages.
Takashi Iba is an associate professor at the Faculty of Policy
Management at Keio University, Japan. He received a Ph.D. in
Media and Governance from Keio University in 2003. Collaborating
with his students, Dr. Iba created many pattern languages
concerning human actions. He authored Learning Patterns (2014),
Presentation Patterns (2014), and Collaboration Patterns (2014).
Survival Language
A Pattern Language for Surviving Earthquakes
Tomoki Furukawazono & Takashi Iba
with Survival Language Project
CreativeShiftSurvivalLanguage-APatternLanguageforSurvivingEarthquakes
Tomoki Furukawazono, Takashi Iba with
Survival Language Project, Survival
Language: A Pattern Language for
Surviving Earthquakes, CreativeShift, 2015
Survival Language
Tomoki Furukawazono, Shota Seshimo, Daiki Muramatsu, and Takashi
Iba, “Survival Language: A Pattern Language for Surviving
Earthquakes,” Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Pattern
Languages of Program (PLoP2013), 2013
Tomoki Furukawazono, Shota Seshimo, Daiki Muramatsu, and Takashi
Iba, "Designing a Pattern Language for Surviving Earthquakes," 4th
International Conference on Collaborative Innovation Networks
(COINs), 2013
Survival
S urvival
Designing Preparation Designing Emergency Action Designing Life After Quake
Survival Language Project ilab-survival@sfc.keio.ac.jp
Daily Use of Reserves
1981 Line
Evacuation before Firefighting
Armadillo Pose Cover and Hold on
Life over Furniture
Kick Signal
Shrine Shelter
Evacuation Initiator
Pattern Gift

In the 21st century, complex social challenges, widespread
inter-connectedness, and changes in economies, environ-
ments, and technologies require more than traditional civic
knowledge from the body politic. As such problems are
intertwined, it has been impossible for larger forces, such as
governments or international organizations, to address them
with linear approaches. Rather than waiting for solutions and
actions from larger forces, it seems more efficient that all
citizens be dedicated to address an issue related to
themselves.
To nurture their problem-solving skills for implementing
changes regarding social issues, it is essential to empower
the future generation to become “Changemakers” — individ-
uals committed to solving local or worldwide problems by
leveraging their strengths and creativity.
Social entrepreneurship has been a trend in the last decade,
attracting many youth to voice their concerns about social
issues. However, there is still a huge gap between those
upfront social entrepreneurs and the citizens, the latter of
whom struggle to find a good starting point or feel over-
whelmed by the complexity of the problems.
Change Making Patterns captures the essentials that future
actors can consult to create their ideal change. The 31 distinc-
tive patterns show how social entrepreneurs identify social
issues and create or implement solutions to overcome these
issues. This set of tacit knowledge is disclosed for you to not
only learn how social entrepreneurship is executed in difficult
situations but also start your own changemaking project.
We believe that social change begins with personal
transformation, which can be achieved by individuals who
want to challenge the status quo regardless of age, national-
ity, or gender. We hope that Change Making Patterns will help
you ignite your agency for change in creating a better world.
Change Making Patterns
A Pattern Language for Fostering
Social Entrepreneurship
Eri Shimomukai
Sumire Nakamura
with Takashi Iba
CreativeShiftChangeMakingPatterns-APatternLanguageforFosteringSocialEntrepreneurship
Eri Shimomukai, Sumire Nakamura with
Takashi Iba, Change Making Patterns: A
Pattern Language for Fostering Social
Entrepreneurship, CreativeShift, 2015
Change Making Patterns
Eri Shimomukai, Sumire Nakamura, and Takashi Iba, “Social
Entrepreneurship Patterns: A Pattern Language for Change-
Making on Social Issues,” Proceedings of the 17th European
Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs
(EuroPLoP2012), 2012
Eri Shimomukai, Sumire Nakamura, and Takashi Iba, "Change
Making Patterns: A Pattern Language for Fostering Social
Entrepreneurship," Proceedings of the 19th Conference on
Sumire Nakamura, Eri Shimomukai, Taichi Isaku, and Takashi
Iba, "Change Making Patterns Workbook: A Workbook
Approach to Patterns Applications," Proceedings of the 21st
Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP2014),
2014

