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Shigeki HATTORI × Chuo Area

“OAD is DAO when you read it backwards.”
Osaka is dotted with different values in different parts of the city, and I find its deep-rooted sense of chaos very soothing. There are movements emerging from such DAO-ish spirit in various areas.
Among these, let me recommend the central Osaka area! Well, let’s start with Nakanoshima…

Chuo Area

( Nakanoshima / Kyomachibori / Semba / Shinsaibashi / Horie)

This area offers a wide range of fun, from shopping to gourmet food, with art museums and music halls in Dojima and Nakanoshima, unique cafes and galleries dotted around Kyomachibori and Semba, trend-setting areas of Semba and Shinsaibashi, and Horie, home to stylish boutiques and general goods stores.

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Shigeki HATTORI

graf representative
Creative Director/Designer
Professor in the Department of Information Design, Graduate School, Kyoto University of the Arts
Field Director of the Cultural Design and Art Education Field

“graf” is a creative unit that puts various elements related to daily life into practice through manufacturing. In an environment that brings together different industries and with a team structure that takes advantage of each member’s unique characteristics, the unit creates sustainable forms, from research to design and hardware to programming. As a creative director, Hattori has been producing outputs, translating society from the perspective of all design fields.

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