Featured Projects 2026

The design festival “Featured Projects 2026” will be held for three days, from Friday, September 25, 2026, to Sunday, September 27, 2026, at Kokuyo Co., Ltd.’s Tokyo Shinagawa Office, “THE CAMPUS.” Making comprehensive use of THE CAMPUS as the venue, the festival will feature a diverse range of programs—including talk sessions, workshops, meetups, roundtable discussions, and live performances—all centered on the 2026 theme, “The ‘Interval’ in Which Things Are Born,” and incorporating current design trends. 　 Newly confirmed speakers for the talk sessions and performers for the live performances include: Takuya Koyama, guitarist and vocalist for the band “Yabai T-Shirt-ya,” who is also active as a composer and filmmaker; Noriko Kawakami (journalist | Associate Director at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT), who serves as Vice Chair of the 2026 Good Design Award jury; Yuma Harada (designer | Representative of UMA/design farm); and Niina Ai (Sony Music Entertainment Echoes artist), whose work centers on animation—including the production and art direction of the music video for YOASOBI’s “Yoru ni Kakeru”— and Taiku Okamoto (graphic designer / video director), who gained attention for producing music videos for Gen Hoshino’s “Star” and “Ikidomari” as well as the title logo for the TV Tokyo Music Festival—among others, ranging from leading professionals to up-and-coming young creators—are scheduled to participate.　 This event aims to bring together a diverse range of professionals involved in creative work—including designers—to transcend the boundaries between companies and individuals. Through encounters with people, works, and insights, participants will broaden their horizons and foster new forms of creativity. [Talk Session Program] Talk Theme: How Does “Fun” Emerge? —Behind the Scenes of Calculated Chaos [Speakers] ・Takuya Koyama (Yabai T-Shirt-ya / Sushi-kun; Musician / Video Artist) ・Marina Fujiwara (Muda Co., Ltd.; Useless Inventor) Talk Theme: Brand Consistency and Challenge—Behind the Scenes of a Collaborative Web Redesign [Speakers] ・Masahiro Yonemichi (Art Director, mount inc.) ・Taku Sasaki (Art Director and Designer, YOHAK DESIGN STUDIO, Kokuyo Co., Ltd.) ・Saki Adachi (Web and Social Media Manager, Corporate Communications Office, Kokuyo Co., Ltd. / Website Redesign Project Leader) ・Tomoyuki Arima (Creative Director/Designer, Arima Design Laboratory, Nippon Design Center) Talk Theme: Creating, Society, and the Space Between [Speakers] ・Yuko Nagayama (Architect, Yuko Nagayama & Associates) ・Yuma Harada (Representative, UMA/design farm) ・Sayaka Ishii (Book Editor, Director, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, BNN Co., Ltd.) Talk Theme: The “Space” Between Creators — Creators Market Roundtable Discussion [Panelists] ・Ryuki Sugino (Representative, DODI / DOji Fetish) ・Zin Nagao (Typeface Designer and Graphic Designer) ・Hiroka Osada (Graphic Designer) ・Junya Sakumoto (Creative Director, sakumotto Co., Ltd.) Talk Theme: Alternatives Beyond the “Middle”—Local Spaces and Work in Craft [Panelists] ・Takayuki Kawaguchi (CCO and Executive Officer, Staple) ・Shunsuke Kato (Representative, NOTA&design / NOTA_SHOP) ・Nanami Mizushima (Editor) Talk Theme: Three Generations of Graphic Design—What Is Passed Down, What Is Changed, and the Space In Between [Speakers] ・Yoshihisa Tanaka (Graphic Designer / Visual Artist, centre Inc.) ・Miori Takeda (Graphic Designer, LAND OF LAVA Inc.) ・Hiyori Yamaguchi (Graphic Designer) ・Noriko Kawakami (Design Journalist / Associate Director, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT) Talk Theme: Philosophical Dialogue: The “Interstice” Where Things Are Born [Panelists] ・Sako Yamada (Architect, Sako Yamada Architectural Design Office) ・Kichimaru Shimamura (Artist, Photographer) ・Takashi Matsunaga (Director/Designer, Tsurube Tokyo, WOW inc.) ・Niina Ai (Artist, Sony Music Entertainment Echoes) ・Nanako Katayanagi (Philosophy Practitioner) [Creators Market Exhibitors] YACHT, Yutaro Ogawa, COPY CORNER, 21B STUDIO, SOYU HI MOARU, BOXTHINK, JAEWEON SONG, Kazuyuki Ishida / Yusuke Kurimoto / Takumi Saito, Park Project, MAHANA, Mädchen, atama, Post City Boy Magazine, sankaku, Japan-Sweden, Moe Wakabayashi [Enjoy LIFE Society], USAGI Craft Lab., Double Soft in Tokyo, NAOWAO, UESATSU, Nandaka, Makosun, RYQ, Mijikaru Collection, Kazato Takahashi, Kashiwagi Ito, Mao Shirasawa, chamiso, HOW HOW, MISHIM, Yoshinori Takemura, OTHER OBJECTS, So_thing. × CRAYON, Yuri Minagawa / Tokai Kikō, 4kake (Shikake), yiel, Yamakawa Kama, osakoya, DOCKET STORE, Renren, THE made in mix, Naah + Zyag, figmkakan, KOKUYO Curiosity Product Fair, Riki Osawa, Doji Fetish, KYOKO TSUDA, MEME, Makoto Nagai, SAND PRODUCT For details on each program, please visit the program page or exhibitor page on the official website.