Pattern Mining
Pattern Symbolizing
Pattern Writing
Pattern Language
Creation
Drawing a Map
Grasping the
Mined Elements Group Thinking
Finding Overlaps
Environment
for Focusing
Element
Comprehension
Element Pairing
Talking while Moving
Expanding Hunches
Iterative Questioning
Active Inquiry
Discovering the Islands
Mapping IslandsExperience Mining
Strategy for
Discoveries
Searching through
Conversing
Collecting Clues
Grasping the Process
Own Gut Feeling
Mining Atmosphere
One Section at a Time
Chain Conversations
Inducing Talks
Quantity over Quality
Qualitative Memory
Idea Deposit
Digging for the
Seeds of Patterns
Label Making
Structure
Building
The C-P-S
Island Decoding
Recallable Labels
Finishing the Labels
The Whole and the Parts
Pincer Structuring
Position Confirmation
Writer Assignment
CPS Writing
Finishing the CPS
Inquiry by Writing
Materials
for Inquiring
Meticulous
Deepening
Persistence
to Improve
Grasp the Source
Personal Parallels
Leaving Footprints
Searching Around
Deep Diving
Take a Step Back
Going Beyond
the Individual
Spiral Growth
Enduring Curiosity
Expressions that
Move People
Insightful
Persuasive
Empathetic
Push on the Back
Grasping the Problem
New Perspective
Finding the Essence
Sentence Tweaking
Finishing it
as Literature
Reader's Context
Evolving Feelings
Words to be Shared
Building a View
of the World
Weaving
the Whole
A Different World
Media to Create
the Future
Creating
Coherence
Top-Down Gazing
Making
Connections
Drawingan IdealTrustable Vision
Author's Sense
Making Change
Common Language
Proposing
new Aesthetics
Creating Words
Expressing
the Essence
Words for
Daily Use
Symbol of
the Future
Essence Behind
the Sentence
New Words
Inquiry for the
Perfect Expression
Imaginable Words
Memorable Words
Adaptable Words
Atmosphere
of the Word
Easy First Step
Capture the World
Image Drawing
A Symbolic Piece
Paint a World
Breathe Life
From the Whole
to the Parts
Line of Expression
Intuitive
Comprehension
Image Depth
Stand in the Scene
Natural Expressions
Natural Cuteness
Be in their Shoes
Creating Excitement
Editing Literature
Grabbing Hook
Qualitative Depth
User-Friendly
Layout
Meaning Refinement
Emotional Pull-in
Poetic Softness
Wide Range
Order of
Development
Borrowing Quality
Layout
with Contrast
Cushion Space
Natural Flow
Meta-Patterns
A Pattern Language for Creating Pattern Languages
Takashi Iba, Taichi Isaku, “Creating a Pattern Language for
Creating Pattern Languages: 364 Patterns for Pattern
Mining, Writing, and Symbolizing,” 23rd Conference on

Pattern Languages empower people to create things they desire
to create, and enables them to participate in creative activities in
various domains.

If more pattern languages are created in various domains, it will
become much easier for people to try engaging in creative
activities in domains which they are not familiar with.
In this sense, Pattern Languages can be considered as
a soft social infrastructure.

From the creativity viewpoint, it can be said that this ability to
step into various creative activities is a new kind of `freedom’.
It can be said that pattern language is a tool to enhance
people’s creative ‘freedom’.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020
I asked myself what I, as a researcher and educator, could do.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020
I asked myself what I, as a researcher and educator, could do.
I realized that the things I have found, learned, and produced in
my research, our pattern languages, may be helpful to a lot of
people facing difﬁculties due to the situation with COVID-19.

This project began as a serialization on my blog in Japanese

The book will be published in Japanese
at the end of September, 2020
井庭崇, 『コロナの時代の暮らしのヒント』,
晶文社, 2020年9月出版
Hints for Better Living in the COVID-19 Situation

The paper will be presented at PLoP2020 conference,
October, 2020

Pattern Language Remix & Domain Translation
I have picked a number of patterns out of many pattern languages made
in various domains that I believe will be of help to peoples’ lifestyles in this
current situation, and have translated them to introduce in this context.
Quality of Life
in the situation with COVID-19

Pattern Language Remix
Schuler, D. (2015) "Pattern Languages for Public Problem-Solving: Cultivating New Seeds for Social Change,"
Baumgartner, P. and Sickinger, R. (eds.) PURPLSOC. The Workshop 2014: Designing Lively Scenarios With
the Pattern Approach of Christopher Alexander, PURPLSOC, Berlin: epubli.

