Since 2003, Natsu Kawakita & Nobuya Suzuki have worked on the development of the Karakuri Block as a platform for storytelling, with an intuitive control interface. Natsu Kawakita (concept) studied interactive art at IAMAS, Japan and graduated in 2004. She works on the method of story-telling that involves animation. Nobuya Suzuki (researcher) is Associate Professor at IAMAS, Japan. His research field is interactive art and interaction design using programming. Further research topics: Ubiquitous-computing, digital archiving.