01We Want More SUNLIGHT

02Johnston Twitter Machine

03Liminal Light

04SPIN

05lines

06energyGiftMini

07unsettled

08Made in Tenryu

09Ambient Camera


Biography

Kotaro Abe is a Japanese creative technologist with two faces; Tech-enthusiast who loves to create interesting communications/ expressions, as well as Experience specialist who focuses on both on physical and screen based interactions.

Kotaro's design projects often deal with current social issues and aim to question / activate our mindset toward them. In order to show one of the plausible ways to tackle the issues, Kotaro utilises his inter-disciplinary skills; prototyping, electric engineering, software coding, visual design and film making. His works have been globally exhibited in Sonar Festival, Ars Electronica Festival, NTT ICC Open Space, ACM SIGGRAPH and Laval Virtual.



Contact

info@kotaroabe.com
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Education

MA in Design Interactions, Royal College of Art, UK, 2017
BA in Environmental Information studies, Keio Uiversity, Japan, 2015




Awards

Wood Pencil, D&AD, 2017
First Runner Up, Bloomberg London Divider Competition
Finalist, WIRED Japan Creative Hack Award, 2016
Selected art work, ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2013
Grand Prix, The 20th International Collegiate Virtual Reality Contest 2012



Selected Publications

Natural Light: The next wellness obsession, WGSN Insider, July 2017, London
Scenes Unseen, London Design Festival 2016, London
Sonar Barcelona 2016, Barcelona, Spain, 2016
The Language of Longdon, KK Outlet, London, UK, 2016
Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 2014
NTT ICC Open Space 2014, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 2013
Laval Virtual 2012, Laval, France, 2012