client: Sakakura associates, inc.

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www.d-pe.com

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Award:

2013 ONE SHOW DESIGN (NYC) / GOLD PENCIL
2013 ONE SHOW DESIGN (ニューヨーク) / ゴールドペンシル・金賞受賞

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「東京TDC賞 2013」（東京タイプディレクターズクラブ）／入選
The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2013 / Award Nomination

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Exhibition:
DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2012 at awai (DESIGNTIDE TOKYO / Extension Sites)
30 octorber – 4 november
Facebook event page (JP) : http://www.facebook.com/events/488866684470394/

design and paper engineerings is a suggestion of exclusively designed stationary made in Japan.
When proud Japanese high quality paper manufacturing and printing technology encountered modern design, design and paper engineerings was formed.By launching on TENT LONDON, we begin to develop
design and paper engineering in global market.
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TENT LONDON: The Multi-faceted Design Event
120-23 september 2012
www.tentlondon.co.uk
Tent London is one of the largest design trade shows taking place during the London Design Festival. Now in its sixth year at the Old Truman Brewery, Tent presents over 200 international exhibitors…

credits :
creative direction: artless Inc.
art direction and concept design : shun kawakami (artless)
design assistant: ryo sugi, koki takahashi, taichiro takeo, hikaru mugita (artless tokyo)
photo: yuu kawakami (artless tokyo)

client : Yoshimori Inc.

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Logo:
concept, naming & design by shun kawakami (artless)

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paper design:
concept & color direction: shun kawakami (artless)

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Product design:

Exhibition design:

at awai (http://www.awai.jp/)

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at TENT LONDON: The Multi-faceted Design Event
www.tentlondon.co.uk
Tent London is one of the largest design trade shows taking place during the London Design Festival. Now in its sixth year at the Old Truman Brewery, Tent presents over 200 international exhibitors…

Portfolio 2012 (PDF/14MB) : http://www.artless.co.jp/artlessInc-PDF2012.pdf
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“artless Inc.” is an interdisciplinary design company, operating in a global marketplace from Tokyo Japan. Established in 2000, by Shun Kawakami. Our studio in Tokyo and branch/partners in Kyoto, New York, London, Paris, Firenze, Helsinki and Taipei. Our activities are in the visual communication and language of design. Brand Strategy, Visual Identity and Corporate Identity, Advertising, Web, Packaging, Video, Product, Interactive Installation, Projection Mapping, Show Window, Architecture and Sign Design…

We pride itself on creating value enhancement for its clients through creative solutions, an intuitive entrepreneurial extension of design and craft credentials. We made up of a creative team in accordance with each project. Our collective brings a global new perspective to all projects from our global network, includes creative director, art director, film director, graphic designer, interactive designer, product designer, photographer, stylist, make-up artist, musician, painter, calligrapher, flower artist and architect.

We are thinking “Design as a Visual Language”, and we play in the realm “between art and design”. We manifest a diverse practice across the fields of design and others. Different experiences give us a broader point of view.
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“artless Inc.”は、東京を基軸にしながら世界8都市を拠点にグローバルに活動するインターディシプリナリーデザインカンパニーです。「デザインとアート」を横断的に考え、様々な領域の専門知識や経験を持つスペシャリストやアーティストと協力し合い、洗練されたアートディレクションとデザインによるクオリティを重視した作品を生み出しています。活動領域は、ブランドデザインを中心に、ロゴ／V.I.、コーポレート・アイデンティティ、広告キャンペーン、グラフィックデザイン、ウェブ、映像、インスタレーション、ショーウィンドウやディスプレイデザイン、そして、建築やサイン計画など多岐に至ります。そのジャンルに縛られない横断的な活動は、ADC Young Guns, NY ADC、D&AD、カンヌ国際広告祭、One show、Tokyo TDC、グッドデザイン賞等、国内外で評価を受けています。

“artless Inc.”のグローバルコレクティブは、クリエイティブ／アート／デザイン／フィルム等のディレクター。グラフィック／インタラクティブ／インテリア／プロダクト等のデザイナー。ウェブやインスタレーション等のインタラクティブ・デザインを行うためのプログラマー。そして、フォトグラファー、スタイリスト、メイク。建築家や音楽家、書家、華道家等のアーティストまで、ジャンルやカテゴリーを跨ぐ豊富なネットワークを築いています。各プロジェクトに応じ最適なチームをキュレーションし、様々なアートディレクション及びデザインを行います。また、日本だけでなく、ニューヨーク、ロンドン、パリ、ミラノ、フィレンツェ、ベルリン、ヘルシンキ、シンガポール、台北、上海など国内外で広く活動し、クライアントワークのみならず、エキシビションの主催や参加及びキュレーション、各メディアへのアートワークの出品といったアート活動も精力的に行っています。

“artless Inc.”は 多様化する現代において、「ビジネスとデザイン」、そして、「デザインとアート」の融合を考え、探求し続けています。また、デザインを「ビジュアルランゲージ」と捉え、デザインを通じて思考や理念といった「目に見えないもの」を表現する「ヴィジュアルコミュニケーション」という姿勢を軸に活動しています。

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Member :
The Art Directors Club (New York, US)
ADC Young Guns ® (New York, US)
D&AD (London, UK)
Japan Graphic Designers Association / JAGDA (Tokyo, Japan)

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credit :
creative direction, art direction, design : artless
development: Adrien Dufond, artless paris/manmaru

client: shunkenchiku

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www.10-mikan.com

The good life with lovingly nurtured mikan The joy of sharing delicious treats with good friends. 10 helps take such a simple yet rich lifestyle into the future.
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credits :
creative direction and interior design: upsetters architect
art direction and total design: artless Inc.
botanical direction: REN
photo: masahiro sanbe

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Logo:
concept, naming & design by shun kawakami (artless)

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interior design:
upsetters architect

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www.10-mikan.com

The good life with lovingly nurtured mikan The joy of sharing delicious treats with good friends. 10 helps take such a simple yet rich lifestyle into the future.
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credits :
creative direction and interior design: upsetters architect
art direction and total design: artless Inc.
botanical direction: REN
photo: masahiro sanbe

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Logo:
concept, naming & design by shun kawakami (artless)

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package design:
artless Inc.

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www.d-pe.com

Exhibition:
DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2012 at awai (DESIGNTIDE TOKYO / Extension Sites)
30 octorber – 4 november
Facebook event page (JP) : http://www.facebook.com/events/488866684470394/

design and paper engineerings is a suggestion of exclusively designed stationary made by artless gold.
* artless gold is new gold paper. produced by artless Inc.
When proud Japanese high quality paper manufacturing and printing technology encountered modern design, design and paper engineerings was formed.By launching on TENT LONDON, we begin to develop
design and paper engineering in global market.
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credits :
creative direction: artless Inc.
art direction and concept design : shun kawakami (artless)
design assistant: ryo sugi, koki takahashi, taichiro takeo, hikaru mugita (artless tokyo)
photo: yuu kawakami (artless tokyo)

client : Yoshimori Inc.

