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What is “ Osaka Art & Design ” ?
Osaka Art & Design is a citywide event where you can stroll through the streets of Osaka and encounter art and design unlike anything you’ve seen before. Visitors will experience a diverse world of creativity, ranging from thought-provoking pieces that stir the imagination to enthralling design objects that beautifully combine function and aesthetics. In this city, alive with people forming bonds through vivid and dynamic exchanges, a new creative movement is taking shape.
2026 Theme.
Infinitize Your Creation / Imagination
Following Osaka Art & Design 2024 with the theme “Resonance” and the 2025 event themed as “Overlaps,”
Osaka Art & Design 2026 will take a step forward to infinitize expressive activities.
In 2025, the Expo year, a variety of information streamed into Osaka from around the world.
Osaka Art & Design 2026 will digest and interpret the experiences and inspirations the Expo provided
toward the creation of original artistic and design expressions,
which will in turn stimulate someone’s creativity, resulting in an infinite expansion of circles of creative people.
As an incubator of imagination and a supporter of creation in the future, Osaka Art & Design 2026 will deliver its message to the world.
Osaka Art & Design
check
Explore social media, websites, and guide maps to find exhibitions and creators that interest you. Remember to check the venue, exhibition period, and event schedule.
explore
Exhibitions and events will take place at approximately 50 venues on the day! Follow the OAD logo and visit the exhibition venues to discover wonderful works of art.
follow & talk
You can purchase your favorite work and follow your favorite brands. Some events will offer visitors a chance to interact with creators.
Outline
- Name
- Osaka Art & Design 2026
- Dates
- May 27 （Wed） - June 23 （Tue）, 2026
- Area
- Umeda / Dojima / Nakanoshima / Kyomachibori / Hommachi / Shinsaibashi / Namba / Abeno etc.
- Organizers
- Osaka Art & Design Executive Committee
Committee members：
Osaka Metro Co., Ltd.
Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd.
Osaka Store of Takashimaya Co., Ltd.
Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores Co., Ltd.
West Japan Railway Company
Hankyu Corporation（Business agent : Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp.）
Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc.
Umeda 1-chome Area Management
- General Producer
- Shinichiro Masui（Code-a-Machine）
- Associate Producer
- Akio Aoki（DESIGNART）
- Director
- Yoriko Ishizawa（AOIMOK）/ Masahiro Yamamoto（SHONENKIKAKU）
- Coordinator
- Mayumi Matsubara（IN CO.,LTD）
- Advisor
- Masahiro Ihara（I/PLANNING）
Kiyofumi Deguchi（JR West Shopping Center Development Co., Ltd.）
Kaoru Teraura（E-DESIGN）
Takuya Nomura（SUPERSTATION）
Shigeki Hattori（graf）
Katsuhiko Fukumoto（BLUE OCEAN）
- Osaka Art & Design 2026
Keyvisual Design
- Art Director
- Shunta Sakamoto（NEW Creators Club）
- Designer
- Taichi Yamamoto（NEW Creators Club）
- Motion Designer
- Hajime Tsunoda
- MProduction Coordinator
- Toi Yamada / Chialin Yuan（NEW Creators Club）