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MIDPARK KOINOBORI COLLECTION

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Past Winners of the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD

Past winners of the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD, a design and art competition.

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Eating the Wind

Eating the Wind

The carp streamers seem to be gulping in the air, the outlines of their supple bodies flexing like balloons. In order to visualize their ecology, they were fed slightly tinted air. If you look closely, you may be able to discern their structure. Here’s hoping today is full of imagination and dreams. 【Created in 2020】

Yusuke Aonuma / To be determined
Yusuke graduated from the Graduate School at Tokyo University of the Arts. He won the Grand Prix at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2018 in the Art category. He formed a design duo STUDIO POETIC CURIOSITY in 2020. He co-hosts STUDIO POETIC CURIOSITY.
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You are here.

A koinobori with a map on it. If you lose your way, turn back to the days of your childhood. 【Created in 2020】

Shunsuke Oka / Product designer
Yuto Tamura / Art director
Mariko Abe / Producer
Ayaka Sato / Manager
A design unit led by an art director and product designer.
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KOBOKU FISH

KOBOKU FISH

Sansui-Sha works with Koboku(vintage wood materials used as timbers for traditional Japanese-style houses) which are left over after old houses have been dismantled. I went to their warehouse in Nagano Prefecture and took tracings of the surface of Koboku. The decades—even centuries—the Koboku has seen are engraved on its surface. The koinobori is filled with the wish that children will live long and loving lives, like Koboku. 【Created in 2020】

Minako Izumi / Graphic designer
Kanagawa-born Minako won an award at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2014. Her other achievements include winning the Silver Award at The Japan Book Design Award 2019, and being selected for the TDC 2020 and Japan Typography Annual 2020.
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Freely Swimming Koinobori

Freely Swimming Koinobori

The koinobori sends the message that everyone can live freely any way they want, and the world is wide, and isn't just Japan. The message is expressed by the direction the koinobori swims, and colors that represent the five continents. 【Created in 2020】

Kaori Ito / Designer
Tatuya Omura / Designer
A designer duo. They were TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2019 finalists.
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Fortune QR streamer

Fortune QR streamer

QR codes look similar, but are linked to different things. I used that feature to create a fortune teller. Scan the QR code on whichever of the koinobori's eyes or scales you like, and see what fortune you get told. Koinobori are about praying for the gods' protection. This QR carp-streamer will be praying for you, and will bring you good fortune. 【Created in 2020】

Momoka Nakayama / Interactive creator
Momoka Nakayama graduated from the Emerging Design and Informatics Course, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo in 2017. She loves creating experiences that people are subconsciously enticed to try. A project she has been working on recently is the development of a robot that runs errands to the deep sea.
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Smiley Koinobori

Smiley Koinobori

Each of this koinobori's scales is a smiley face. I hope children's future will be full of smiles, like this koinobori made of many smiling faces. (There's a cat face hidden in there somewhere. Can you find it?) 【Created in 2020】

Hiroko Uruma（uruco） / Art director
Kosuke Uruma（uruco） / Management consultant
A designer duo consisting of an art director and management consultant who base their work on the concept of "making people smile through design." They won the Audience Award at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2018.
https://www.uruco.jp
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Up in the Sky

Up in the Sky

The design is imbued with our wishes for children to set out into a world of freedom, grow tall and big, and become people who shine. 【Created in 2020】

Daisuke Enomoto（hitoe） / Designer
Orie Yokoyama（hitoe） / Designer
A creative duo who base their work on the concept of "from people to people." They work in a wide range of areas, from product design to branding and graphic design.
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Surrounded by a Refreshing Breeze and Sunlight

Surrounded by a Refreshing Breeze and Sunlight

Take a leisurely bathe in the warm sun outdoors. The air is clear, and the breeze refreshing. We hope that the environment will still be safe and healthy in the future when the children have grown up. 【Created in 2020】

