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Artworks and Business

Yuichi Maki

眞木 雄一

Writing, and Creative Production

Assistant to Morio Shinoda (Sculptor)

Below lies a small world. Within it, a small version of me eats, regurgitates, and chokes on an even smaller version of me, constantly trying to grasp the situation-debating whether this is happiness or misfortune.

NEWS:

No News

KEYWORDS:

Writing / Copywriting / Graphic Design
Advertising & Web Planning, Direction, and Production
Contemporary Art / Speculative Investment

COPYWRITING AWARDS:

  • 50th Senden-kaigi Award: Sponsor Company Award & Finalist
  • 55th Senden-kaigi Award: Silver Award
  • 56th Senden-kaigi Award: Sponsor Company Award & Finalist
  • 58th Senden-kaigi Award: Silver Award & Sponsor Company Award
  • 14th Pink Ribbon Design Award: Poster Category Shortlist
  • 16th Pink Ribbon Design Award: Excellence Award in Catchphrase
  • Sapporo City 100th Anniversary Catchphrase: Grand Prize

Examples:

* Please note that the following catchcopies are written in Japanese.

AIから仕事を奪ってください。

- Yahoo! JAPAN (Engineer Recruitment)

早期は今だ。

- Pink Ribbon (Breast Cancer Screening Awareness)

札幌が、もっとはじまる。

- Sapporo City 100th Anniversary

歩きにくいのは、
道のせいじゃなかった。

- CEMEDINE (Shoe Sole Repair Material)

当たりくじと
ハズレくじは、
外見がそっくりです。

- Japan Lottery (Unclaimed Prize Prevention)

とても大切で、
とてもジャマなものがある。

- Sumally Pocket (Storage Service)

９時から１２時の間に待ち合わせよう。
そんな約束は、普通しない。

- Panasonic (Delivery Box)

あなたのコードが、
未来をアップデートする。

- Yahoo! JAPAN (Engineer Recruitment)

男性の皆さまへ、
乳がん検診のお知らせです。

- Pink Ribbon (Breast Cancer Screening Awareness)

GRAPHIC DESIGN:

Print, Web, and Digital Media in general

Examples:

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VIDEO WORKS:

Past Video Works

Recent Video Works

TEXT WORKS / CONTRIBUTIONS:

List of Pen Names by Genre

EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS:

last update: 2007.7

2000

- Short Video Collection "Sequences, Antagonist" (26min/VHS/DV)

- NHK BS-1 "Digista": 12th Digista Award-winning Video Work "Untitled Border Line"

2001

- Eri Matsui 2002 S/S Tokyo Collection (Shiba Park Studio) / Collaborative Overall Direction with Eri Matsui (currently Rie Emma)

- Roppongi AXIS Gallery "Digista Exhibition"

- NHK Studio Park "Digista Exhibition"

2002

- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum "Digista Exhibition"

- Short Video Collection "Sequences" (50min/DVD/DV)

- University of Tsukuba Annex Gallery "8 and Bowl Exhibition" (Group Exhibition Supervised by Tatsuo Kawaguchi)

2003

- Kichijoji Star Pine's Cafe "Collaboration of Piano, Percussion, and Video" (Lighting Direction / Video)

2004～

- Kawasaki IBM Citizens' Cultural Gallery Solo Exhibition "Yuichi Maki Non-narrative Video Exhibition" (Organizer: Kawasaki City Cultural Foundation)

- Yonago City Public Hall "Reflection Scape" Music and Video Experience (Yonago, Tottori)

- 9th Jinzukyo Art Exhibition (Former Koba Elementary School, Toyama)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Freelance / Sole Proprietor: 1998 - Present
Company A (Board Member): 2004 - 2013
Company B (Executive Advisor): 2013 - Present
Assistant to Morio Shinoda (Sculptor): 2013 - 2026

Clients (Freelance / In no particular order):
Dentsu Inc., ANA (All Nippon Airways), Fusosha Publishing, Yamaha Music, Kodansha, NHK Enterprises, Local Governments, Art Museums, Galleries, Musicians, Artists, Restaurants, etc.

RESIDENTIAL HISTORY:

Chuo-ku, Chiba -> Tsukuba, Ibaraki -> Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo -> Horinouchi, Suginami, Tokyo -> Matsunogi, Suginami, Tokyo -> Kasuga, Bunkyo, Tokyo -> Hakusan, Bunkyo, Tokyo -> Kanazawa, Ishikawa

EDUCATION:

  • Junior High School Attached to the Faculty of Education, Chiba University
  • Chiba Prefectural Chiba High School
  • University of Tsukuba, School of Art and Design (Comprehensive Plastic Arts Course)
  • University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Art and Design (M.A. in Design)

WHERE TO SEND MONEY / GIFTS:

Please contact me via the mail form right now.

CONTACT:

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