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2026 Theme.

InfinitizeYour 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.

About

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.

Name
Osaka Art & Design 2026
Period
May 27 (Wed) - June 23 (Tue), 2026
Area
Umeda / Dojima / Nakanoshima / Kyomachibori / Hommachi / Shinsaibashi / Namba / Abeno etc.
Organizer
Osaka Art & Design Executive Committee
Committee members:
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
Production Coordinator
Toi Yamada / Chialin Yuan(NEW Creators Club)

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Contact
E-mail inquiries | 
Osaka Art & Design Executive Committee Secretariat
info@osaka-artanddesign.com