Nakata Takuma is a Realtime Graphics Artist based in Kyoto. He grew up in Senegal, Brazil and Indonesia, and studied Visual Design in Japan and Interaction Design in The Netherlands. His works emphasise how to design experience to tempt audience into the immersive world of visuals and technology by converting virtual phenomena into physical experience. He is the Technical Director at BASSDRUM and Adobe Creative Residency Alumni (2019-20).
Mieno Ryu was born in Hyogo in 1988. After graduating from Kyoto Seika University with a degree in Graphic Design in 2011, he started his career as a freelance graphic designer in Kyoto. He produces graphic designs mainly for publicity design for art, theatres, as well as text graphic design in logos and products.
Born in 1984, Iguchi Kota is a Motion Designer/Creative Director. While studying at Musashino Art University, he founded TYMOTE in 2008. And he founded the creative association CEKAI in 2013. He specialises in motion graphics and works as a video director and team-building creative director. His major awards include the Bronze Pencil winner in The One Show in 2013, Yellow Pencil winner in D&AD 2013 and 2015, TOKYO TDC Award 2014, NY ADC Gold Award 2015. He is a guest […]
Hou I-Ting Hou I-Ting was born in Kaohsiung and is currently based in Taipei. By blending digital imagery and video with embroidery, Hou challenges the way we identify everyday imagery while reconfiguring otherwise prosaic visual experiences. Her practice pivots around the ever-changing relationship between the body and imagery. She is especially interested in the condition of female labour in the past and present socioeconomic systems: her on-site sewing performances are a cultural critique on the labour process within a capitalist […]
Hugh Davies is an artist, curator and researcher of games and play. Of Welsh (Cymry) and Scottish descent, Davies was born in Larrakia Country, raised on Kaurna lands, and currently resides in the Kulin Nations in the south-east of Australia. Davies’s creative practice explores histories of screens and other media devices, as well as traditions of play in the Asia Pacific Region. In the past decade, he has drawn particular focus on China and Japan. With a background in fine art, Davies approaches games […]
Julius Hui is a Chinese type designer and typographer raised in Hong Kong. Before starting his own studio Kowloon Type, Hui was a senior type designer at Monotype and font developer at Dalton Maag in London. He was the design lead of Chinese fonts for global corporations included Tencent, HP and Intel, etc. He also designed Chinese logotype for numerous brands, including The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek. After winning the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award in 2018, […]
Chris Tsui is an information designer with works including visual identity, typography, infographics, digital media, environmental and spatial. Born in 1984 in Hong Kong, Tsui graduated from the School of Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2009. He co-founded Trilingua Design with Adonian Chan in 2010. He is known for the lettering and supergraphic design at the Kai Yip Recreation Centre. The project has been awarded the Asia Pacific Awards for Excellence by Urban Land Institute. He specialises in […]
Maggie and Sasha are a husband-and-wife duo on handpans. They have travelled to many countries and played together in many people’s homes, cafés, restaurants, bars and on the streets. They love world and ethnic music as much as playing all kinds of percussive instruments.
Dance Ability is a group of dancing enthusiasts in wheelchairs who would like to spread joy through music and dance.
Po Leung Kuk Anita L. L. Chan (Centenary) School in To Kwa Wan is a special school for pupils with moderate-grade mental deficiency. With age ranging from 7 to 16 years old, members from the school’s martial arts team receive at least one year of training in dragon dance, lion dance drumming, martial arts, etc.