Step into a realm where graphics break free from the screen and become a living, tactile experience. Graphic designer Shunta Sakamoto brings his groundbreaking work “Instrument.Play.Graphics - Modular Graphic Synthesizer -” to life in this unique audiovisual performance.
Watch as Sakamoto becomes a conductor of imagery, using physical wires to create a network where sound and graphics interact in real-time. This live performance transforms graphic design into a dynamic sensory playground, challenging our perception of design's possibilities.
Join us to witness how interaction and “play” can create new multi-sensory communication, celebrating the pure joy of creation.
Shunta Sakamoto (b. 1993, Osaka) is a Tokyo-based creative director and art director whose practice spans graphic design, interactivity, and installation. He views creativity not simply as a commercial skill, but as one of humanity’s most primal acts: play. Through his independent project “Play.Graphics”, under the concept “Graphics as Playthings”, he explores how visual expression can return to play as lived experience—treating paper, screen, stage, and installation as elements “composited into a single visual within the medium of vision.”
A graduate of Musashino Art University’s Department of Science of Design, Sakamoto began his career at Hakuhodo before co-founding NEW Creators Club in 2021, where he continues to serve as co-representative. His honours include the JAGDA New Designer Award (2024) and JAGDA Awards in Digital Media (2023, 2024)—among the most prestigious accolades in Japanese graphic design.