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Logo:
concept, naming & design by shun kawakami (artless)

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at awai (http://www.awai.jp/)

creative direction & art direction : shun kawakami (artless)
design : artless Inc.
develop : IIJ
client : Office of Global Communications Prime Minister’s Office　（内閣総理大臣官邸 国際広報室）

creative direction & art direction : shun kawakami (artless)
design : artless Inc.
develop : IIJ
client : Office of Global Communications Prime Minister’s Office　（内閣総理大臣官邸 国際広報室）

client: McCann Worldgroup Japan

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credit :
creative direction: paragraph co.,ltd.
art direction: shun kawakami, artless
design : artless
development : NAGI co.,ltd./ livedoor co.,ltd. / Cre-D co.,ltd.

client : Condé Nast Digital

credits :
art direction : shun kawakami (artless)
design : hikaru mugita (artless tokyo)
illustration : Open Reel Ensemble
html development :
yoshiaki fujimori (grandbase inc.)
syoh yoshida (artless kyoto)

client : COMMMONS

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credits :
art direction & design (Logo & Website) : shun kawakami (artless)
visuals : shun kawakami(artless), masashi kawamura(PARTY), eisuke tachikawa (Nosigner)
html development : artless interactive

client : AODJ | ALLIANCE OF DESIGNERS, JAPAN

credits :
art direction & design : artless Inc.
art direction : shun kawakami (artless)
design : ryo sugi (artless tokyo), hikaru mugita (artless tokyo)
flash development : junichi okamoto (artless tokyo)
html development (PC, iPad, iPhone) : hisayoshi hayashi (hys design)
motion graphic : yu maruno (GLMV inc.)
sound: sunao gonno

client : UNIQLO CO.,LTD

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pc, tablet, mobile :

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video/motion graphic :

THE BOLAN GROUP is a recognized leader in product development and strategic operational services
in premium lifestyle accessories for men and women with an international client profile of fashion designers,
interior designers, architects, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers.

credits
art direction & design : shun kawakami (artless)
assistant design : taichiro takeo (artless tokyo)
html development : adrien dufond./manmaru (artless paris)

client : The Bolan Group Ltd.
agency: cailoghi ltd.

credits :

creative direction : artless Inc.
art direction & photo direction : shun kawakami (artless)
photography: kyohei matsuda
hair make: makiko endo (takahashi office)
model: Daniel D. (Bravo) & CRISTIANE (Satorujapan)

printing direction: daisuke kitagawa (kraan inc.)
client : URBAN RESEARCH

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“artless store”
(for art & design)
by artless Inc.

https://artless.stores.jp/

2012. 12/1(sat) – 2013. 2/28(thu)
(reception party: 2013. 1/13 sun)

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/378416005585842/

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エキシビション・オブ・グラフィックアーツ ：
“川上 俊(artless) at レストランアイ”

ミシュラン一つ星に輝くフレンチレストラン『レストラン・アイ』において、デザインとアート双方の領域で活躍するアートディレクター／アーティスト 川上俊(artless Inc.) のグラフィックアート展が開催されます。

ジャンルやカテゴリーに縛られず、広い視野で表現を考え活躍しており、カンヌ国際広告祭金賞や、NY ADC：Yong Gun6、D&AD賞、NY TDC賞、One Show、London International Awards、グッドデザイン賞、Tokyo TDC賞を受賞するなど、その活動は国内外で高い評価を受けています。

本展には、近年制作したアートワークを結集させます。また、「原宿」をコンセプトにリデザインした『レストラン・アイ』のメニューカバーもご覧いただけます。

間や余白を重んじ、空間の緊張感を活かした川上の作品は、日本独自の美を私達に思い出させてくれます。和紙や金箔銀箔といった伝統工芸に、最先端のグラフィック表現と印刷技術を組み合わせ、革新と伝統、西洋と東洋の美の融合を表現した川上の作品をお楽しみ下さい。

2013年1月13日(日)には「食とアートの会」（レセプション＆アーティストトーク）が予定されています。「食とアートの会」では、 ミシュラン一つ星を獲得しつづける名店の味に舌鼓を打ちつつ、オーナシェフ松嶋啓介とのトークセッションと川上の作品を、お楽しみいただけます。

●展示期間：
2012.12月1日（土） – 2013. 2月28日（木）

●レセプションパーティ「食とアートの会」
日程｜2013年1月13日(日)

会場／予約｜Restaurant-I　レストラン アイ　
東京都渋谷区神宮前1-4-20 パークコート1F
Tel. 03-5772-2091　info@plusartclub.com

主催｜+ART CLUB／www.plusartclub.com

client: TOTO ltd.

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Website:
www.toto.co.jp/tnm/

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iPad:

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Japan :

TOKYO (shibuya)
[headquarter]

Shibuya Property Tokyu Bldg. 13F,
1-32-12 Higashi, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 150-0011 Japan
New Business Contact :
info@artless.co.jp
tel+fax: +81-3-6434-1345

studio photo on Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/pages/artless-Inc/442912192432908

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Japan (kansai/west) :

KYOTO
Imura art gallery 3F, 31 Kawabata Higashi Marutamachi,
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8395 Japan
New Business Contact :
Syoh Yoshida

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EU :

LONDON
G02, 24-28 Hatton wall,
London EC1N 8JH, United Kingdom
New Business Contact :
ADM ltd.

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PARIS
193 rue du fbg st
antoine 75011 Paris France
New Business Contact :
Dufond Adrien

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FIRENZE
via de bardi. 36
50125 Firenze fi Italia
New Business Contact :
Cailoghi s.r.l.

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HELSINKI
Iso Roobertinkatu 36-40 LH M5
00120 Helsinki, Finland
New Business Contact :
Musuta Ltd.

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US :

NEW YORK
2130 First Avenue #2403
New York NY 10029 USA
New Business Contact :
Shun Kawakami

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ASIA :

TAIPEI
11F, No.50-89,
Renai Rd. Sec. 4 Taipei 106, Taiwan
台北市仁愛路4段50-89號11F
New Business Contact :
JL Design

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credits:
creative direction: artless Inc.
art direction & design: shun kawakami (artless)
design assistant: taichiro takeo (artless tokyo)
preparation: TRNK

client : Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Tokyo
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credit :
creative direction: WOW Inc.
art direction & design: shun kawakami (artless)
design: ryo sugi (artless tokyo)
HTML development: kunitaka kawaashimo (CREAMU Inc.)

client: TOTO ltd.

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AD:
(CASA BRUTUS | 154)

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Website:
www.toto.co.jp/tnm/

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iPad:

client: design spirits co., ltd.

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credits :

creative direction : artless Inc.
art direction & photo direction : shun kawakami (artless)
photography: Kyohei Matsuda
making movie: Yu Maruno (GLMV inc.) + artless tokyo
hair make: MAKIKO endo (Takahashi office)
model: Daniel D. (Bravo) / CRISTIANE (Satorujapan)

client : URBAN RESEARCH

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URBAN RESEARCH ROSSO 2012-13 AUTUMN & WINTER Making Movie from rosso-movie on Vimeo.

official website:
www.huug.jp

credits:
creative direction : artless Inc.+ upsetters architect + tycoon graphics + poant
art direction & Logo design : shun kawakami (artless)
product design: shuzo okabe(upsetters architect)
web design : artless Inc.
copy writing: poant

client : LED ENTERPRISE CO.,LTD.

