BIOGRAPHY
Daisuke FunatoCEO, ARTFUL INC.
CEO
Born in Shihoro, Hokkaido in 1981. After completing a master’s degree at Future University Hakodate, he went independent in 2007 and founded Artful Inc. in 2013. Alongside web systems and app development, he has been part of the technical staff of the Sapporo International Art Festival since 2014, working across both technology and artistic expression.
EDUCATION & CAREER
- 2007/03M.S., Graduate School of Systems Information Science, Future University Hakodate
- 2007–2013Independent (sole proprietor)
- 2013–Founded Artful Inc.
AWARDS
- 2012Good Design Award 2012, Software for Industry (director / designer)
- 2014Good Design Award 2014, Public Media / Software / Content (designer)
- 2017Sapporo International Art Festival 2017 — SPACE MOERE Project
- 2017Gwangju Media Art Festival 2017 — SPACE MOERE Project (live performance / exhibition) — Gwangju, Korea
- 201821st Japan Media Arts Festival, Jury Selection — “Sculpture for All Intelligence” (ARTSAT × SIAF LAB)
- 201918th Media Art Biennale WRO 2019 — SPACE MOERE Project (stratospheric balloon launch / live performance / exhibition) — Wroclaw, Poland
RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
- 2009Seamless interaction between "creation" and "appreciation": Multi-touch Drawing Interface (Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2009)
- 2010Basketball strategy coaching support using multi-touch panels (Interaction 2010, long session)
- 2012The potential of maker communication — hardware and software joined by Sapporo Open Lab (PC Conference 2012, oral presentation)
- 2014Ryuichi Sakamoto + YCAM “FOREST SYMPHONY” (Sapporo International Art Festival 2014), technical team
- 2015–2017Secretary, Hokkaido Chapter, Information Processing Society of Japan
- 2015–2024Member, SIAF LAB, Sapporo International Art Festival
- 2015Organizing committee, IPSJ SIG Entertainment Computing
- 2018Judge, Startup Weekend Sapporo Vol. 5
- 2018–19Judge, Web × IoT Makers Challenge in Sapporo
- 2019Bouldering-route difficulty estimation and route-setting support considering physical characteristics — Noastec Foundation R&D grant