About DRAWING AND MANUAL

Potential

Founded in 1997 by a group of graphic designers and visual artists with the philosophy of "drawing and manual arts," the company pioneered the new concept of "Motion Graphics" by holding an exhibition called "Motion Graphics Exhibition" in 1997. In 1997, the company pioneered the new concept of "Motion Graphics" and created the field of "Motion Graphics" by holding an exhibition called "Motion Graphics Exhibition". In addition to commercial creative work in television, radio, advertising, and music, the company has been actively involved in the planning and production of educational content, exhibition design and planning for museums and galleries, independent film production, installations, and artwork creation, as well as other creative work across a wide range of fields. In addition, we have collaborated with government agencies, public institutions, and private companies. Moreover, we propose sustainable plans and creativity to government agencies, public institutions, and municipalities that contribute to local action and sustainable activities. The company has backed up numerous entrepreneurial ventures and has produced many top creators and artists in Japan and abroad.

Details

Organization name: DRAWING AND MANUAL

Registered name : DRAWING AND MANUAL Co.

Founded : Founded in May 1997 as Drawing and Manual Limited Liability Company

Business Outline

Brand design, community planning, content planning and production, video planning and production, TV program planning and production, advertising planning and production, educational content planning and production, graphic design and production

DRAWING AND MANUAL (HQ)

B1F, 8-3-2 Okusawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-0083, Japan

Phone : 03-5707-7225 Facsimile : 03-5707-7226

DRAWING SHIBUYA (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)

DRAWING KANAZAWA (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture)

DRAWING TOKUSHIMA (Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture)

DRAWING SHIRAOI (Shiraoi-cho, Hokkaido )

DRAWING SAPPORO (Sapporo, Hokkaido)

MEMBERS

Creators : Kiyoshi Ikemune / Marina Takahashi / Yui Suzuki / Mami Kawashima / Sotaro Ishii / Miho Haruki / Aine Hase / Ayaka Takamatsu / Toshimasa Kumagai / Yuzuha Kashihara

Planner : Kosuke Nakaya / Aoi Yoshimura

Producer : Noritaka Moriguchi / Takashi Ueno / Yohei Tanaka / Akari Murayama

Creative Manager : Hana Usami

Concierge : Sae Hatanaka

Advisor : Nobuaki Ishimoto (Common Law Office)

Honorary Advisor : Yoshihiro Ota

Director + Creator : Kyotaro Hayashi

Director + Creator : Yutaka Ohara

Vice President + Producer : Keiko Iino

President + Planner : Koji Karatsu

Founder : Seiichi Hishikawa

History

Founded in 1997

Founded in Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo with the concept of "fusion of graphic design and video = motion graphics" (pioneering the name "motion graphics" in the world).

Founders are Kenmei Nagaoka and Seiichi Hishikawa

Founding members are Keiko Iino, Yoshihiro Ota, Keiko Takahashi (current director of D&DEPARTMENT), Yasuo Watanabe (current representative of VZDN), Masato Okada (current representative of MOVMASTER)

Motion Graphics Exhibition '97 (the first exhibition) held at AXIS, Roppongi, with the goal of "making motion graphics a genre of expression and creating an industry".

1998

Moved to Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Held "Motion Graphics Exhibition '98 "Bakyun Graphica" (2nd) at AXIS, Roppongi, Tokyo, attracting about 9,000 visitors.

Started motion logo development in collaboration with Landor Associates (since then, has developed logo designs for more than 50 companies)

1999

Held "Motion Graphics Exhibition '99 "mgo" (3rd)," a video exhibition featuring moving logos of Kansai companies, at Osaka ATC, attracting about 8,000 visitors

Started "DRAWING AND MANUAL AND," a used and recycled store based on the concept of long-life design

Participated in a competition for the full renewal of Honda's website, winning the competition against five major advertising agencies and designing 20,000 pages of the renewal.

2000

Held "Motion Graphics Exhibition 2000 "Mogkara" (4th)" at Space EDGE, Shibuya, attracting about 10,000 visitors. (The exhibition was terminated after the recognition of the Motion Graphics genre spread throughout the world.)

The title backdrop for the movie "Electric Dragon 80000V," for which the end roll was created using motion graphics, received a Merit at the New York ADC (Motion Graphics Design: Seiichi Hishikawa).

Moved to Okusawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

D&DEPARTMENT PROJECT" established as a division (later spun off as a corporation)

2001

The title backdrop (motion graphics design: Seiichi Hishikawa) for the movie "Electric Dragon 80000V" won the London International Advertising Award along with the American movie "Hamunaptra".

2004

Standard Series," an organization specializing in branding, is established.

2005

Panasonic's global UI design development won the iF Design Award Atmosphere Award, Animation Award, and Corporate Design Award (UI Designer: Seiichi Hishikawa)

2006

D&DEPARTMENT expressed by drawing and manual" exhibition at AXIS, Roppongi, Tokyo

10th Anniversary Year in 2007

2010 "Standard Series and DRAWING AND MANUAL" exhibition at D&DEPARTMENT

Merged Standard Series and DRAWING AND MANUAL and established "DRAWING AND MANUAL".

