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FIND JOY IN THE EVERYDAY Wimmelbook

2023

00:01:08
FIND JOY IN THE EVERYDAY Wimmelbook
  • FIND JOY IN THE EVERYDAY Wimmelbook
Client: UNIQLO
Creative Production: Whatever

Creative Director: 川村 真司
Producer: 川村 真司
Associate Producer: 相原 幸絵
Art Director / Designer: 二口 航平
Designer: 高谷 優偉
Designer: 井上 麻美
Copywriter: 森下 夏樹
Director: 石川 結貴 (Taiyokikaku / TOKYO)
Illustrator: 黒田 理紗
Motion Graphic Director: 加藤 貴大 (EDP graphic works)
Motion Graphic Director: 奥田 祥生 (EDP graphic works)
Motion Graphic Director: 稲田 開 (EDP graphic works)
Motion Graphic Designer: 児玉 侑芳 (EDP graphic works)
Motion Graphic Designer: 佐藤 広基 (EDP graphic works)
Motion Graphic Designer: 髙橋 伺穏 (EDP graphic works)
Motion Graphic Designer: 千葉 満月 (EDP graphic works)
Motion Graphic Designer: 太田 淳一 (EDP graphic works)
Motion Graphic Designer: 岡本 莉子 (EDP graphic works)
Motion Graphic Designer: 水田 拓実 (EDP graphic works)
Motion Graphic Designer: 須賀 達也 (EDP graphic works)
Assistant Director: 久保田 碧音 (Taiyokikaku / TOKYO)
Producer: 堤 麻理子 (Taiyokikaku)
Producer: 森重 智子 (Taiyokikaku / TOKYO)
Production Manager: 久保田 明里 (Taiyokikaku / TOKYO)
Production Manager: 中路 久梨子 (Taiyokikaku)
Production Manager: 斉 友華 (Taiyokikaku / TOKYO)
Cinematographer: 横山 コウヤ
Lighting Director: James Thompson
Production Designer: 河野 朋美
Stylist: Shohei Kashima (W)
Hair Makeup: 奥平 正芳
Casting: 磯貝 淳子 (The Cast)
Cast: Raelynn (Bravo Models Co., Ltd.)
Cast: Matthieu (Bravo Models Co., Ltd.)
Cast: Anna K (AVOCADO Inc.)
Colorist: 有賀 遼 (ARTONE FILM Inc.)
Offline Editor: 脇川 諒 (Taiyokikaku)
Offline Editor: 板橋 知也 (Taiyokikaku)
Offline Editor: 森永 雅人 (Taiyokikaku)
Offline Editor: 田邊 敬紀 (ダダビ)
Online Editor: 波多 野純 (Taiyokikaku)
Online Editor: 高田 学 (TRES)
Sound Designer: 滝野 ますみ (ネオンサウンド)
Mixer: 藤原 礼実 (Taiyokikaku)
Assistant Mixer: 久保 七海 (Taiyokikaku)
Music Producer: Erik Reiff (Black Cat White Cat Music)
Music Producer: Kenny Dallas (Black Cat White Cat Music)
© UNIQLO Co., Ltd.
We planned and produced the main visual and film for UNIQLO’s 2023 global holiday campaign. Set in a fictional cityscape centered around UNIQLO stores, we created a wimmelbook-style visual—an illustration packed with countless people and objects—that depicts people experiencing a variety of everyday “small joys.” Through the festive excitement of the holidays, it conveys UNIQLO’s “LifeWear” philosophy of delivering the ultimate everyday clothing to people around the world. We also produced a special film in which approximately 1,400 characters move around in animation, and it was rolled out across about 3,000 stores in 27 countries worldwide.

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川 Masashi Kawamura unverified Director / Producer 相 Yukie Aihara unverified Producer 二 Kohei Futakuchi unverified Designer / Art Director 高 Yui Takaya unverified Designer 井 Asami Inoue unverified Designer 森 Natsuki Morishita unverified Copywriter 石 Yuki Ishikawa unverified Director 黒 Risa Kuroda unverified Illustrator Kidai Kato Motion Graphics Designer 奥 Yoshio Okuda unverified Motion Graphics Designer 稲 Kai Inada unverified Motion Graphics Designer 児 Yuhou Kodama unverified Motion Graphics Designer 佐 Hiroki Sato unverified Motion Graphics Designer 髙 Shion Takahashi unverified Motion Graphics Designer 千 Mitsuki Chiba unverified Motion Graphics Designer 太 Junichi Ota unverified Motion Graphics Designer 岡 Riko Okamoto unverified Motion Graphics Designer TAKUMI MIZUTA Motion Graphics Designer 須 Tatsuya Suga unverified Motion Graphics Designer 久 Aoto Kubota unverified Director 堤 Mariko Tsutsumi unverified Producer 森 Tomoko Morishige unverified Producer 久 Akari Kubota unverified PM 中 Kuriko Nakaji unverified PM 斉 Sa Tomoka unverified PM K Koya Yokoyama unverified Cinematographer J James Thompson unverified Lighting 河 Tomomi Kono unverified Production Designer S Shohei Kashima unverified Stylist 奥 Masayoshi Okudaira unverified Hair / Makeup 磯 Junko Isogai unverified Casting R Raelynn unverified Cast M Matthieu unverified Cast A Anna K unverified Cast 有 Ryo Ariga unverified Colorist 脇 Ryo Wakikawa unverified Editor 板 Tomoya Itabashi unverified Editor 森 Masato Morinaga unverified Editor 田 Takaki Tanabe unverified Editor 波 Jun Hatano unverified Editor 高 Manabu Takada unverified Editor 滝 Masumi Takino unverified Sound Designer 藤 Reimi Fujiwara unverified Sound Mixer 久 Nanami Kubo unverified Sound Mixer E Eric Reiff unverified Producer K Kenny Dallas unverified Producer

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