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Brand Logo:
Logo design : shun kawakami (artless)

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Product Design (huug 001):
product design: shuzo okabe(upsetters architect)

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AD:
art direction & design : shun kawakami (artless)
design: ryo sugi(artless tokyo)
photography : ichigo sugawara

photography : yuu kawakami (artless tokyo)
photo retouch: yoshiaki sakurai (NAM)

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website:
www.huug.jp

art direction & design : shun kawakami (artless)
web development : junichi okamoto (artless tokyo)


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*artless gold is new gold paper.

products :
premium case by artless gold*
business card case by artless gold*
penholder by artless gold*
folder by artless gold*

credits :
creative direction: artless Inc.
art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
design assistant: ryo sugi, koki takahashi, taichiro takeo, hikaru mugita (artless tokyo)
photo: yuu kawakami (artless tokyo)

client : Yoshimori Inc.

at
TENT LONDON: The Multi-faceted Design Event
www.tentlondon.co.uk
Tent London is one of the largest design trade shows taking place during the London Design Festival. Now in its sixth year at the Old Truman Brewery, Tent presents over 200 international exhibitors…

credits :
creative direction : artless Inc.
art direction, Logo, Concept, design : shun kawakami (artless)
design assistant: ryo sugi, koki takahashi, taichiro takeo, hikaru mugita (artless tokyo)
exhibition preparation: TRNK

client : Yoshimori Inc.

client : URBAN RESEARCH

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ROSSO URBAN RESEARCH :
2012-13 AUTUMN & WINTER / concept video

credits :
creative direction : artless Inc.
art direction : shun kawakami (artless)
photography: Kyohei Matsuda
making movie: Yu Maruno (GLMV inc.) + artless tokyo
hair make: MAKIKO endo (Takahashi office)
model: Daniel D. (Bravo) / CRISTIANE (Satorujapan)

client : URBAN RESEARCH

URBAN RESEARCH ROSSO 2012-13 AUTUMN & WINTER Making Movie from rosso-movie on Vimeo.

credit :
art direction and artwork: shun kawakami (artless)
ikebana: nobuaki kawahara (REN)
kamon design: shoryu hatoba (kyo-gen)
photo: yuu kawakami (artless tokyo)
sponsor: EYE OF GYRE

credit :
art direction: shun kawakami (artless)
design: taichiro takeo (artless tokyo)

client: graniph
sponsor: spiral cute

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credit :
art direction and artwork: shun kawakami (artless)
ikebana: nobuaki kawahara (REN)
kamon design: shoryu hatoba (kyo-gen)</strong>
photo: yuu kawakami (artless tokyo)
sponsor: EYE OF GYRE

http://theearthnews.jp

credit :
creative direction : artless inc.
art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
design : ryo sugi (artless tokyo), syoh yoshida (artless kyoto)
html development : renz

client : ジアスニュース制作運営委員会

Logo design by shun kawakami

keyword : html for iPad & iPhone / next standard

Website :

Logo :
Design by shun kawakami (artless)

wow tenspace
inspired by WOW10 artbook

concept of design :
The space between the number on count-up. That space is what we consider as time itself.
We creates that time of the space as an image into the three dimension world.
Eleven of “IKEBANAS” are created as three dimension object and arranged into the vast space.
The camera sequentially cathes those works like being thrown into the flow of time one by one.

credit :
creative direction, motion graphics by
Wow Inc.
music by Masato Hatanaka

artworks by
shun kawakami (artless)
http://www.artless.co.jp/
http://www.shunkawakami.jp/
illustration by tadashi ura
photography by taisuke koyama

award:
YouTube Play biennial GUGGENHEIM [finalist]
http://www.youtube.com/playbiennial

art direction and design by artless Inc.
client: Heiwa Paper Co.,Ltd.

about:
平和紙業株式会社よりリリースされたハイクオリティペーパー「deep-mat（ディープマット）」。しっとりとした質感、厚紙ではなかなか見つけることのできない11色のカラー展開をしています。このカラーはワインを出発点にインスピレーションを広げ、シックで大人な印象のカラーセレクトをしています。下記の作品はエンボス加工、金箔／銀箔印刷見本およびペーパーサンプルですが、ただのサンプルではなく「bookmark」としてユーザーに持ち歩いてもらい紙のクオリティを実感してもらおうとサンプルとしてだけの機能ではなく、実体験に繋がるデザインを試みています。artlessは、「deep-mat（ディープマット）」の開発時からプロジェクトに参加し、カラーや紙の質感についてのアドバイスおよびコンサルティング、そして、プロモーショングッズのデザインを行っています。

Exhibition / Tokyo Graphic Posters and Tapestries
2011.9.22 (Thurs) – 10.3 (Mon)
AM11:00 – PM9:00
at Centre Pompidou B1F Forum Space

artist:
Atsuki Kikuchi / groovisions / Hideki Inaba /
Hideki Nakajima / Issay Kitagawa / Kamikene /
Katsunori Aoki / Kashiwa Sato / Kazunari Hattori /
Masayoshi Kodaira / Naoki Sato / OHGUSHI /
Semitransparent Design / Seiichi Hishikawa /
Shun Kawakami / Takeshi Hamada / tycoongraphics /
Yasushi Fujimoto / WOW / +81

http://www.grapass.net/2011/eng/paris/exhibition.html

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credit:
artwork, design and photography: shun kawakami
calligraphy: gen miyamura
photography(moon): ichigo sugawara

printed by graph.(japan)
offset print (4c) / paper: moderatorn

back side:

Exhibition / Tokyo Graphic Posters and Tapestries
2011.9.22 (Thurs) – 10.3 (Mon)
AM11:00 – PM9:00
at Centre Pompidou B1F Forum Space

artist:
Atsuki Kikuchi / groovisions / Hideki Inaba /
Hideki Nakajima / Issay Kitagawa / Kamikene /
Katsunori Aoki / Kashiwa Sato / Kazunari Hattori /
Masayoshi Kodaira / Naoki Sato / OHGUSHI /
Semitransparent Design / Seiichi Hishikawa /
Shun Kawakami / Takeshi Hamada / tycoongraphics /
Yasushi Fujimoto / WOW / +81

http://www.grapass.net/2011/eng/paris/exhibition.html

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Symposium
Date : 2011.9.30 (Fri.)　PM5:30 – PM8:30
Venue : Centre Pompidou B1F Les Salles De Spectacle
Speakers :
Shun Kawakami / Masayoshi Kodaira /
Hideki Inaba / deValence (Alexandre Dimos) / MM paris / and more…

http://www.grapass.net/2011/eng/paris/symposium.html

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Workshop
Part2 : 2011.10.1 (Sat)
Time & Venue : PM2:00 at Forum Workshop Space
Lecture : Shun Kawakami

http://www.grapass.net/2011/eng/paris/workshop.html

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produced by shun kawakami
design and copy writing by artless Inc.
calligraphy by gen miyamura
manufacture(offset ink) by kuboi ink co.,ltd.

about:
印刷用インキの製造を行う久保井インキ株式会社とともに、オフセット特殊インクの開発を行っています。第一弾として、深く厚みと趣のあるディープブラック「kawakami black」を開発。モノトーンにより深みを与えるこのインクにより、artlessの繊細なデザインをより心に強く染み込むデザインへと導くartless専用インクです。artlessでは、インクのコンセプト立案／開発／研究およびブランディングを行っています。

copy writing:
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一切の光を受け入れず 如何なる色にも靡かず 堅持される黒
一切を包含し 凡ゆる色と共鳴する黒
総ての色が浸透した 黒の計り知れない奥深さ

