REVIEWERS

DESIGN

  • TAKEHIRO WADA
    DESIGN HERO INC. / Designer

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  • TAKANORI YOSHIDA
    BYTHREE inc. / creative director

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    After working for several production companies, he established the creative studio BYTHREE in 2013. The studio's work includes branding, advertising and promotional tool production, editorial design, website production and packaging design. Specialises in concept-building 'planning' and appropriate and varied 'graphic design', regardless of medium or method of expression. Representative recent works include visuals for the first anniversary exhibition of the Nakanoshima Art Museum, Osaka, the Food Culture Museum (website) of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and the official website for the Osaka/Kansai Expo. He has received numerous national and international design awards. (Official website of Expo '70 Osaka/Kansai, etc. Numerous domestic and international design awards.


  • Naoya Shima
    LOKAL JAPAN Inc. / Project Manager /Owner

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    Branding strategy firm in Osaka. Our main market is forcus on Hospital, clinics andElderly facilities. Alianced creative agency in Paris.


  • Miho Utsumi
    Osaka Design Center / Executive Director

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    We are engaged in design matching and design consulting, utilizing the network, experience, knowledge, and know-how we have cultivated over the years to connect companies, people, and information with design at the core.


  • Koichiro Murakawa
    graf / Kyoto University of the Arts / Director

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    Engaged in strategy and creative development in the areas of branding design, communication design, and marketing for corporations and municipalities. Lecturer at Kyoto University of Arts.


  • Daisuke Nagamori
    UNICUM / producer / curator

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  • hara takaharu
    caruta inc. / Art Director, Artist

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    MATSUO CORPORATION CI, WORLD HERITAGE EXHIBIT BUILT WITH LEGO BRICK


  • Katsumi Fuku
    CA-RIN WORKS / NON-BORDER / President / Producer / Director

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    In addition to being involved in branding and design of companies, stores, products, and planning and production work, in 2021 we launched "NON-BORDER" with the slogan "Let's stop mottainai" and started upcycling business.


  • HIDEZUMI KADOWAKI
    OSAKA SEIKEI UNIVERSTY FACULTY OF ARTS / Vice President/Professor

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    I teach Art & Design Education, engaging with challenges presented by businesses and local communities. Specializing in PBL (Project-Based Learning) tailored to the arts and design field, I focus on learning methodologies, analysis techniques, problem-solving approaches, management, teamwork, communication, and presentations through learning activities.


  • SEIKI MORI
    Studio ARRT / Creative Director

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    2007~ Founder of Studio ARRT. Involved in interior design, event planning and management in Asia and Japan. 2014~ Established the creator support platform "United Voice", engaged in activities to convey Japan's creative manufacturing culture and support creators connecting Asia.


  • Kanako Ishikawa
    一般財団法人 大阪デザインセンター / Senior Planner / Producer

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  • Hisataka Kato
    STUDIO UNI / ART Director

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  • Masatsugu Inoue
    Spicadesign Inc. / CEO / Creative director

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    We are engaged in video production such as TV commercials and music videos, as well as design, advertising, and event production.


  • Shinji Maegawa
    ZIZO DESIGN / CEO / Designer

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    I was born in 1978. I established ZIZO DESIGN Inc. in 2014 after design production and freelance. We are a Japanese creative company that uses the power of design and technology to provide the best digital experiences for all industries.


  • YOSHITAKA W
    oto gallery / president

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    ● Immature,Esprit&Surrealism ● It's immature, one sun of thing with "HIRIRI" and a factor of spicy spirit is introduced.


  • Hidemasasa Kylin
    / Architect / Interior-designer

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    artist-name:Hidemasa Kylin Nationality : JAPAN profession:architect/Interior-Designer


  • Haruki SENDA
    hikosen style shop & gallery / designer

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    Engaged in product, interior, graphic, and branding design. Since 2013, we have been holding workshops to make "faces" out of scraps and rags from the manufacturing process. I also propose a lifestyle with art.


  • Hajime Yoshimoto
    VOIGER /

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  • Yoichi Jokan
    Creative Studio Hadaka / CEO / Art Director

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  • Kensuke Urushizaki
    hhms / momo creative / Creative Director

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    With extensive experience in advertising design, branding, and digital marketing, I have directed numerous projects, providing creative solutions. I also actively engage in illustration and art education.


  • Kazuya Fujikawa
    i.k.sdesign / FLOTATION / Graphic Designer

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    I am a graphic designer based in Kyoto. I design V.I plans, company catalogues, promotional tools,Visual design for TV dramas, etc. And I am also developing the upcycled bag brand “SANS-SERIF”, which I started in 2016. These bags are made by cutting down the destination signage of old British London buses and sewing them back together with Japanese fabrics.


  • Rocket Jack
    RJ Graphics/RJ Toys / Creator

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    Event planning and management, graphic design production, SOFUBI releases


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  • Haruka Nakagawa
    GIVE&GIFT co.ltd / CEO/ISSUE CURATOR

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    After working as an editor for Kodansha's information magazine, I started my own business. My areas of expertise include projects aimed at solving social issues such as employment for people with disabilities, regional revitalization, agriculture, and traditional crafts. Since 2024, I have also been serving as an associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Osaka Institute of Technology and Professional Education.