Yukie Ogaki / Designer, Artist
Takumi Matsuo / Designer, Engineer
The pair created ARF!-itecture, the main artwork for the New Year in 2018, and Sticker Insect Collection in 2019. They were shortlisted in the Illustration category of the D&AD Awards 2019, the world's most prestigious design awards. They won the Taku Sato Award and Audience Award at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2016.
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CMYKoi

CMYKoi

A koinobori based on the CMY color model. It can change to any color. Everyone has their own unique color. The color can change, or stay the same. Be yourself and be strong, so you can swim freely in the open sky. We pray for a bright future for children from Roppongi. 【Created in 2020】

Haruka Mitani（Nyokki） / Designer
Yuki Yawata（Nyokki） / Designer
Daisuke Kakinoki（Nyokki） / Designer
The unit is based in Tokyo, and active freely.
Nyokki was a finalist at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2019, and won the Special Prize at the ARTSTEEL AWRD 2019 and Grand Prize at the KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2017.
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Song of the Sky

Song of the Sky

Day or night, beyond the sky lies outer space. If you have imagination, knowledge, and discoveries beyond what you can see with your eyes, you can encounter many different joys, and the world will be more interesting. This happened to me, so I wanted to tell people the message. 【Created in 2020】

Kosei Komatsu / Artist
Born in 1981, Kosei continues to produce works with themes based on birds and feathers, born from his interest in floating in the air. Making use of these experiences, he takes lightness, movement, and light as his key inspirations, and currently displays works at art museums and also produces spatial designs for commercial facilities and concept shops.
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Public Opinion Koinobori

Public Opinion Koinobori

We asked 100 people both men and women which koinobori color they liked, and then divided the koinobori's body into 100 sections and colored it using the percentages from the survey results. Why not choose your own koinobori's colors based on this koinobori swaying in the sky? No matter what public opinion says though, an important thing might also be not to be swayed by it. 【Created in 2020】

Kentaro Sako（JDS） / Designer
Rakuma Hirokawa（JDS） / Designer
Shohei Nakashioya（JDS） / Planner
A creative team consisting of three designers born in Hakata. They won the Grand Prix in the Design category at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2018.
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Koinobori Loaf (Freshly Baked)

Koinobori Loaf (Freshly Baked)

We have here a koinobori loaf. It's been carefully made, and baked to perfection. Spread on some melting butter, and enjoy it on the Midtown lawn. 【Created in 2020】

Takashi Shikano / Product designer
Takashi undertakes everything from planning, design, and branding for projects such as bags, daily necessities, audio, healthcare, and new areas of business, at Elecom Co., Ltd. He is also active as a designer outside of work, taking part in competitions and so on.
His design work includes off toco, ESCODE, ECLEAR warm, and bund.
His awards include the Manabu Mizuno Award at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2017, the Good Design Award from 2016 to 2019, the iF Design Award from 2017 to 2020, and the Special Prize at a Wemake and SUNTORY collaborative competition in 2019.
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Shine, athletes of the Future!

Shine, athletes of the Future!

I laid out human figures that evoke different sports all over a colorfully patterned koinobori, with the wish that many children will grow up to be athletes of the future who can participate in global sporting events. 【Created in 2020】

Yoshiaki Takagi / Art director
Director of Indigo Design Studio, Yoshiaki served as the art director for the musical Annie for 15 years. His main areas of activity are graphic design for jazz festivals, theater arts, art exhibitions, and so on, and art books and various types of editorial design.
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Konpeito

Konpeito

This is a scene of stars floating in a clear sky. I used vivid colors to express the wish for children's growth. 【Created in 2020】

Saki Takeshita / Designer
Saki graduated from the Interior Design Course, Department of Industrial, Interior and Craft Design, Musashino Art University.
She works mainly in interior and textile design.
She is currently working as YOKATIME.
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KOINOBORI SONG

KOINOBORI SONG

The lyrics of the children's song Koinobori, Romanized. Koi are so strong they climb up waterfalls. That strength is expressed with an original font that gives a sense of youthfulness. Maybe singing the song will take you back to your own childhood. 【Created in 2020】