静寂な余剰を醸し出す漆黒
情趣に富む 寂びた優艷

人の心の深層へ染み込んでいく 幽玄の黒

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art direction and design: artless Inc.
product design: t/m

about:
2011年の年始、新宿伊勢丹（ステージ）の空間デザインをartlessと共に行ったデザインユニット「t/m」のファニチャーシリーズ「WAFFT」が、ミラノサローネにてリリースされた。木とスチールで合板から作り出された軽く絶妙なバランスプロダクトデザイン。そのプロダクトのフォルムからイメージを発展させ、ロゴ／タイプフェイスを制作。そして、ミラノサローネでのサインデザイン／パンフレット等、ファニチャーシリーズ「WAFFT」のブランドデザインをartlessは行っています。

sign design:

logo and type face:

artwork and design by shun kawakami(artless) + takashi kawada(kotenhits)
balloon by daisy balloon
calligraphy by gen miyama
photography by yuu kawakami(artless tokyo)

price: 2,625JPY(taxin)
online store: nuan+ [http://www.stylife.co.jp/nuan/item?model_cd=315566]

about:
JAGDA TOKYO「:balloon」展
アーティスト・ブック限定発売（300部限定：サイン／シリアルナンバー入）

artlessの川上俊と、デザイン・ユニットkotenhitsを代表する河田孝志の２人がタッグを組み、Composition of knowledge and feeling（知識と感覚の集合体）」を始動。その名を冠し、2009年10月にJAGDA TOKYOのエキシビションでアートワークを発表した。２人の作品には、共通して世界的に活躍するバルーン・アーティスト「Daisy balloon」とのコラボレーションしている。バルーンという共通モチーフを独自のアップローチで「:balloon」が制作された。エキシビションのオープニングと同時にアーティスト・ブックを300部限定で発売され、artlessが開発している特殊インク「kawakami black」にて印刷されている。

credit :
art direction + design : artless Inc.
interactive design : adrien dufond (artless paris)
artwork : shun kawakami

client : manmaru ltd. / paris, france

about:
artless paris としても活動する flash technologist “adrien dufond” のパーソナルサイト。背景に川上俊によるグラフィックワークは配置し、繊細なタイポグラフィーによって構成されたシンプルなウェブサイト。
全てのコンテンツを1枚グラフィックとタイポグラフィーで構成し、コンテンツを周遊するためにインタラクティブに移動する。ポスターのようなウェブサイト。

Exhibition of graphic arts:
shun kawakami (artless) at Restaurant-I
Hatajuku, Tokyo, Japan
2012.12/1 – 2013.3/31

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2012

design and paper engineerings:
Designtide Tokyo 2012 at awai (DESIGNTIDE TOKYO / Extension Sites)
30 octorber – 4 november, 2012

design and paper engineerings:
at TENT LONDON: The Multi-faceted Design Event
20-23 september, 2012
www.tentlondon.co.uk
Tent London is one of the largest design trade shows taking place during the London Design Festival. Now in its sixth year at the Old Truman Brewery, Tent presents over 200 international exhibitors…

Exhibition of art & design:
shun kawakami + artless at EYE OF GYRE
http://www.artless.co.jp/alog/?p=3691
GYRE Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
2012.8/28-9/2

exhibition of artless Inc.
“portfolio”
common, Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
2012.1.12-15

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2011

arnk: solo exhibition of shun kawakami
hotel anteroom kyoto, Japan
2011.12.4 – 2012.1.9

Tokyo Graphic Passport at Centre Pompidou. (Paris, France)
Speaker & Workshop
Pompidou Museum, Paris, France

Symposium
Date : 2011.9.30 (Fri.)　PM5:30 – PM8:30
Venue : Centre Pompidou B1F Les Salles De Spectacle
Speakers : Shun Kawakami / Masayoshi Kodaira / Hideki Inaba / deValence (Alexandre Dimos) / MM paris / H5…

Workshop
Part2 : 2011.10.1 (Sat.)
Time & Venue : PM2:00 at Forum Workshop Space
Lecture : Shun Kawakami

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2010

Seoul Design Festival 2010 :
artless+edp
[video installation]
2010. 12/8 – 12/12 [10:30〜19:00]
at COEX (Holl C / Pacific Hall)
World Trade Center Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

SILENTSEEING MOON IN TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN
exhibition of art and photography
2010. 9.11. – 10.24.
TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN, Tokyo, Japan

Exhibition at SAISON / Nice France
2010. 8.22.
Saison, Nice, France

MILANO SALONE / MILANO MODA
shun kawakami per giuliano fujiwara
4/13 – 19 (11:00-20:00)
Reception Party: 4/13 19:00-21:00
@ giuliano Fujiwara / MILANO Store
Via Borgospesso 11, 20121 Milano

shun kawakami + gen miyamura
exhibition of graphic arts and calligraphy in +81 gallery
2010.4/2(FRI)-18(SUN)
@+81 Gallery+Lab. (3331 Arts Chiyoda 204)
3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, JAPAN

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2009

JAGDA TOKYO No. 22 exhibition：balloon
2009. 10.6 – 10.10
JAGDA TOKYO, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan

Art with Sound in KUALA LUMPUR DESIGN WEEK 2009 (National Art Gallery)
2009. 3.27 – 4/4
Malaysia – National Art Gallery, Kuala lumpure, Malaysia

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2008

kansei ‐ Japan Design Exhibition (Musée du Louvre / Paris)
(Print section)
2008.12/12 (fri) – 21(san)
at Les Arts Décoratifs, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

NO COMPLY 2008 in Melbourne
SKATEBOARD ART EXHIBITION
7th – 23rd November 2008
No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

“Shanghai Design Biennial 2008 @ 上海／中国”
18-20th September 2008
Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China

NY ADC: Young Guns 6
Opening Party and Exhibition
Opening Party: 4th September 2008 / 7:30-9:30pm
Exhibition: 5th – 18th September, 2008
@ ADC Gallery, New York, US

“DMY 2008 – International Design Festival Berlin”
21-25th May 2008
Berlin, Germany

“FTC collaboration art deck release exhibition”
March-April 2008
FTC Tokyo, Japan
http://www.ftcsf.com/

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2007

“null™ in singapore” | Singapore Design Festival
Old School, Singapore

“null™ in giuliano Fujiwara”
DesignTide 2007
Tokyo, Japan

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2006

“biishiki”
+81 magazine 10th Anniverary Exhibition (New York)
Esso Gallry, Chelsea, New York. USA

“shun kawakami solo exhibition”
OFFICE®, Tokyo, Japan

“null™ | Tokyo” Levi’s® Concept Store
Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan

“null™ | Osaka+Nagoya” URBAN RESEARCH
Osaka and Nagoya, Japan

“null™ | Sapporo” soso cafe
Sapporo, Japan

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2005

“null* | Tokyo” COMME CA COMMUNE
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

“JAPAN WEEK in UK”
Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Art
Cardiff, UK

“null™ | Kyoto” Prinz
Kyoto, Japan

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2004

“photographs wrapped in design.”
Gallery ROCKET
Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
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credit :
creative direction, art direction, design : shun kawakami (artless london)
assistant design: syoh yoshida (artless kyoto)
interactive design : junich okamoto (artless tokyo)

cliant : t.lipop / London, UK

t.lipop (London, UK) | website 2011 from shun kawakami on Vimeo.

art direction, design, photography: shun kawakami(artless)
cliant: Wow Inc.
printed by Adpia Inc.

photo by yuu kawakami(artless tokyo)

art direction & design: shun kawakami(artless)
cliant: Wow Inc.
printed by Adpia Inc.

photo by yuu kawakami(artless tokyo)

creative direction : tokyo design lab.
art direction and design: artless tokyo

credit :
art direction : shun kawakami (artless)
photography : ichigo sugawara
design : kouji abe (insense)

> Buy now (amazon)

credit :
interview, planing, art direction, design :
shun kawakami (artless)
editer : yosuke kurita , keita fukasawa
photographer : taisuke koyama

art direction and design: shun kawakami(artless)
client: 3.141593 inc.

credit :
art direction and design : shun kawakami(artless)
interactive design : manmaru paris
sound : noiselessly (artless records)

artless Inc. | website 2011 from shun kawakami on Vimeo.

art direction and design by shun kawakami(artless)

Award: NY ADC (Nomination)

[creative direction / total produce]

credit :
Concept : Taro Horiuchi
Creative direction / Total Produce : Shun Kawakami (artless)

Movie : EDP graphic works
- Art direction: Jun Furuuchi
- Directo : Mitsutomo Maeda
- Produce : Naoki Kumamoto
- Music : Leo Sato

concept video

Taro Horiuchi 2011S/S : Concept Video from shun kawakami on Vimeo.

credit :
Concept : Taro Horiuchi
Creative direction / Total Produce : Shun Kawakami (artless)
interactive design : Yusuke Oshima
Photograph : Ichigo Sugawara
Hair, Make up: Sada Ito
Styling: Akiko Murata

website
www.tarohoriuchi.com

www.onukitaeko.jp

credit :
agency, cretive direction : GT Inc.
art direction, design, video : artless Inc.
interactive design : wildcard Inc.
sound : taeko onuki

credit :
creative direction : artless inc.
art direction, shooting, editing : GLMV inc.
client : BILCOM, Inc.