Pattern Language Remix
Grundschober, I., Ghoneim, A., Baumgartner, P., Gruber-Muecke, T. (2018) "A Pattern Language Remix for ATS2020:
Using Existing Pedagogical Patterns to Create a New Language for Formative Assessment within the ATS2020
Learning Model," Sickinger, R., Baumgartner, P., Gruber-Mücke, T. (eds.), Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal
Change: A Comprehensive Perspective of Current Pattern Research and Practice, PURPLSOC, Krems
* ATS2020 … EU project “Assessment of Transversal Skills”

Domain Translation
When doing a remix, the situation that should apply differs from that of
the original domain, so it is necessary to do a domain translation.
• First, the context must be re-written to match the domain of the remix.
• The problem will be almost the same as the original except for some small modifications to
account for the changed context.
• The forces as well will only need small modifications to account for the context.
• Generally, the solution should be exactly the same. The solution is able to stay exactly the
same despite the situation being different because the solution is written quite abstractly and
so does not require any modifications.
• Actions, on the other hand, often have to be replaced with examples that go along with the
domain of the remix, although there are cases when they can be used exactly as they are.
Finally, consequences, like the context, must be re-written to match the domain of the remix.

The paper will be presented at PLoP2020
conference, October, 2020

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32 Hints for Better Living
in the COVID-19 Situation
I translated 58 patterns from 16
different pattern languages of
various domains to 32 hints

1. Think of these different from usual days as A NEW JOURNEY
and make them into wonderful and memorable ones.
In this situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we
have been forced into a lifestyle out of our norm and
unable to do things that we want to. Just being upset at
the situation will not change anything, however.
Therefore, think of this signiﬁcant lifestyle change
as the start of “a new journey." Things are different
from usual in a journey, and there will be some
inconvenient differences as well. However, a
journey can be an extraordinarily amazing, or even
an unforgettable, experience. How this journey
goes is up to ourselves. By seeing this different
lifestyle as a journey, you will realize that rather than
being lost time, this is time for you to gain and create
things which you could not have otherwise.
A New Journey
It is a new journey of living well
with dementia.
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A NEW JOURNEY pattern is taken
from Words for a Journey (Iba,
Kaneko, et al., 2016; Iba, Matsumoto,
et al., 2016; Iba and Okada, 2015).

2. FOCUS AND SIMPLIFY to prevent yourself from building up
stress.
As you continue to work from home or the time your
children spend at home increases, it is difﬁcult to keep
things as precise as before. In such a situation, the
more you tell yourself that you want to be more
organized or neat, the more stress you will build. This
may even lead you to start blaming and hating yourself.
Therefore, it is important to focus on the important
tasks you accomplished, even if it meant having to
put off other tasks for later. For example, even if a lot
of dirty dishes are piled up, think instead that you are
glad you were able to play with your kids a lot. By
having this mindset, you can end each day by doing
your best without overworking yourself.
Focus and Simplify
Don t try too hard. It s important to
be practical about your time.
FOCUS AND SIMPLIFY pattern
is taken from Ways of Everyday
World-Making (Ogo, Iba, et al.,
2018).

2. Through a DAILY USE OF RESERVES, build a pantry with
nothing past the expiration date.
According to the spread of the pandemic, the supply of
food may be temporarily stopped or it may be difficult to
go shopping, so it is safe to have a certain amount of
emergency food supplies stocked in your home.
However, realizing that the expiration date has long
passed when looking at your stockpile for the first time
in a while is a common occurrence. Therefore,
continue to replenish preserved foods that are the
same as your emergency stockpile as you use them
from the old ones first. If you divide your preserved
foods pantry shelves according to the expiration date, it
will be easier to understand because you can start
eating from the top shelf, which has the earliest
expiration date.
DAILY USE OF RESERVES pattern is taken
from Survival Language (Furukawazono,
Seshimo, et al., 2013; Furukawazono, Iba,
et al., 2015)
Survival Language is a pattern language to support survival when
a catastrophic earthquake occurs. The basis of this proposal
comes from the problem that although countries like Japan have
experienced numerous catastrophic earthquakes, avoidable
tragedies continue to be repeated because knowledge about
disaster risk reduction has not been disseminated effectively.
Survival Language is focused specifically at the individual level. It
is true that there are many levels of community and governmental
support when a catastrophic earthquake occurs. However, such
supports are useless if individuals do not survive. It is critical to
individual survival to provide techniques for immediate personal
implementation when an earthquake occurs.
Survival Language seeks to support immediate decisions before,
during, and after an earthquake strikes, and to recall earthquake
safety measures even in ordinary moments of daily life.
Tomoki Furukawazono is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate
School of Media and Governance at Keio University. He is a senior
visiting researcher of Keio Research Institute of SFC. He earned a
Master of Media and Governance at the Graduate School of
Media and Governance, Keio University. Furukawazono is currently
the leader of Survival Language Project. He studies the thought of
Christopher Alexander, the father of Pattern Languages.
Takashi Iba is an associate professor at the Faculty of Policy
Management at Keio University, Japan. He received a Ph.D. in
Media and Governance from Keio University in 2003. Collaborating
with his students, Dr. Iba created many pattern languages
concerning human actions. He authored Learning Patterns (2014),
Presentation Patterns (2014), and Collaboration Patterns (2014).
Survival Language
Tomoki Furukawazono & Takashi Iba
with Survival Language Project
CreativeShiftSurvivalLanguage-APatternLanguageforSurvivingEarthquakes
Daily Use of Reserves