Taisei Tajima / Creative director
Taisei graduated from Tama Art University. After working at a few design firms, he now works at an advertising agency.
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Screening Result: No Abnormalities Found

Screening Result: No Abnormalities Found

I thought it would be fun if the inspection before koinobori are shipped were something like a health screening. Screening result: No abnormalities found. You're safe to enjoy swimming in the sky. 【Created in 2020】

Shun Yanagisawa (kumo) / Designer
Shouta Toriyama (kumo) / Designer
Working with craftsmen, They undertake a wide range of projects, including branding for accessory brands, furniture design for commercial spaces, and industrial design using traditional crafts and casting dies.
Their awards include the Merit Award and Sun-Star Stationery Award at the 21st and 22nd Sun-Star Stationery Idea Contests respectively, and the Manabu Mizuno Award at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2017. He was also a finalist at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2019, and is an official creator for the Sony's FES Watch U Creative Festival.
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Haminobori

Haminobori

It might be nice to stick out ("hamidasu") now and then. 【Created in 2020】

Yosuke Nakazato / Planner
Born in 1987, Yosuke graduated from the Department of Inter-Media Art, Graduate School, Tokyo University of the Arts. He currently works as a planner.
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Untitled

Untitled

No description 【Created in 2020】

Hiroki NiiiMii / Artist, Art director
Department of Graphic Design, Tama Art University
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A Family of Four

A Family of Four

A mother and child on the left, and a father and child on the right. A happy family of four, all in one koinobori. 【Created in 2020】

Yuka Hanai / Graphic designer
Risa Funahashi / Graphic designer
A designer duo based in Nagoya who won the Merit Award at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2018.
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Wakuwaku

Wakuwaku

There are many "waku" (conventions, frameworks, rules) out there. I want to break free of them. 【Created in 2020】

Yoshinao Hirai / Designer
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1992, Yoshinao works at a design and production company.
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Big Red Carp

Big Red Carp

A color is born, spreads, and soars up high into the sky. 【Created in 2020】

Sou Hirata / Artist
Sou graduated from the Department of Design, Tokyo University of the Arts. He uses various forms of expression in his design and art.
funky.sou@gmail.com
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Swim with joy/pain

Swim with joy/pain

I designed this koinobori with clothing as a motif. We all have joy and pain in our daily lives. If I were a koinobori, would I be able to swim and flutter happily in the sky while still wearing my favorite clothes? 【Created in 2020】

Mami Furuya / Artist
Director of the print studio 「LITTLE PRESS STUDIO」. Mami graduated from the Printmaking Course, Graduate School, Musashino Art University in 2020, and won the Merit Award at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2019.
Instagram @ma_m_ig
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A Towel Fluttering in the Wind

A Towel Fluttering in the Wind

In designing this koinobori, I remembered how koinobori sometimes flutter weakly. 【Created in 2020】

Yui Makino / Designer
Hikari Watanabe / Planner
Working at an advertising agency in Tokyo, they were nominated for the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2019 design competition.
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GOLD SILVER CARP

GOLD SILVER CARP

I designed this koinobori to have gold and silver medal "scales." It is a simple, metallic-feeling koinobori. 【Created in 2020】

Masahiro Minami / Art director
Born in 1978, Masahiro mainly works in graphic design, branding, and package design. He won the Grand Prix at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2009, and is a lecturer at the Department of Living Design, University of Shiga Prefecture.
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メジャーな鯉のぼり

Major Measuring Koinobori

A major measuring koinobori who measures the size of the other koinobori swimming with it. 【Created in 2020】

Mariko Mihara（Puramairoku） / Graphic designer
Konomi Nonaka（Puramairoku） / Graphic designer
A duo of former classmates at Tokyo Design Academy. The pair enjoys the 6-year age gap and 6-centimeter height gap between them. They were TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2018 finalists.
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Diversified crush

Diversified crush

It's for people who want to face forward and continue their journey freely with passion. 【Created in 2020】