BILCOM BRAND MOVIE from BILCOM Channel on Vimeo.

www.shojiuchida.com

credit :
art direction and design : artless tokyo
development : Mitsuaki Ushijima (attractor)
sound : leo sato + noiselessly (artless records)
client: Shouji Uchida Photo Office Ltd.

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official site :
ISSEY MIYAKE INC.
www.isseymiyake.com

art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
project management : syoh yoshida (artless kyoto)
assistant design : ryo sugi (artless tokyo)
interactive design : keigo anan (tngrm), artcode inc.
sound : himuro (tngrm)

brand site :
ISSEY MIYAKE / BRAND SITE
www.isseymiyake.com/isseymiyake_women

art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
interactive design : wataru sumita

www.k-system.net

credit :
art direction and design : shun kawakami
design : ryo sugi (artless tokyo)
development : junich okamoto (artless tokyo)
client: K-System, Masayuki Kurokawa

keyword : minimal, communication by photographs, share (facebook/twitter/mail)
font : Akzidentz Grotesk

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BRAND DESIGN
ブランドデザイン

世界各地に広がるネットワークを活用しつつ、国内外でのマーケットの可能性を共に探り、ブランドのビジョン／方向性を確立致します。デザイントーン、ロゴ、タイポグラフィー、イメージカラー等のヴィジュアルイメージを明確にすることで、ブランドの核心を築き上げて行きます。ステーショナリーや印刷物、映像制作、ウェブサイト等のデジタルメディア、広告制作等の総合PRコンサルティングの他、ブティックやショップの建築、インテリア及びサインデザインなどまで幅広く対応致します。既存のブランド価値の向上はもちろん、まだ具体的なイメージの固まっていない新規ブランドの立ち上げも一からサポート致します。

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CORPORATE IDENTITY
コーポレート・アイデンティティー

デザインによる企業コンサルティングを行います。コーポレートロゴ、タイポグラフィーの選定／制作、各種デザインフォーマットの制作、カラーディレクション等により企業イメージを視覚的表現で再構成し、企業価値の向上を図ります。各種印刷物、ウェブサイト、オフィスの建築やインテリアデザインまで、総合的に企業のアイデンティティ構築をサポート致します。

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ADVERTISING
広告

様々な知識に基づいた先鋭的なアイディアと最新のデジタルテクノロジーを駆使したクリエイティブ表現で、ユニークな広告を生み出してきました。様々なメディアとリンクしたクロスメディアなプロモーションアイディア。タイポグラフィー、モーショングラフィック、サウンドなどまで仔細に拘ったクリエイティブ表現で記憶に残るコミュニケーションデザインを行っています。ファッション、車、電化製品、化粧品、食品、携帯電話業界など、様々なカテゴリーの商品の広告を手がけており、企業広告から商品広告まで幅広く承ります。

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GRAPHIC DESIGN
グラフィックデザイン

アートとデザインの境界を跨ぐビジュアル表現で、様々なグラフィックデザインを行い、編集から印刷まで全体のディレクションを行います。活版印刷やシルクスクリーンなど古典的な印刷技術から先進の印刷技術を駆使したデザインまで、また、手書きや手作業の製本といった独特の風合いを持つデザインから製本概念を覆す斬新なデザインまで、様々なアイディアを用い、オリジナリティのあるデザインを提供します。 タイポグラフィー等のディティールへの拘りと、見た目だけでなく、手にした時の質感、触り心地までも意識したきめ細やかなデザインは、世界各国の賞を受賞しています。ブロシュア、カタログ、アートブック、写真集、マガジン、パンフレット、ポスター、カード、ステーショナリーなど、様々なデザインに対応しています。

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WEB DESIGN
ウェブ

前衛的なインターフェースデザインとインタラクティブデザインで、各種ウェブサイトの制作を行います。日々重要性を増すウェブサイトは、企業やブランドの顔としてイメージ構築の中心的役割を担っています。artless Inc.は時代に沿ったデザインとプログラミングで、インタラクティブなウェブサイトを提案致します。また、クリエイティブ表現に留まらず、ユーザビリティを考えたサイト構築を行い、コンテンツ制作やウェブサイトの運営、また、オンラインPR／コミュニケーションのコンサルティング、ディレクションまで承ります。

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VIDEO/MOTION GRAPHICS
映像／モーショングラフィックス

アートの要素を持ち、記憶に残るクリエイティブなビジュアル表現と動きで映像制作を行います。ブロードバンド、テレビ、インターネット、携帯電話等の各種メディアを意識し、夫々に最適な表現を提案しています。言葉の壁を乗り越え、全ての人に伝わるグローバルな映像表現は、カンヌ国際広告祭金賞等の様々な賞を受賞してきました。

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ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS
空間ディレクション（建築 & インテリア）

オフィスやブティック、展示等あらゆる空間の外装及び内装のアートディレクションを行います。artless Inc.は数多くの建築家やインテリアデザイナーとパートナーシップを結び、建物自体からサイン等のディティールまで拘り抜いたトータルデザインを行っています。建築、インテリアとモーション／グラフィックデザインを空間で連動、融合させることで完全なクリエイティブディレクションを実現致します。ホテル、美術館、ギャラリー、店舗等の商業施設やイベントやエキシビション等の商業空間で、個性的な空間演出を手がけてきました。

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PRODUCT DESIGN
プロダクト

グラフィックデザインやインタラクティブデザインの着想をベースとした様々なプロダクト制作を行います。卓絶したタイポグラフィーとヴィジュアル表現を閉じ込めたデザインは唯一無二の独創的なプロダクトを生み出してきました。携帯等のデジタルデバイス、UI（ユーザーインタフェース）デザイン、インテリア、証明、時計、シューズ／ウェア／テキスタイル等のファッションデザイン、質感まで拘り抜いた紙やインクのプロデュース等、多岐に渡る分野の商品をプロデュースしています。

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PACKAGING
パッケージ

紙、素材、質感など、人との接触を意識したパッケージデザインを行います。 ブランドイメージとの統一感、パッケージデザインと商品が置かれる環境のデザイン連動も意識し、より明確かつ強烈なブランドイメージを印象に残すデザインを提供致します。ファッション、食品、時計等、様々なパッケージングをデザインしてきました。

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WRITING
ライティング

論理的かつ感性豊かなコンセプトライティング、コピーライティングを行います。また既存のウェブサイトやフライヤー、広告のテキストを活かしつつ、より洗練された文章に書き換えるコンテンツ整理、編集、リライティング等も行っています。