5. Be the supporting role in your children’s’ education so they can
be an ACTIVE LEARNER.
In this situation, there are most likely more and more
instances of having to teach something to your children
at home. You may work so hard to do so that it feels as
though you are teaching and just making your child
follow along. If a relationship becomes that of a teacher
who teaches and a student who just takes in what is
taught, the child becomes passive and loses
independence, and the feeling that they are being
forced becomes stronger. Therefore, properly
communicate that the child is the protagonist of
their education, and that you are a supporting role
who helps them, and make sure to actually support
them as such. Then, the child’s independence will
gradually develop, and they will be able to think and
move for themselves.
ACTIVE LEARNER pattern is taken
from Active Learning Patterns for
Teachers (Iba and Utsunomiya,
2018).
Active learner

7. Make your own PERSONAL BOOKSHELF at home ﬁlled with
everything that excites you.
It may be a little difﬁcult to spend a long time and relax
in a bookstore this year. Therefore, buy the books
that you want to read or that interest you, and put
them into your own bookshelf at home. A bookshelf
created in this way should be the most exciting
bookshelf in the world for yourself. Then, you can gaze
at the books from in front of the bookshelf, read them
from there, and just enjoy it. A bookshelf created in this
way will be the one and only place that has your own
view of the world. You can change the way you interact
with books simply by creating a place for them, and you
will be able to enjoy gazing at and reading the books.
PERSONAL BOOKSHELF pattern is
taken from Life with Reading (Iba,
Burgoyne, et al., 2018; Nitta,
Murakami, et al., 2018)
Personal Bookshelf

8. When teaching your family something, make them start as a
COPYCAT LEARNER.
You may have to teach your child how to study or teach
someone in your family how to do a certain chore when
splitting them up. In such a case, show them how to
do it by doing it yourself and have them start by
imitating you. Lev Vygotsky, the “Mozart of
Psychology” who researched and studied learning,
revealed that people only learn in a zone where they
can be taught and supported (Zone of Proximal
Development). This applies not only to children's
learning, but also to adults. When teaching family how
to cook or do a certain chore, it will not go well if you
just leave it up to them from the beginning. Actually,
show them how to do it so they can copy you and do it
themselves. By doing this, they will be able to continue
on to learn through their experience.
COPYCAT LEARNER pattern is taken
from Learning Patterns (Iba, Miyake,
et al., 2009; Iba and Miyake, 2010;
Iba and Sakamoto, 2011; Iba and Iba
Lab., 2014a).
Copycat Learner
Begin by imitating the master.

9. Build an AMUSEMENT COMMITTEE to create and carry out
fun plans!
In the current situation with the pandemic, it is difﬁcult to
travel, go drinking with friends, or just go out to have fun
in general. In such a situation, it is common to get bored
and into a rut doing only the same things with the same
people. Therefore, because of the sort of situation
we are in, create fun projects that will add color to
everyday life while involving various people. By
making an exciting project with your family, relatives,
friends, etc., your feelings will become more positive
and you can have a lot of fun. Additionally, by planning
together, you can feel a sense of unity. In this way, let
us create our own wonderful time within this situation
and enjoy it to its fullest.
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A NEW JOURNEY pattern is taken
from Words for a Journey (Iba,
Kaneko, et al., 2016; Iba, Matsumoto,
et al., 2016; Iba and Okada, 2015).
Amusement Committee
A fun event with family living far away.

