WHO WE ARE
Qosmo AI Creativity & Music Lab is a Tokyo-based collective consisting of AI researchers, engineers, artists, and designers, working on expanding human creativity using AI and exploring unknown music. We develop art/music works based on research results, engage in R&D activities with client companies, and develop/provide unique AI products, and more, all with a global and unique approach.
VISION
Advance the creativity of mankind with Art and Technology
MISSION
Our mission is to open up the frontier of creativity through the production of artwork, and contribute to building a society where more people can work, learn and live more creatively by developing AI tools for artists, companies and individuals.
WORKING WITH QOSMO
Commissioned Art and Advertisement
We create art and advertisement upon request
Co-R&D
We support clients develop and integrate AI into services and products
Technology Licensing
License for use our unique ready-for-production algorithms
The works we have created to date have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art(MoMA) in New York, Barbican Centre in London, and other venues. We got invited to perform at the keynote of Google I/O in 2019. In the academic field, we have co-organized a workshop on AI and creativity at NeurIPS, one of the most prominent international conferences on AI. Based on these achievements, we have been working with leading Japanese and foreign companies. We see things differently from the artists' point of view.We develop novel methods based on the expertise of researchers.We execute with advanced skills of programmers and designers. We are Qosmo.
AWARDS
2022 D&AD Awards 2022 Graphic Design Category Yellow Pencil THE ONE SHOW - Creative Use of Data Silver Pencil, Design Silver Pencil, and IP & Products Merit THE ADC AWARDS FASHION DESIGN - Craft / Use of Technology category Gold Cube, Innovation category Silver Cube, Craft / Patterns / Textiles category Merit Honor
2021 Cannes Lions 2020/2021 Digital Craft Lions Division Bronze Award
2020 The One Show 2020 Design Branding - Identity System Division Bronze Award ACC Tokyo Creativity Awards - Creative innovation Division Bronze Award
2019 Spikes Asia 2019 Digital Craft Division Grand Prix
2018 Ars Electronica 2018 Interactive Art+ - Honorary Mention 21st Japan Media Arts Festival, Art Division - Jury Recommended Works
2017 Ars Electronica STARTS PRIZE Nomination
2014 Cannes Lions 2014 - Titanium Grand Prix
2012 Cannes Lions 2012 Mobile Lions Division Gold Tokyo Interactive Ad Award - Mobile Application Award Silver
CUSTOMERS & PARTNERS
NHK Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Dentsu Group Inc. Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. Sansan, Inc. Google Hitachi, Ltd. Netflix, Inc. NTT Rhizomatiks Suntory Holdings Limited. TOHOKUSHINSHA FILM CORPORATION Shiseido Company, Limited USEN Corporation PIONEER CORPORATION TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Sony Corporation and more.
Qosmo is collaborating with the following universities and research institutes on various research and development projects.
Interface Culture (Linz, Austria) Keio University SFC IRCAM: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (Paris, France)
CORPORATE PROFILE
Qosmo, Inc. REVE Nakameguro 2F, 1-13-14 Kamimeguro Meguro, Tokyo, JAPAN （c/o Think & Craft） Tel 03-6455-2560 / Fax 03-6455-2578 contact@qosmo.jp
Foundation April 1, 2009
Executive
CEO : Nao Tokui
Born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan in 1976. Nao received his Ph.D. from The University of Tokyo for his research on Human-Computer Interaction using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance human creativity. After pursuing his research and creative interest at several research institutes in Japan and Europe, Nao founded Qosmo in 2009. With the motto, “Computational Creativity and Beyond,” Qosmo became a unique creative studio focusing on the application of AI in the creative field. Nao, himself, has been exploring the potential expansion of creativity through the symbiosis between AI and humans. His recent works include a music video of a song by Brian Eno, using AI. In addition, Nao has continued to present live performances titled AI DJ Project in Japan and overseas. These performances feature an AI DJ playing alongside a human DJ (Nao), taking turns selecting and playing one song at a time. In April 2019, he started his professorship at Keio University and founded the Computational Creativity Lab to advance his practices in both research and educational environments. https://www.naotokui.net/ https://twitter.com/naotokui External Board Member : Alexander Reeder (Art and Program, Inc.) External Board Member : Kaoru Sugano (tsuzuku)
Business Outline – AI Research/System Development – Computational Design – Data Analysis/Visualization – Interactive Sound System