Branding
TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC + PARALYMPIC EMBLEM PROPOSAL
Emblem design and its branding
Client: 公益財団法人 東京オリンピック•パラリンピック競技大会組織委員会
Designer: Hitomi Yasuda
SPREAD YOUR WINGS
“ORIGAMI”, the ancient Japanese art of folding paper, has became well known through out the world. The origami crane is the symbol of Japan and its history. It also symbolizes the athlete’s energy spreading wings with hope for their best record and for world peace. It represents the wish for people respecting each other, for the Olympic Games uniting the world, and for the launch to the brighter future of the world. The double cranes for Paralympic Games represent the equality of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
いまや世界に通じる言葉となった「ORIGAMI」。私達が提案するエンブレムは、日本とその歴史文化の象徴であり、羽ばたく世界のアスリート達の姿であり、未来の平和への願いを込めた折り鶴である。全ての人が心一つに互いを認め合い、自己ベストを目指すオリンピックにおいて、日本と世界を結び、未来に繋ぐイメージに最も相応しいモチーフである。また、パラリンピックのエンブレムは、２羽の折り鶴を平等に並べた連鶴となっている。
Branding
Client: Mt. Fuji Japanese Steakhouse
Photographer: Kuo-Heng Huang
Branding
Warude Japanese Bowl + Quality Taco
Restaurant Branding
Client: Warude
Complete restaurant branding for Warude Japanese Bowl + Quality Taco including logo, key visual creation, interior, exterior graphics, menu, in store signages, photo book, website and social media design.
Warude vision is to energize a movement for better future and build a community that you will to be proud to be part of. ICHIMOTO inc is proud partner of the restaurant.
Branding
VOICE ARTS AWARDS
Event Branding
Client: SOVAS
Complete event branding for Voice Arts® Awards.
Voice Arts® Awards honors and acknowledges the voice actors, creative directors, copywriters, casting directors, talent agents, directors, producers, audio engineers, account executives, equipment manufacturers, podcasters, bloggers and others who create and sustain the highest levels of achievement within the voiceover industry.
Branding
THAT’S VOICEOVER!
Event Branding
Client: SOVAS
Complete event branding for THAT”S VOICEOVER™.
THAT’S VOICEOVER!™ is an exciting, interactive, behind-the-scenes career event where the top agents and industry buyers come together with some of the top voice actors in the voiceover industry to reveal the practical steps to establishing and sustaining a career in this highly rewarding and intriguing field.
The Times Center Photo by Jeff Fasano
Branding
SHAIR
Brand Identity
Client: SHAIR
Brand identity and marketing consultation for a high-end hair salon in Greenwich Village, NYC.
Storefront Photography: Tomonori Iwata
Branding
YUMITA SHINKYUIN
Client: 弓田鍼灸院
Brand Identity including logo, business card, visitors card, signages and the office front signage design.
Branding
IYEMON
Product Promotion
Client: Suntory / Filter Advertising
Branding
SANZARU
Brand Identity
Client: Sanzaru Japanese Restaurant
Brand identity including logo, business card, stationaries, menu, interior signages and other restaurant collaterals design.
Branding
MONTAGE
Client: Montage Moving Sound and Billboards
Brand identity includes business card, media kit, flyers and the billboards design.
Branding
KAORU WATANABE TAIKO CENTER
Client: Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center
Brand identity includes logo, poster, signage, post cards, T-shirts and more.
Music
Charlie Parker
Bird in LA
Client: Verve Records
Cover Painting: “Orchestra” by Jirayr Zorthian, 1952
Music
John Coltrane
1963:NEW DIRECTIONS
5 LP Box Set + 3 CD packaging
Client: Universal Music Group, ImPulse! Records
Creative Direction: Josh Cheuse
Covers/Collage Art: David Carson
This package was nominated for 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.
Music
Roger Waters
US+THEM
A film by Sean Evans and Roger Waters
Soundtrack to the film by Sean Evans and Roger Waters
Client: Deadskinboy Productions / Roger Waters Studio
Photography: Kate Izor
Music
Roger Waters
US+THEM Tour 2017 Merchandise
Client: Deadskinboy Productions / Roger Waters Studio
Music
Roger Waters
Lyric Sheet
Client: Deadskinboy Productions / Roger Waters Studio
Music
Louis Armstrong
Pops is Tops | The Verve Studio Albums
Client: Verve Records
Creative Director: Josh Cheuse
Illustrator: Edwin Fotheringham
Music
Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale with New Narration Adapted and Performed by Roger Waters
Client: Deadskinboy Productions / Vector Management
Music
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella The Lost Berlin Tapes
Client: Verve Records
Music
Ella 100
Ella Fitzgerald
4CD Album Packaging
Client: Verve Records
Creative Director: Josh Cheuse
Cover and Package Illustration: Yoon Hyup
‘Ella 100’ Logo Design: Jack Walls
Music
Miles Davis
The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
6 CDs Box set packaging
Client: Legacy Recordings, Columbia Records RECORDS
Photography: Jim Marshall, Sandy Speiser, David Gahr, Art Maillet, Jan Persson, Urve Kuusik, Chris Poisson and David Redfern
Art Direction: Dan Ichimoto, Howard Fritzson and Seth Rothstein
Dan Ichimoto was nominated for Grammy Awards for best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package design.