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SOUND
サウンド

各ジャンルの多様なアーティストとのコラボレーションにより、広告や映像、ウェブサイト等、各媒体に最適なサウンドを提供致します。またartless Inc.のセレクションCDの販売も行っています。
> www.artlessrecords.com

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PHOTOGRAPHY
撮影

広告や印刷物、ウェブサイト等、各媒体へ掲載する優れた写真や映像を撮影致します。写真やビデオは、デザインのクオリティを左右する重要なコンテンツの一つです。artless Inc.では卓出したフォトグラファーが、クオリティの高いデザインに不可欠な写真やビデオの撮影を行います。

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artless Inc.は常に新しい分野への挑戦を求めています。
上記のカテゴリーに当てはまらないような場合でも、
お気軽にご相談下さい。
> info@artless.co.jp

http://hotel-anteroom.com/

Award Nomination:
グッドデザイン賞 受賞 (GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2011)

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making via. blog :
[preparation] artwork for hotel anteroom kyoto / set up by TRNK
[printing] Printing on KIN-HAKU
[printing] Printing on Wood paper
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” moon | waning crescent 2011″ [print art] at Entrance
price 1,250,000JPY (+tax)
print on gold leaf + top coat + dosa (a liquid made of weak nikawa and myoban that preps the paper) + wood panel + stamp/signed
size: W4,720mm x H1680mm ( A1 x 8 )
(Edition: 1/2)
order and contact >>

artwork by shun kawakami
calligraphy by gen miyamura

Courtesy of imura art gallery, kyoto

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” view | wind from kyoto ” [print art] at Main Dining
price 250,000JPY (+tax)
print on original wood paper (forest thinnings) + wood panel + stamp/signed
size: W2,610mm x H255mm ((W870mm x H255mm)) x 3)
(Edition: 1/2)
order and contact >>

Courtesy of imura art gallery, kyoto

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hotel view :

Photography by Yoshiro Masuda
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www.nikonnext.com

credit :
creative direction : paragraph
art direction, design, html development : artless (tokyo)
project management : haute couture
artist curation : +81 magazine, hitspaper

Logo design bu shun kawakami

keyword : html for iPad & iPhone
font : Garamond

Logo :
Design by shun kawakami (artless)

Website :

credit:
art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
assistant design : artless tokyo
cliant: Wow Inc.

Stationery :

official site :
ISSEY MIYAKE INC.
www.isseymiyake.com

art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
assistant design : ryo sugi (artless)
interactive design : keigo anan (tngrm), artcode inc.
sound : himuro (tngrm)
pm : shirofuchi

concept of design :
grid system, Design of 3 layers, interactive motion typography, photography of back ground,
international/global brand, RSS Feed connection…

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brand site :

ISSEY MIYAKE / BRAND SITE
www.isseymiyake.com/isseymiyake_women

art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
interactive design : wataru sumita

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ISSEY MIYAKE INC.
christmas special site
11.11 – 12.25 2010
http://www.isseymiyake.com/

credit :
creative direction, art direction, design : artless inc.
art direction : shun kawakami
design : ryo sugi
interactive design : tngrm + unouplus
sound : leo sato
pm : shirofuchi

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credit :
art direction and design: shun kawakami (artless)

award :
NY TDC55 – The Type Directors Club (NY) :
Print [Packaging] (New York)
Tokyo TDC 2009 (Japan)
JAGDA : Graphic Design in Japan 2009 (Japan)

credit:
creative direction: artless Inc.
art direction + design : kei kawakami (asobi graphics)
programing: artcode inc.

agency: openers
client: yagitsusho limited.

[creative direction / total produce]

credit :
Concept : Taro Horiuchi
Creative direction / Total Produce : Shun Kawakami (artless)
Pruduct Design : Nosigner

Collection Staff : Akiko Horiuchi, Anna Ogura, Choi Suzy, Saeki Nakamura,Sakaisan, Sayumi Yokosuka

SPECIAL THANKS
Asami Nishiguchi, A FACTORY INC., Atlier Ishikura, Ayako Koizumi, CZAR, Daigo Boeki,
Fashion Shiraishi, Five One, gallery deux poissons, Hideki Ogura, Hideya Yokoi,
Horiuchi family, is・ea, Kaoru Suzuki, Kashiwagi, KM sewing, Marushin, Matsumaru,
Matsuoka, Misako Kaneda, moco, Mokuba, NAGAKUMOKAI, NIRE UPS, raffine, RING CLOTH’ER INC.,
Rose, Sachiko Mimoto, Sanae Oide, Santoku, Seiji Kubo, Shigeki Okada, SIC, SOTOH,
Tomohiro Takao, YuichiIhara, Yuko Tamura, Yuko Yoshida…

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exhibition
at showroom

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light / concept object
design by NOSIGNER

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credit :
art direction + design : artless Inc.
calligraphy : gen miyamura
photo : sanbe
graphic work: raku-gaki

credit :
art direction + design : artless Inc.
memo : kenichi takemoto

key word : idea in MOLESKINE.

credit :
art direction + design : artless Inc.
development : GRANDBASE INC.

client: JTQ Inc.

font : Didot
key word : design of html base for ipad + share to Facebook/Twitter

cledit:
art direction and design: shun kawakami (artless)
assistant design: ryo sugi (artless)
client: ISSEY MIYAKE INC.

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award (nomination) :

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www.richmagazine.jp

credit :
creative direction : TADS (Tokyo Art Directors: Miyashi(tycoon graphics)+Umezawa(glam beast)
art direction + design : shun kawakami (artless)
design + development : artless Inc.

font : Myried (italic)
key color : DIC 469
video on vimeo

artwork, artdirectiom, design: shun kawakami (artless)
printing direction : adopia Inc.

client : JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)

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AD :

calligraphys :
art direction : shun kawakami (artless)
design : artless tokyo
calligraphy : gen miyamura

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cars :

art direction and photo direction : shun kawakami (artless)
design : artless tokyo
photography : ichigo sugawara

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credits :

Website :
creative direction : cailoghi s.r.l [Firenze / Italia].
art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
design support: kotenhits
interactive design : artcode Inc.
sound : leo sato
photography : ichigo sugawara, Darren Heath

produce: keisuke matsushima + diglee
art direction and design: artless inc.
client: printemps ginza

2010.12.26.(SUN) OPEN 16:00 / START 16:30 / CLOSE: 20:00
Venue: Fukutake Hall in The Univercity of Tokyo Hongo campus
会場：東京大学本郷キャンパス　福武ホール

Speakers:
Orist Workshop Directed by Tomohiro Tachi　舘知宏
Keiichiro Shibuya × Takashi Ikegami　渋谷慶一郎 × 池上高志
Kyohei Sakaguchi × Yusuke Nakamura　坂口恭平 × 中村雄祐

Organized by SYNAPSE
Sponsored by an award project of the students of the university of Tokyo,
“We make the university of Tokyo more attractive by editing!”.
Supported by Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]

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poster graphic :
creative direction : keiichiro shibuya (ATAK)
art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
coordinate : SYNAPSE

GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR FASHION
by Jay Hess and Simone Pasztorek
Laurence king publishing ltd.
London, Uk

http://www.laurenceking.com/product/Graphic+Design+for+Fashion.htm

Hardback
800 illustrations
240 pages
280 x 216 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 693 7
£26.00
Published October 2010

Fashion is a high-impact, fast-paced industry that demands an aspirational visual message and requires constant reinvention. Graphic design for fashion must represent the core values of the brand while pushing boundaries and expectations.