Yuhei Yamamoto / Creative director
Born in 1978, Yuhei works as an in-house designer for a Electric Solutions Company. He lives in the UK.
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Packing Children's Dreams

Packing Children's Dreams

Children's dreams (represented as circles, triangles, and squares) have been packed into the koinobori. 【Created in 2020】

NEWPLAIN / Design guild
NEWPLAIN is a multidisciplinary design guild that handles everything from products and graphic design to UI/UX under its mission of “Contemplating the perfect future.”
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Disappearing Koinobori

Disappearing Koinobori

The background of this koinobori uses pictures of the area around last year's koinobori event at Midtown. The koinobori's body bearing images of the scenery from a year ago disappears into the scenery of this year, leaving only the words of the Koinobori song floating in the sky. 【Created in 2020】

Naoki Yasuda / nYd
Naoki won the Kenya Hara Award at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2010, the competition to name the Dotombori River footbridge with his entry "Ukiniwa Bridge" in 2008, and the Gold Award at the JCD International Design Competition 2006.
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Schedule

Schedule

A calendar koinobori for April and May. Why not have fun making plans for the spring while taking a stroll around Midtown? 【Created in 2021】

Masahiko Yoshihara / Designer
Masahiko graduated from the Product Design Department, Tama Art University. His work was accepted at the 60th Akatsuka Award, held by Shueisha. He won the Merit Award at the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2013.
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Contour Carp

Contour Carp

Contours are drawn on the koinobori (carp streamer). Beyond their function, these contours showing the undulations of the earth's surface look like drawings produced by nature. Such lines – akin to earthly "growth rings" – flutter in the breeze and dance in the heavens. 【Created in 2021】

Sawako Kanazawa (CAMOTES) / Designer
Yusuke Wakata (CAMOTES) / Artist
Creative unit comprised of an artist and designer. Won the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2020 Grand Prix. We create works to stimulate new senses or experiences across boundaries.
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Ribonoiko

Ribonoiko

It's sometimes fine to face in a different direction to others. You can find some treasure only visible to you if you swim in whichever direction you want. We designed this work hoping to nurture diversity in children. 【Created in 2021】

Hiromu Yumiba (Hikarumushi) / Designer
Yusuke Otsuki (Hikarumushi) / Designer
Daisuke Kitazaki (Hikarumushi) / Planner
Trio from the Design Course at Chiba University. Trio's name is Hikaru-mushi.We try to create works with the kind of diversity that is only possible because we all work in different industries.
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Kodomo no Koinobori (Children's Carp Streamer)

Kodomo no Koinobori (Children's Carp Streamer)

Children's day is a day for “Children”. That's why we created a “Children's Carp Streamer” starring a child carp. 【Created in 2021】

Kanto Shimura / Designer, Planner
Kensuke Tsugaru / Copywriter
TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2020 Excellent Prize
Kanto Shimura:
Born in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture in 1998. Graduated from the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University.
Kensuke Tsugaru:
Born in Tokyo in 1996. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Keio University.
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Perfectly nutritious, carp!

Perfectly nutritious, carp!

Koinobori (carp streamers) are flown to express our wish for our children's growth. This requires plenty of nutrition. I designed “Perfectly nutritious, carp!” from such perspective. 【Created in 2021】

Min Ju Kang / Designer
From South Korea. Resident in Tokyo. Works for an advertising company in Tokyo. Engaged in design, planning, and direction with a digital focus.TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2020 finalist.
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Love to eat! Choco Coro-nobori (Chocolate cornet streamer)

Love to eat! Choco Coro-nobori (Chocolate cornet streamer)

Children love chocolate cornets. Does a chocolate cornet resemble a carp streamer? Wouldn't it be fun if they flew in the sky? I designed “Choco Coro-nobori” so that children could look in the sky and smile. 【Created in 2021】

Seika Maekawa / Designer
From Nagano prefecture. Completed the Picture-book Creation Course, Tokyo Designer Gakuin. Works for an advertising company in Tokyo.TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2020 finalist.
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