  • Kazuhiro Imai
    Deluxe Inc. / Art director

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    Advertising design, Promotional material design, Logo design, Booklet design, Photography


  • AI TAGUCHI
    JILL D´ART GALLERY / director

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    JILL D’ART GALLERY is a contemporary art gallery, introducing emerging talents on visual arts and crafts in Japan. Since its first establishment in Nagoya in 2008, the gallery has realized numerous exhibitions, commission projects and works, participated in art fairs and events nationally and internationally, whilst retaining its ethos: art for our everyday lives.


  • Koji Sasaki
    AVALANCHE LTD. & THE COMPANY / Creative Director

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  • Shu Gotoh
    NOTICE DESIGN COMPANY INC. / Creative director

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    Design regardless of output, such as graphics, WEB, and videos. As an individual, he is involved in the branding of "blueover" and "wonder baggage". We are looking for a new brand regardless of the size of our clients.


  • Mitsunori Taoda
    design toge / graphic designer

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  • Daisuke Matoba
    AQUENT LLC / Senior Manager, West Japan Temp

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  • Rina Kurihara
    BYTHREE / Planner

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  • Nariaki Hosokawa
    A.D.GRAPHICA Inc. / Art Director / Graphic Designer

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    After working in the production department of an advertising agency, I established A.D.GRAPHICA Inc. in 2008. With the creed "Design that works to produce results," the company operates in the fields of advertising, graphics, planning, branding, and web development.


  • Yuka Egawa
    Word Design KOTO / Planner

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  • Yoshihide Nakatani
    LiLo in veve / Art Director

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  • Tokimasa Ohtani
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  • Yoshinobu Masuda
    space craft / Illustrator

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  • Takashi Cobayashi
    KASIKA inc. / co-ceo

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    Jewelry direction, Event direction, Metal product production, Kintsugi repair, etc.


  • Shintarou Shimizu
    Bit Beans / Art Director

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  • JUNJI HIROKAWA
    Darekano Design Co., Ltd. / CEO / Art Director

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    Active in various fields such as video production, motion graphics, branding design, and projection mapping.


  • AKIRA TANAKA
    / Art Director / Graphic Designer

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  • Toshiyuki Maeda
    Freelance / Designer / Independent Curator

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    In Osaka, we assist in building brands for businesses and individuals through logo, business card, booklet, and package design. We offer custom designs tailored to our clients' needs.


  • NORIO MOTOKURA
    MOTON DESIGN / CEO

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    I run a graphic design office and rental studio in Tenmabashi, Osaka.


  • ateliesta
    ateliesta / ceo

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    He has planned local revitalization festivals such as the Ishikiri Tsurugi Shrine Art Festival, Higashiosaka City Three Generations Festival, and Tondabayashi Jinaimachi Art Walk. He is also an art program instructor at Kyou University's Koryo Kindergarten.


  • Sachiko Tsuji
    NOTICE DESIGN COMPANY / Director ・ Designer

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    I am involved in branding and design work for a variety of industries, including commercial facilities, manufacturers, and stores as a designer.


  • Reiko Ohya
    graphic designer /

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    I work as a Freelance Graphic Designer.  my Respondability are making rogomark,flyer,catalog,websaite and so on. In my free time, I enjoy wood printing.


  • Momoko Yanagizawa
    Puu /

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  • Yuichi Nagata
    MSPC CO., LTD. / Designer

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  • SHINGO FUJIWAKI
    FUJIWAKI DESIGN / ART DIRECTOR

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  • TAKESHI HOSHIKA
    Deluxe inc. / Art Director

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  • Keizo Mimura
    MEETING.INC / Creative Strategist

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    While providing consistent branding from management strategy to creative, we also focus on new business development, including service and product development.


  • Yuji Takatsu
    igi inc. / Managing Director

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  • Takanori Arai
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  • Satoshi Kondo
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  • Toshiya Takeshita
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  • Shinya Nakagawa
    / CEO

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  • aja chatani
    aja! design studio / &CODE /

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  • KAZUTO KOJIMA HAMO
    loftwork Inc. / FabCafeOsaka / producer / FabCafeOsaka Business Manager

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    We produce projects that promote new things such as new businesses, organization building, and town development.


  • atsushi yamamoto
    nagoya university of arts and sciences school of media and design, department of design / associate professor

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    I am engaged in the practice and research of designing shared spaces where diverse people can coexist, with the vision of "survive with everyone."


  • Seiji Yoshikawa
    TOOP design works inc. / CEO

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    2005年 大阪市港区にかつてのフェリーターミナルであった加藤汽船ビルを拠点とし、金属加工と設計を行うユニットTOOP design worksを設立。 アパレルやサロンなどの空間設計や製作を行う傍ら、アート作品も発表している。


  • Katsuhiko Sasaoka
    / graphic designer

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  • Rie Yoshimi
    Rindon Co.,Ltd / CEO

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  • Tomohiro Kamei
    SOIL inc. / CEO / Art Director

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    We propose designs for logos, packaging, graphics and websites, with a focus on branding and planning, valuing ‘relationship building from the soil’ to nurture relationships with our customers, just as if we were slowly and firmly cultivating the soil.


  • Naoko Tawara
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  • Daisuke Nakai
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  • Tatsuhiro Hane
    Osaka Design Center / Executive senior manager

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    We are engaged in design matching and design consulting, utilizing the network, experience, knowledge, and know-how we have cultivated over the years to connect companies, people, and information with design at the core.


  • TAKASHI Thelonious YOSHIDA
    PKS OFFICE Co., Ltd. / CEO

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