Often seen as a showcase relationship for a design studio, the seasonal nature of the end product provides a limitless testing ground for new ideas and innovative production solutions.

This visually led book contains a global selection of the best graphic design studios’ work within the fashion industry – from packaging and lookbooks to swing tags and invitations – with exclusive insights from both clients and designers. The book features not simply the visual identities of big budgets and luxury brands, but showcases the creative processes of the world’s leading design studios.

With each of the four chapters printed on a different paper stock, the book itself reflects the exciting graphic developments in the field of fashion. The result is a visually diverse collection of graphic design, which is a rich source of inspiration for new and groundbreaking production techniques and a perfect reference point for those across the creative industries.

Born in Austria, Simone Pasztorek studied graphic design in Vienna and later graduated from Central St Martins, London. After working for TANK magazine, she joined with Jay Hess under the name byBOTH. She has designed magazines, books and packaging, mainly for fashion clients.

Before graduating from Central St Martins, London, Jay Hess studied graphic design in NC State University. He has worked as a designer for a number of years, in the US and UK. He now runs the London-based studio byBOTH with Simone Pasztorek, mainly working in the fields of editorial, graphic, type and web design.

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credit :
art direction : shun kawakam (artless)
interactive design : tngrm + unouplus
LED light and sound system: shuzo okabe (tokyo design lab)
sound : leo sato
pm : shirofuchi

process (photographs) :
> November 10, 2010 Set up at at ELTTOBTEP ISSEY MIYAKE / Osaka
> November 9, 2010 original directional loudspeaker | design by upsetters

Original Audio Spotlight
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credit :
art direction and design : shun kawakami
interactive design : manmaru paris
motion design : edp graphic works
sound : noiselessly (artless records)

concept of design :
black and white, ma, grid system, typography, sense of japan…

2010. 9.11.sat – 12.24.sun
at TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN

“moon” [print art]
price 555,555JPY (+tax)
print on gold leaf / silver leaf + top coat + dosa (a liquid made of weak nikawa and myoban that preps the paper) + wood panel
size: W590mm x H1680mm (A1 x 2)
(Edition: 2/2)
order and contact >>

artwork by shun kawakami
calligraphy by gen miyamura

“ballon as vase” [video art] 125,000JPY
(Edition: 1/10)
order and contact >>

“ikebana” [print art] 125,000JPY [SOLD OUT]
(Edition: 1/2)
order and contact >>

Introducing Paxton’s body philosophy reinterpreting the frameworks of various physical sensation and action in a fusion of contemporary dance and art.
A leading figure in American post-modern dance, dancer/choreographer Steve Paxton is visiting Japan for the first time in 34 years. At YCAM, Steve Paxton presents a new video installation, centered around which a variety of events including demonstrations by the artist himself, and lectures with invited experts, take place as a comprehensive introduction to Paxton’s body philosophy.
Through the experience of a video installation and other events explaining Paxton’s methods and original artistic work, which keep influencing the current dance scene, this exhibition introduces Paxton’s work from the contexts of social and historical circumstances in the 1960s, and looks at the present form of the new physical and spatial qualities discovered through media-based artistic expression.

credit :
Steve Paxton “Phantom Exhibition”
Organizer: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
Support: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Board of Education
Co-organizer: DANCE DOCUMENTS JAPAN COMMITTEE (DDJC)
Co-sponsor: Japan-United States Friendship Commission, Asian Cultural Council, The Saison Foundation
Produced by Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Technical support: YCAM InterLab
Curator: Kazunao Abe (YCAM)
Design direction: Shun Kawakami (artless)

Sign Design:

pamphlet:

2010. 4.29.-5.30
at Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery (Tokyo Station)

The Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi (a.a.t.m.), held at the Marunouchi Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, is an art exhibition designed to help identify and provide support to young artists. This year’s exhibition will not disappoint; like past shows, it will be full of great talent!
The a.a.t.m. features works of art and artists selected from amongst graduation projects at Japan’s art universities and graduate schools. These are displayed at the Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, and a Grand Prize is awarded to the top piece. The judges are all professionals who lead Japan’s art scene. The 143 artists introduced over the past three years include many new artists who have since risen to prominence and are already active on a variety of fronts. Thus the goal of which is to identify and encourage new artists, is yielding steady results with each event held. Vote for the Audience Prize, which gained the positive response last year! A brand new art spot in Marunouchi, the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum adds to Marunouchi’s character as a hotspot for art. We hope that everyone will enjoy this competition between the young artists who are a harbinger of the future of art.

credit :
art direction and design : artless inc.
logo design : shun kawakami
creative direction : shigeo goto
client : MITSUBISHI ESTATE Co., Ltd.
suponsor : shu uemura

Judges
Taro Amano (Chief Curator of Yokohama Museum of Art )
Yuka Uematsu (Curator, the National Museum of Art, Osaka )
Shigeo Goto (Professor of Kyoto University of Art and Design )
Kazue Kobata (Curator, Professor of Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music )
Tomio Koyama (Director of Tomio Koyama Gallery )
Naoki Sato (Art director, Associate Professor of Tama Art University )
Yuko Hasegawa (Chief Curator of Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo )

Guest Judge
Kohei Nawa (Artist)

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Interior design: upsetters architects

Graphic Art :
view 7m
artwork by shun kawakami (artless)
caligraphy by gen miyamura
size : W7,000mmm x H841mm
Print : UV Ink on Wood Paper

The hotel is conveniently located, which is just 10 minutes walk from Shinjuku Station and on the side of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. Its bilingual staff serves the overseas visitors very well.To invite more customers from other countries, an universal room was required. The other three rooms were needed to be capable of accommodating much more people per room to meet the demands of families and youth.We attempted to create a special Japanese space balancing the Japan-ness, the element of Japan-style room, delighting overseas customers and its history and memory accumulated there.We focused on three points. First of all, some of the walls, which were carefully selected considering the sense of touch and natural light, are exposed. In addition, “sumi”s, markings for construction guidance, were deliberately left. Finally, the minimum Japan-style elements, the light well in the universal room and the tatami floors of the others, were added. Consequently, it became extremely Japanese and people can feel its unique stateliness and tenseness there.The reason why tatami flooring was chosen was that people can utilise the floor in various ways by putting futon down and away. To advance its tenseness, hemmed tatamis were arranged together with vinyl flooring.Although it was just one floor that we concerned, the balance with the other floors also had to be considered. To achieve the balance as a whole, the design of its lift floor was not completely changed but just adjusted. Instead, to make the entrance impressive, the wooden gate was installed on the boundary between the lift floor and the corridor. The ceiling of the common corridor is covered with the 7-metre-long work by Shun Kawakami, an artist. Additionally, the effective lighting design makes the artwork stand out and their combination raises people’s expectation of the guest rooms.

