A Japanese textile designer known worldwide for his innovative, experimental designs that synthesize the traditional and futuristic, the handmade and machine processed, will visit UC Davis during April. As a regents' lecturer, Junichi Arai will teach a two-week seminar for design students, offer a workshop/seminar on textile design and give a public lecture. Arai, who visited the campus last year to give a lecture, works with advanced technologies, including the use of computers in design, and with natural and synthetic fibers, including metal composites. He is considered a major creative force in defining the look and meaning of contemporary textiles. The designer will teach a workshop on Saturday, April 5, for textile professionals, educators and students in Room 118 of Walker Hall on the UC Davis campus. The workshop begins at 10 a.m. and will conclude by 4 p.m. At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, Arai will give a public lecture titled "International Textile Trends in Invention and Design," to be held in Room 1100 of the Social Sciences and Humanities Building. Textile author and teacher Yoshiko Wada, of Berkeley and of Kiryu, Japan, will serve as interpreter for Arai's lecture. A reception will follow the lecture. Arai's visit to the UC Davis campus is co-sponsored by the UC regents, the UC Davis environmental design department and a UC Davis Teaching Resources Center grant.