線上火
焚き火Zoom
You will find sharing an image of a bonfire and watching it while talking as if you were camping to
be a unique and impressive experience. If you search on YouTube, you can find the image of the
bonfire, and by sharing a screen with this video on Zoom or another platform, you can relax and
talk with each other while listening to the crackling sound of the fire.
Online Bonfire

11. Build a FARM AT HOME to have a lifestyle that has a
connection with nature. Whether it is going to the beach, going to the
mountains, or playing in the river, spending time in
nature cleanses your feelings and makes you feel
through yourself that humans are also part of nature.
However, this year, it may be difﬁcult to go to places
with such signiﬁcant nature. Therefore, realize that
you can have a small part of nature close to you
that you can spend time with. You can grow
vegetables in a garden or on the porch and connect
with nature through them. Growing them with your
children is also a great opportunity for sharing
education on food and agriculture and helping them
create a relationship with nature. Growing various kinds
of vegetables in parallel is recommended, because then
you can enjoy various changes every day.
FARM AT HOME pattern is taken from
Cooking Patterns (Akado, Shibata, et
al., 2016; Yoshikawa, Akado, et al.,
2016; Iba, Yoshikawa, et al., 2020)
Shiori Shibata
Takashi Iba Yuma AkadoAyaka Yoshikawa
Cooking Patterns
A Pattern Language for
Cooking in Everyday Life
Farm at Home
Cook with produce
straight from your backyard.

家庭菜園
Growing vegetables in a garden
or on the porch

16. Rather than focusing on things you cannot do in this situation,
write a CAN-DO LIST and live positively.
Thinking about the risk of infection and refraining from
going out, many of the things you could easily do before
are not able to be done now. Therefore, prepare a
paper and pencil and write down everything that
you can do. It is also a good idea to have fun with your
family and do this as a sort of family brainstorm. By
doing this, you will ﬁnd that there are still many
things you can do. When you realize this, the feeling
of being stuck will be alleviated and a positive feeling
will be created, and you can actually do what you like.
Focusing on what you can do, not what you cannot do,
will make the future brighter and more enjoyable.
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CAN-DO LIST pattern is taken from
Words for a Journey (Iba, Kaneko, et
al., 2016; Iba, Matsumoto, et al.,
2016; Iba and Okada, 2015).
Can-Do List
Don t get too depressed
by the things you can t do.

おつまみSnack Food
下酒菜

17. Realize that you can understand any strange behavior by
looking at their EXPERIENCED WORLD from an INNER
VIEWPOINT. The current situation is unusual and stressful for
everyone. A family member saying something offensive
that they did not even think about you, not being able to
chat calmly with colleagues or friends, or even children
acting selﬁsh or emotional are all way that people
around you may be mentally upset or weakened, and it
may be happening with those around you. In such a
case, talk with them and imagine what they may be
going through to get an inner viewpoint of the
‘world’ they are living in, and try to understand how
their feelings or thoughts came about. Through such
a deep understanding, you can build an even better
relationship with family and friends.
EXPERIENCED WORLD
pattern and INNER
VIEWPOINT pattern are
taken from Words for a
Dialogue (Iba, Nagai, et al.,
2017; Nagai, Asano, et al.,
2017; Iba and Nagai, 2020).
Experienced World
Feel the world in which they are living.
Inner Viewpoint
Immerse yourself into the world
in which they are living.

21. Make sure to TAKE ONE BREATH OUT and give an
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF EFFORTS when any of your family
members make a mistake or fail.
Your family may split the housework, or have you help
them (or vice versa). In such a case, what you can do
well on your own may lead to failure or mistakes when
someone not familiar with it does it. If a family member
makes mistakes or fails at something and you respond
or point out their mistakes while frustration, it can lead
to an argument and worsen your relationships.
Therefore, first, take a deep breath, calm down, and
only react after doing so to prevent yourself from
sharing negative feelings. That way, the other person
can learn from their mistakes and grow without having
to shut you out or lose confidence.
TAKE ONE BREATH OUT
pattern and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
EFFORTS pattern are taken
from Words for Nurturing a
Community (Iba, Akita, et al.,
2019; 2020).
Acknowledgement of Efforts
Remember that you walked
through the same way.
Take One Breath Out
Keep the learning environment calm
and filled with warmness.