東京都、新宿に位置する、ホテルのワンフロア(4室)の改修工事。対象のホテルは、新宿駅から徒歩10分、新宿御苑の側と言う恵まれた立地と、バイリンガルなスタッフによるサービスによって、海外からの来客が多いという特徴があった。より広く、海外からの来客を受け入れるため、バリアフリーの部屋を1室作ること、そのほか3室に関しては、家族連れ、若い宿泊客を対象に、できる限り多くの人数で一室に宿泊可能なことが求められた。海外からの来客に、日本らしさを感じてもらうための和室の要素と、既存物件に蓄積された情報のバランスを取りながら、ここでしか成立できない日本的な空間を目指した。質感、自然光の関係によって選定され、限定的に露出された壁面と、建設当時に躯体に刻まれた「スミ」、最小限の和室の要素 ( バリアフリーの部室における光庭、そのほか3室における畳 ) にそぎ落としてデザインされた空間は、独特の重みと、緊張感を生み出し、結果的に 極めて日本的な空間を生み出している。畳を選んだのは、布団の上げ下げによる使い方の多様性からであり、あえて帯付きの畳を選択し、長尺シートと取り合わせることで、空間全体の緊張感を高めている。ワンフロアのみの改修工事であることから、他のフロアとのバランスも重要であり、エレベーターホールを既存デザインの調整にとどめることで、全体との調和を促し、共用廊下との境に、門形ゲートを設置することで、印象的なエントランスとして切り替えを計っている。共用廊下の天井には、7メートルに渡って グラフィックデザイナー / 川上俊の作品を埋込み、効果的な照明計画と合わせて、客室への期待感を高める、前室としている。

credit :
art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
flash development : hitsme
photography : nam
sound : blanc.

blanc.
DJ/producer/remixer/artist
blanc. is the critically acclaimed solo project and alter-ego of Maynard Plant, lead vocalist of the popular Japanese pop-rock band Monkey Majik. The project began in 2003 with the meeting of Maynard and Sendai City co-resident Takeshi Hanzawa of FreeTEMPO. Maynard sang and wrote the lyrics for the house tracks “Sky High”, “Duet” and “New Days” on FreeTEMPO’s 2nd album “THE WORLD IS ECHOED” under the pseudonym “blanc.”. This collaboration, now legendary, marked the beginning of blanc.’s career. Since then, blanc. has collaborated with many electronic and house musicians. In March of 2008 he produced and released his first album “new world”. blanc.’s much anticipated 2nd album “canvas” was released June 10th, 2009. The new album is a fusion of electronic, organic, house and pop music.

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ark inc.
www.arkinc.net
(C.I., Stationary, Website)

ark.inc. is music label and management.

credit :
art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
flash development : hitsme
photography : nam
sound : blanc.

Logo :

Website :

credit :
art direction and design by shun kawakami (artless)
client : ISSEY MIYAKE INC.

award :
NY TDC55 – The Type Directors Club (NY) :
Print [Packaging] (New York)
Tokyo TDC – The Tokyo Type Directors Club / Annual Awards
JAGDA : Graphic Design in Japan 2009

shipping box :

Typographic for Magazine AD :

credits :
art direction and artwork : shun kawakami (artless)
design : ryo sugi (artless)
client : NEW WORLD RECORDS

>> iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/brand-new-start-feat-miho/id361211051

credit :
creative and art direction : artless Inc.
design : kotenhits
flash development : attractors

credits :
art direction and artwork : shun kawakami (artless)
design : ryo sugi (artless)
client : NEW WORLD RECORDS

>> iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/2010/id370349474

art direction and design : shun kawakami (artless)
flash development : kenshi nishizuka (RHYTHN)
sound design : gaku sato

The Tokyo Typo Directors Club (Tokyo TDC)
Annual Award 2013
[Nomination] design and paper engineering (Brand Design & Package Design)

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2012

iF: International Forum Design Hannover (Germany)
“huug – balance of light and shadow -”
[Brand Design & Product Design]

CREATIVITY INTERNATIONAL AWARDS : 41st annual
Print & Packaging Competition :
ISETAN | the stage & show window “bokusho” new year 2011
2011. 1/2, 3, 4

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2011
GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2011
グッドデザイン賞 受賞
HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO
installation work / original print

the 2011 elections to the D&AD Executive Committee. (London)
D&AD Executive Elections are now underway with 16 candidates standing this year,
wanting to support D&AD’s mission and vision and lead the organisation forward.

The Tokyo Typo Directors Club (Tokyo TDC)
Annual Award 2011
[Nomination] ISSEY MIYAKE INC. / ELTTOBTEP (present package)

DDA AWARD – Japan Display Design Award 2001
ディスプレイデザイン賞 2011 入選
[Nomination] ISETAN (Honkan & Men’s) : Show Window “boku-sho” 2011

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2010

CANNES LIONS
International Advertising Festiva : “GOLD” (Design Lions)
Corporate or Brand Identity / Broadcast Design & Graphics :

D&AD / THE BEST ADVERTISING AND DESIGN IN THE WORLD (UK)
Awards 2010 : TV & Cinema Communications
TV Promotions, Stings & Programme Junctions

Vuoden Huiput (Finland)
(Best of the Year) : “Shortlist”

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2009

NY ADC : Young Gun 7 / Judge
NY TDC55 – The Type Directors Club (NY) :
Print [Packaging] (New York)
The Tokyo Typo Directors Club (Tokyo TDC)
Annual Award 2009
JAGDA : Graphic Design in Japan 2009

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2008

ADC Young Guns 6 (New York)
Award-winning : The final 50.
London International Awards (UK)
The One Show Book Design Finaist (New York)
Tokyo Interactive AD Award Finaist : GYRE

JCD Design Award 2008 BEST 100
Dual City Sessions 2007 (the Japanese Society of Commercial Space Designers)

DDA AWARD : Display Design Awards 2008
Selected Work / Dual City Sessions 2007 (the Japan Display Design Association)
* Exhibition Design by upsetters architects

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2000-2007

The ADC 86th Annual Awards :
GRAPHIC DESIGN – POSTER DESIGN/PROMOTIONAL : Merit (New York)
Tokyo Interactive AD Award Finalist, Branding Site
Japan Good Design Award
Applied Japan Typography
Web Design Annual Japan
Adobe Motion Award Interactive / grand prize
The FWA (UK)

etc…

etc…

‘artless records’ is a new music label established by artless Inc.
The label aims to find new possibilities for music with art and design.

credit:
art direction: shun kawakami (artless)
project management, flash development, programing: artcode inc.
design: kotenhits + ryo sugi (artless)

agency: openers
client: yagitsusho limited.

Movie Credit
Creative Direction + Planning: Masashi Kawamura
Chief Produce: Takaharu Hatori (MONSTER ULTRA)
Produce: Toranosuke Momoki (MONSTER ULTRA)
Direction: Masatsugu Nagasoe (N・E・W)
Camera: Shimon Tani
Lighting: Tetsu Moritera
Art: Makiko Koshimura (TRYTRY)
Styling: Baby Mix (3rd)
Assistant Styling: Chie Morioka (3rd)
Hair + Make up: Toshihiko Shingu (Surge)
Assistant Hair + Make up: Norio Kitamura (SLANG)
Assistant Hair + Make up: Mei Kimura
Music Producer: Setsu Fukushima (Mr.Music)
Music Assistant Producer: Kazuyoshi Tonami (Mr.Music )
Artist: Shuta Hasunuma
Production Manager: Hiroki Mizukami, Kyoko Ikeda (MONSTER ULTRA)

shun kawakami per giuliano fujiwara
4/13 – 19 (11:00-20:00)
Reception Party: 4/13 19:00-21:00

@ giuliano Fujiwara / MILANO Store
Via Borgospesso 11, 20121 Milano
+39 02 3653123

Exhibition design by artless
Artwork by shun kawakami and takashi kawada(kotenhits) + daisy balloon

artwork by shun kawakami
” hisomu ” [print art]
price 225,000JPY (+tax)
print on washi/Japanese rice paper + wood panel + stamp/signed
(Edition: 1/2)
order and contact >>

credit
art direction : artless Inc.
design : hitsme
ptoduce : nanayo co.,ltd.
client : Barneys Japan

[Logo and Format Design]

credit :
art direction and design : artless inc.
logo design : shun kawakami