Music
Stan Getz
Getz at the Gate | The Stan Getz Qurtet Live at the Village Gate Nov. 26 1961
Client: Verve Records
Music
Tom Morello
Lyric Sheet
Client: Deadskinboy Productions / Vector Management
Music
Tom Morello
ACLU Posters
Client: Deadskinboy Productions / Vector Management
Music
John Legend
Once Again
Album packaging
Client: SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Photography: Danny Clinch
Music
Jazz Loves Bernstein
Client: Universal Music Group, Decca Broadway
Music
MAN WITH A MISSION
Don’t feel the distance
Client: SONY MUSIC RECORDS
EP Packaging
Music
MAN WITH A MISSION
When Devil Rises
Client: SONY MUSIC RECORDS
EP Packaging
Music
Billy Joel
12 Gardens Live
Album packaging
Client: SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Music
The Astaire Story (Reissue)
2CD Album Packaging
Client: Verve Records
Music
Brown Rice Family
Havana to Kingston
Album packaging
Client: Brown Rice Family
Photography (Inside and back cover): Kuo-Heng Huang
Interactive
BEYOND BY LEXUS
Mobile Magazine Design
Client: Toyota Motor Corporation, DNP and HEAPS
We designed the smartphone format digital magazine for BEYOND by LEXUS, a owned media by Toyota Motor Corporation. The project includes the GUI, Icons, interactive gimmicks and the contents layout.“The comfortable awkwardness” was the theme of our design concept to drive readers to touch, flick and swipe to read more. We challenged the possibility of the magazine reading experience with the dynamic gimmicks with full of playful surprises yet that reflects the luxury driving experience of LEXUS cars in the palm of your hand.
We received Highly Commended Award for the DESIGNER OF THE YEAR in Digital Magazine Awards 2015 in London.
Interactive
S’eee Mama & Baby - Edited by Emi Suzuki
Mobile Magazine Design
Client: Shueisha Inc, DNP and HEAPS
A full, rich digital version of S’eee Volume 5 by Emi Suzuki, one of the top models in Japan. This is a purely fun and fashionable digital magazine that is filled with helpful information for anyone who is interested in stylish maternity life and lifestyle with babies. Look, touch, read and enjoy one of the most interactive mobile magazines in the market.
Interactive
LEXUS NX
Interactive Ad
Client: Toyota Motor Corporation, DNP and HEAPS
Start the engine, step on the gas to reveal the new LEXUS NX.
Interactive
HEAPS MAGAZINE
iPad Digital Magazine
Client: HEAPS
We art direct, design and manage interactive gimmick production for one of the leading rich contents magazine in Japan, HEAPS.
Interactive
MEW
Interactive Ad
Client: MEW
Tap to turn the lights on and reveal the underground izakaya, MEW.
Interactive
CEDARS Corporation
Website
Client: Cedars Corporation
CEDARS provides commercial real estate services in Tokyo metro area.
Graphics
Nanbu Bijin | UME ROSE
No sugar added plum sake
Bottle Label Design
Client: Nanbu Bijin Sake, Iwate - Japan
Graphics
Nagara-Gawa
Junmai, Junmai Ginjo, Junmai Daiginjo and Sparkling Nigori Sake
Bottle Label Design
Client: Komachi Shuzo, Gifu - Japan
Sake Discoveries
Print Regional Design Annual - New York City Winner
Graphics
Ramen Bowl Design
Client: Nakamura New York
Graphics
Ramen Bowl Design
Client: Nakamura New York
Graphics
Client: Sake Caliente Kyoto
Producer: Chizuko Niikawa-Helton
* Please note the pop-up store address shown on the business card is currently not available
Graphics
Graphics
Danger
Poster
Self Promotion Poster
Graphics
Happy Holidays
Poster
Self Promotion Poster
Logo
W.E.