25. Consider if what JOB-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS you can
do and move to do your PART TO CONTRIBUTE.
In the midst of this great change due to the spread of
the pandemic, people are facing various difficulties. In
new situations, new challenges, worries and problems
emerge. Therefore, think about how the current
world and people could possible contribute from
your work and specialty, and move to realize this. If
you look from the point of view of your work or specialty,
you will find many ways that you can help the situation.
In that way, it would be good everyone gradually does
what they are good at and what they can do in order to
create a society where we can help each other.
JOB-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS
pattern is taken from Words for a
Journey (Iba, Kaneko, et al., 2016;
Iba, Matsumoto, et al., 2016; Iba
and Okada, 2015), and PART TO
CONTRIBUTE pattern is taken from
Collaboration Patterns (Iba and
Isaku, 2013; Iba and Iba Lab.,
2014c).
Part to Contribute
What would the team lose without you?
Job-Specific Contributions
What can I do to help?
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31. Go about POLISHING SENSES at home by discussing what
you feel while looking over pictures and paintings to discover your
IMPORTANT VALUES.
People develop their sensibility through various
experiences. However, going out somewhere now is
difﬁcult considering the risk of infection while traveling
or at your destination. Therefore, make ideas on how
to polish your sensitivity while staying at home. For
example, search keywords such as ‘beautiful rainbows,’
‘beautiful dresses,’ ‘breath-taking views,’ ‘cute pandas,’
etc., choose pictures that you particularly liked, and
make time to explain why you liked them. An artistic
dialogue where you discuss one speciﬁc painting or
sculpture can be helpful as well. In this way, even at
home, you can touch experience various things and
develop your sensibility.
POLISHING SENSES pattern
is taken from Collaboration
Patterns (Iba and Isaku, 2013;
Iba and Iba Lab., 2014c), and
IMPORTANT VALUES pattern
is taken from Life Transition
Patterns (Iba and Kubo, 2018).
Important ValuesPolishing Senses
Appreciate rich and qualitative work.

Search keywords such as ‘beautiful rainbows,’ ‘beautiful dresses,’
‘breath-taking views,’ ‘cute pandas,’ etc., choose pictures that you
particularly liked, and make time to explain why you liked them.

32. Do what you can so that this experience can become
PLEASANT MEMORIES for you and your loved ones and you can
one day reminisce on it.
We are continuing to live in a special situation that is
quite different from what we are used to. This is a new
everyday life and today, this week, this month, and this
year are all signiﬁcant parts of our lives. Therefore, it is
important to make pleasant memories in this
lifestyle that you and your loved ones can look back
on with a nostalgic smile in the future. Create a
lifestyle so that when you look back on this time, you
will remember the long time you spent having fun with
and taking with your family just as much as you
remember the difﬁculties. By doing this, you will be able
to say that, rather than a weird blur that disturbed your
life, this time was an irreplaceable part of your life.
PLEASANT MEMORIES pattern is
taken from Project Design Patterns
(Kubota, Harashima, et al., 2016; Iba,
Mori, et al., 2019; Iba and Kajiwara,
2019).
Pleasant Memories
Go beyond baseline satisfaction.

Quality of Life
When doing a pattern language remix, one is not just making a new
combination of patterns. Rather, one is incorporating sets of pattern and
the quality without a name that each original pattern language is aiming for.

• In this case with the current COVID-19 pandemic, many people are
working and receiving an education from home, so things that
were previously done at workplaces and schools are done at
home and people are spending more time at home.
• Because of this, there is a growing need to think of learning, projects,
management, and ways of living with family at home.
• For this case, existing patterns that relate to these such things are
searched.
• It was checked to see if the quality without a name in each original
domain would be suitable if realized in this situation and chose the
patterns which were suitable. Quality of Life

The paper will be presented at PLoP2020
conference, October, 2020
Support for Living Better Throughout the COVID-19 Situation
An Attempt at Pattern Translation to Another Domain
and Pattern Language Remix

Project Members of Iba Lab, Keio University & CreativeShift, Inc.
English Translation
by Aimi Burgoyne

Illustrated by
Kaori Harasawa
2020 Scenes

Further
Evolution of Pattern Language

John Dewey, “Creative democracy: The task before us”, 1939
John Dewey
(1859 – 1952)
In J. Boydston (Ed.), John Dewey: The later works, 1925-1953, volume 14,
Carbondale:Southern Illinois University Press, pp. 224-230
John Dewey claimed that sharing the development of habit
through experience should be at the core of democracy, and
called form of democracy, “Creative Democracy”.
• Richard J. Bernstein, “Creative democracy—the task still before us”,
American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 21 (3):215 - 228,
2000
• Shigeki Uno, Minshushugi no Tsukurikata [How to build
Democracy], in Japanese, Chikuma Shobo, 2013
‘Creative Democracy’

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