THE BEE & THE FARM

Design Engineer, Project Director

With Takram since 2012, Hisato is an award-winning design engineer whose multidisciplinary abilities span from hardware to software and from art to science. After working LEADING EDGE DESIGN corp., Hisato founded ON THE FLY Inc. in 2010 and produced a number of influential works including the notable on the fly navigation design. A recipient of the Good Design Award in 2004 and the German iF Product Design Award in 2005, his work has most recently received acclaim at the Media Arts Festival held by the Japanese National Agency of Cultural Affairs in 2012. He holds a B.Eng. in Department of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tokyo, and Media-Master degree from the International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS).

Hisato Ogata

Art Director, Designer, Project Director

While majoring in design at the Tokyo University of the Arts, Kotaro Yamaguchi also gained experience as a designer in a wide range of visual design including graphic design, signage design, video design, and UI design. In 2014 he completed the post doctorate program at Tokyo University of The Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts. He joined Takram in 2014. His Notable projects include art direction for “mimicries,” a children’s science education program by NHK E-Television. Recipient of D&AD Yellow Pencil, Good Design Award, 2014 Japan Prize The Best Work in the Pre-school Category (The Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Prize).

Kotaro Yamaguchi

Branding, Visual identity, corporate identity

Brand

Takram is in charge of branding for The Bee & Farm, a small plantation that was started in Niseko, Hokkaido in 2016. The concept behind the branding is to celebrate our coexistence with nature - like the Bee that carries pollen between the various plants, and trees of the farm on it’s way to making honey.

Although the farm is still young, Takram is helping them cultivate new approaches to business, technology and creativity as they grow.

THE BEE & THE FARM

Project Information

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