Movie title logo design
Client: box
Titles Design: Dan Ichimoto
Title Animation: Alex Miller
Creative Director: Pascal Dangin
Movie Directed: Madonna
Logo
Botan
Restaurant logo design
Client: Botan
Logo
Client: Eleven The Lion
Logo
Logo
Logo
NUKA
Organic Bar Soap Logo
Client: BRF
Logo
Logo
Logo
Logo
That’s Voiceover
Voiceover Expo Logo
Client: SOVAS
Logo
RAMEDIA
YouTube Channel Logo
Logo
Calligraphy
Silkroad Ensemble - HEROES Take Their Stands
Video Projection for their performance
Client: Silkroad Ensemble / Kaoru Watanabe
Photography: David Bazemore_UCSB Arts and Lectures
Calligraphy
Hannya Shingyo (The Heart Sutra)
The Heart Sutra is chanted several times daily in Zen Buddhist monasteries. It is called the Heart Sutra because it is the core of Zen Buddhism. The chant is also practiced by writing calligraphy to relax your mind, smell the ink, concentrate and meditate. It is one of the way of zen practice.
Calligraphy
Ranteijyo / Lanting Xu
Preface to the Poems Collected from the Orchid Pavilion") or Ranteijyo/Lanting Xu is a famous work of calligraphy by Wang Xizhi, composed in the year 353. Written in semi-cursive script style, it is among the best known and often copied pieces of calligraphy in Chinese history. It is considered the master work of semi-cursive script style.
Calligraphy
Kaoru Watanabe
青 静 争
Video Projection for Kaoru Watanabe and other musicians
Client: Performance Art at the Rubin Museum
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
Mushin kore michi nari
This is a phrase meaning “no mindedness”. What is “no mindedness” mean? It is very philosophical and has deep meaning that I don’t understand. So, let me skip the meaning part of it ; ) I just know that I need more practice to understand it.
Calligraphy
Hei jo shin
One’s self-possession. One’s self-possession. Basically, the skill to keep one’s mind calm and clear in any situation or environment to be thoughtful and to make the best decision. I wish I could do that!
Calligraphy
Shin Nen
Belief or Faith. This word means easier compared to the other philosophical phrases I practiced in this series, but it’s so hard to obtain one’s belief at all time. I did this piece for Taisho, a friend of mine who has his strong belief in his heart.
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
Kenkodojo
Logo Design for Package
Client: Sunstar / TIM ROBINSON
Calligraphy
ICHIMOTO inc. is a creative studio in Brooklyn, New York.
Our services focus on Graphic Design, Brand Identify, Print & Digital Publishing, Presentation Design and Event Design. We serve to resolve any design problems and come up with the most effective and exciting visual solutions.
We simply love to make things. Things that excites our client, ourselves and most importantly the target audiences, visually and conceptually.
Award winning creative director, Dan Ichimoto leads the studio with detailed craftsmanship of design. We are small as a studio but powerful, fast and flexible to work with our networks and our client’s team.
Our complete creative services make your brand and product magical.
Branding is the core of a company or a product. We create the complete brand identity from logos, stationaries, store signs to website to polish the core essence of the brands.
Let’s make it WORK!
Our creative direction starts with understanding the culture and its trends. We provide the most stylish yet effective creative direction to strategically connect the client with their customers.
Let’s do it with STYLE!
We generate dynamic visual solutions for print and digital media. Our graphic design service offers from sketching out the ideas, its production, to delivering the final product.
Let’s make something COOL!
We believe that the traditional calligraphy is the origin of typography. We write traditional and contemporary Japanese calligraphy for logos, arts and titles.
Let’s write with ZEN mind!
We are proud to be recognized
We are thrilled to announce we received PRINT 2019 Regional Design Awards under New York City region.
This wonderful sake is from Gifu prefecture, Japan. The design incorporates traditional cormorant fishing form the region. Special thanks to Sake Discoveries and Komachi-Shuzo Sake Brewing Co.
Art Director, Josh Cheuse was nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 2020. Covers and Collage Art by David Carson and Design by Dan Ichimoto.
On November 15th, 2015, the 2nd annual Voice Arts Awards Gala was held at Pacific Design Center in Hollywood, CA. We are truly honored to receive the 2015 Voice Arts Award for exceptional achievement, Art Direction/Graphic Design/Branding - Outstanding Graphic Design. We are proud to be the part of the event’s branding with Society of Voice Arts and Sciences.
We are proud to be the winner of Highly Commended Award in the category of “Designer of the Year” in the Digital Magazine Awards 2015. The design was for BEYOND by LEXUS mobile magazine app. The award ceremony was held in London `on November 11th, 2015. We were lucky to be there with our designer, Shino Okawara and the BYOND team from DNP and HEAPS.
Dan Ichimoto was nominated with Howard Fritzson and Seth Rothstein as Art Directors for Grammy Awards for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 2007.
