Takeshi Ishikawa
Director, Shibuya Asobi-ba Production Committee / Studio Producer, Skeleton Cerw Studio / BitSummit Management Member / Producer, UNKNOWN ASIA
Born in Osaka in 1977, he was a faculty member at Osaka Designer College from 1999 to 2017, where he was involved in department and school management, the establishment of new departments, student guidance, and industry-academia collaboration. Although his area of expertise is illustration, he has been actively involved in cross-disciplinary activities, such as managing the Department of Special Makeup and establishing the Department of Figure Modeling in 2015. He has been involved in the development of XR, apps, interactive contents, web, etc. since 2017.
In 2015, he launched the art event UNKNOWNASIA, which continues to this day. As a company-sponsored project, he manages the indie game event BitSummit, and plans and manages student game jams from an educational perspective as a special project within the event. Recently, he has also been involved in the planning, production, and operation of physical events.
As his life’s work, he also continues to create paintings and murals as an artist.
In addition, he has developed colorful natto (fermented soybeans) and organized “Fukushima Nebaru,” a food and beverage event using natto in Fukushima Ward, Osaka, and his activities are wide-ranging.