DRAWING TOKUSHIMA is established in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.

2011

Won the Cannes Lions Triple Crown and over 20 other awards for the NTT Docomo commercial "Xylophone in the Forest" (Dir: Seiichi Hishikawa)

Seiichi Hishikawa's traveling photo exhibition "A film that doesn't exist, a scene that existed" held in Kyoto, Tokyo, Kanazawa, and Toyama

Solo art exhibition "Takaharu Shimizu and Windy" held in Ginza, Tokyo

15th Anniversary Year in 2012

DRAWING KANAZAWA opens in Ishikawa, Japan

DRAWING KANAZAWA is established in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture.

2013

Music label "DRAWING SOUNDTRACK" established

2014

Produced a short film "Suzu" (Director: Seiichi Hishikawa), which was invited to the Florence Film Festival and the Milan Film Festival.

Produced Kanazawa Castle Projection Mapping, which attracted about 60,000 people

2015

Produced "Motion Science Exhibition" exhibition at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, attracting about 50,000 visitors

Proposed and organized the Tokushima International Film Festival with the concept of making the entertainment industry a local industry in Tokushima Prefecture (after 2020, the festival will be handed over to young local filmmakers)

2016

Supervised the Japanese Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, winning the Jury's Special Prize

Exhibited and presented Seiichi Hishikawa's contemporary art work "Yukimi Shunga" in Tokyo, New York and Milan

Produced a documentary film "Sakuraya Elementary School, The Last 174 Days" (Director: Minoru Obara) Invited for screening at Tokushima International Film Festival and Sapporo International Short Film Festival.

20th Anniversary Year in 2017

Documentary film "COCO TATTA" (Director: Yuichiro Fujishiro) produced by "Futagoto Udatsu" (Director: Minoru Obara), invited for screening at Tokushima International Film Festival and Sapporo International Short Film Festival.　

Produced the film "#youth" (Director: Seiichi Hishikawa). Screening at Tokushima International Film Festival and Sapporo International Short Film Festival.

Online store for creators “creators store”.

2018

Produced the film “Harmonica-Taiyo” (Director: Seiichi Hishikawa), invited to Tokushima International Film Festival, and won a special award at Atami International Film Festival.

Space previously used as an in-house filming studio is now upgraded and operated as a new space, "FACTORY".

2019

“DRUM'N'ROLL” (Director: Yutaka Obara) “Father and Son” (Director: Yuichiro Fujishiro) Invitation screening at the Tokushima International Film Festival

Won VMAJ 2019 BEST ROCK VIDEO Award and VMAJ 2019BEST POP VIDEO Award (Director : Kyotaro Hayashi)

2020

“All aboard!”(Director : Seiichi Hishikawa) Won Best Director Award at Montreal Independent Film Festival, Golden Bridge Istanbul Film Festival, Best Foreign Film Award at London Independent Film Festival, BAFF(Big Apple Film Festival - New York,USA) Honorable Mention, BAFF (Big Apple Film Festival - New York,USA), Honorable Mention, Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Best Drama Film, Los Angeles Film Festival, Honorable Mention, 4K/VR Tokushima Film Festival, Awa Cultural Promotion Grand Prize, Rome Prisma Independent Film Festival, Honorable Mention, Venice Film Festival, Nominee, Best Poster Design, Florence Film Festival, Honorable Mention, Venice Film Festival, Honorable Mention, Florence Film Festival Honorable Mention, Venice Film Festival; Honorable Mention : Director, Florence Film Festival

“Harmonica-Taiyo” (Director: Seiichi Hishikawa) Official Selection, Big Apple Film Award Official Selection, Rome-Prisma Independent Film Festival Official Selection

SSMA 2020 BEST VIDEO DIRECTOR, SSMA 2020 VIDEO OF THE YEAR "BUMP OF CHICKEN / Aurora" (Director : Kyotaro Hayashi)

2021

“Harmonica-Taiyo” (Director : Seiichi Hishikawa) Won Best Independent Film Award at Venice Film Festival (Italy), Honorable Mention: Indie Feature Film at Florence Film Festival, Nominated for Best Director Award at Paris Film Festival, Nominated for Best Independent Film Award at 22nd Japan Film Festival in Hamburg Independent Film Award at the 22nd Hamburg Japanese Film Festival

DRAWING SHIRAOI opens in Shiraoi-cho, Hokkaido.

DRAWING SHIBUYA opened in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

25th Anniversary Year in 2022

ISSEY MIYAKE SS2021 "UNPACK THE COMPACT" (Director: Kyotaro Hayashi) won GOLD in the iF Design Award 2022 Film / Video,Communication category.

Founding member Yoshihiro Ota passed away at the age of 46.

Yutaka Ohara is appointed as Creative Officer.

2023

Kyotaro Hayashi is appointed as Creative Officer.

Prize Awarded

Clients

Base Locations

DRAWING AND MANUAL (Head Studio)

DRAWING SHIBUYA

DRAWING KANAZAWA

DRAWING SHIRAOI

DRAWING SAPPORO