Tokyo Colors 2015

Client: Tokyo Station
Release: February 01, 2015
Rhizomatiks Design planned and produced a wintertime only installation in the landmark GranRoof area of Tokyo Station’s Yaesu gate. The project constituted a further evolution of 2014’s “Tokyo Colors” installation. The main venue contains a pedestrian walkway measuring approximately 230 meters long by a maximum of 9 meters wide. Wind-direction sensors were installed at 28 locations, and signals created by the wind were converted into light and sound. Approximately 3,000 of our proprietary LED “Buds of Hope” swayed in the wind and orchestrated a magical chorus of wind as sound.
Credit
《installation》
Planner / Producer / Director: Keisuke Arikuni
Creative Coder: Hiroyuki Hori , Akira Hayasaka
Lighting Director: Hiroyuki Hori
Lighting Designer: Hiroyuki Hori , Akira Hayasaka, Hitoshi Morita (TYMOTE)
Hardware Engineer: Tatsuya Motogi , Ichiro Mishima
Sound Director: Taeji Sawai (Qosmo)
Sound Designer: Taeji Sawai (Qosmo), Rei Kunimoto
Sound Coder: Rei Kunimoto
Voices: Miyu Hosoi (Qosmo)
Sound Engineer: Mitsuru Tajika
Space Designer: Shinya Akaba ,Tatsuya Motogi
Constructor: Kazuya Kusunoki (JFE Technos), Shinji Takabatake (JFE Technos)
Anemoscope Device Engineering: Kanta Horio
LED Lighting Device Engineering: Shingo Sotoyama, Junichi Barada (COLOR KINETICS JAPAN)

《dateroom visualization》
Planner / Producer / Director: Keisuke Arikuni
Director: Hiroyuki Hori
Creative Coder: Akira Hayasaka
Graphic Designer: Becca Kawaichi
Sound Designer: Setsuya Kurotaki
Space Designer: Shinya Akaba , Tatsuya Motogi
Hardware Engineer: Tatsuya Motogi , Ichiro Mishima
Constructor: Kazuya Kusunoki (JFE Technos), Shinji Takabatake (JFE Technos)

《graphic》
Creative Director: Keisuke Arikuni
Art Director : Yosuke Kobayashi (kitchin sink)
Designer: Kotaro Kawashima (kitchin sink)
《web》
Creative Director: Keisuke Arikuni
Designer: Yosuke Isohata (STEKWIRED)
Coder: Yukinori Hayashi (STEKWIRED)

《movie》
Producer: Keisuke Arikuni , Hidekatsu Nagaswawa (TOKYO) , Maiko Shimada (TOKYO)
Director: Motoyo Uzawa (TOKYO)
Editor: Kazuhide Adachi (dadab)
Production Manager: Tomoko Morishige
Camera: Ryosuke Sotoyama
Colorist: Masahiro Ishiyama (Digital Garden Inc.)
Music: Rei Kunimoto

*Names in bold indicate members of our company. Credits are accurate as of the time of publication of this article.