A core of partners collaborates with associates on a per project base and invites members of IIID's network of Expert Groups for consultation when required.
Associates
	Lisa Eidt Design Tokiko Tsumemaru Design / Management Alexander J.Birkhoff Design Anke von der Heide Design Cihangir Istek Design Representative, Istanbul, Turkey
Partners
	Minako Ikeda After her studies of Art History at the Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany and graduation from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music she worked several years as editor at Nikkei Design, Tokyo. Since 2003 she teaches as Associate Professor at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, and is one of the founding members of the Graduate School for Design Management. At IIDj she is responsible for international relations and Media Management. Itoko Ishihara With a Master Degree in Visual Communication from the University of Arts, Berlin, she worked in several German Design offices before founding her own studio ii-design 1995 in Tokyo. Apart from her design practice she is engaged in international workshops and design juries. At IIDj she is responsible for Design Management and Implementation. Andreas Schneider After working for several years as corporate concept designer for WNI, Weathernews international in Japan he became in 1996 one of the founding members of the Department for Information Design at Tama Art University, Tokyo. Since 2001 he is teaching at IAMAS, the Institute for Advanced Sciences Arts and Media and is visiting lecturer at Waseda University in Tokyo, Kyushu University in Fukuoka, and the National Institute for Design in Ahmedabad, India. At IIDj he is responsible for international relations and Design Strategies.