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Uniqlo Co., Ltd. (株式会社ユニクロ, Kabushiki-gaisha Yunikuro) is a Japanese fashion and clothing company that is a fast-fashion manufacturer and retailer known for their casual wear. The company is a subsidiary of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
In 2005/2006, Hirohiko Araki worked with them as a judge for a design competition and also contributed original illustrations for T-shirt designs later sold by them.
UNIQLO CREATIVE AWARD
In 2005, Uniqlo started a yearly design competition under the name UNIQLO CREATIVE AWARD (ユニクロ・クリエイティブアワード). The competition is open to anyone in the public and allows participants to use a single T-shirt as a canvas for free expression with messages and graphics. The purpose of the competition is to be able to discover new talent from around the world.[1] A small collected portion of the designs from the vast entries, the first competition receiving 17,704 entries for example[2], would then be judged and commercialized as T-shirts sold by Uniqlo. The top nine designs would also receive awards and/or cash prizes as well. For the fourth competition in 2008, the name of it was changed to be the UT GRAND PRIX (UTグランプリ), or simply the UTGP.[3] Another notable aspect is the inclusion of famous creatives as part of the judges, which has included people such as David Bowie and Shigeru Miyamoto.
UNIQLO CREATIVE AWARD 2006 × Hirohiko Araki
[Dates of it]
For the second competition, Araki was included as one of the judges besides Joe Hisaishi, Takashi Homma, Issey Ogata, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Langlands & Bell , Lily Franky, Noriyuki Tanaka, and the Uniqlo selection committee.[2] Araki's inclusion as a judge would also be announced in the February 2006 issue of Ultra Jump.
Besides the Grand Prize winner, nine other designs were Jury Prize winners. Each of the nine received an award from one of the judges. The design titled "dinner table" by Masanari Masuda received Araki's award.
T-Shirts
Alongside the submitted designs, the judges would also have designs made by them be sold as done in the prior competition.
In the announcement from the February 2006 issue of Ultra Jump, it also mentioned the notion that the T-shirts with original designs would be on sale that Spring and when the artwork abd designs were known, would be announced in Ultra Jump.
Killer Tiger Queen (キラー・タイガー・クイーン, Kirā Kuīn)
Killer Dancing Queen (キラー・ダンシング・クイーン, Kirā Kuīn)
Araki's T-Shirts
¥1,000
Back design
Clean Art (HIROHIKO ARAKI WORKS)
Clean Art (JOJOVELLER)
¥1,000
Back design
Clean Art (ULTRA GRAPHICS COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS 2006)
Clean Art (HIROHIKO ARAKI WORKS)
Clean Art (JOJOVELLER)
Interviews
Trivia
- According to a fan who attended the SOUL'd OUT concert in Sendai on April 12, 2006, Shinnosuke was seen wearing the Dancing shirt after the encore of the concert.[4]
- In the author's note of Volume 4 of Taizo Mote King Saga, Amon Dai is pictured wearing the Dancing shirt. In Chapter 46, the character Atsuko Mani is also seen wearing the Dancing shirt.
Author's note from Volume 4
Atsuko wearing the shirt.
References
- http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/955.html
- http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/1072.html SBR Chapter 34
- http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/1150.html
- http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/1151.html
- http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/1158.html
- http://atmarkjojo.org/archives/1171.html
- https://www.uniqlo.com/jp/ja/contents/corp/press-release/2006/04/2006sensuoust.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060423223451/http://www.uniqlo.com/CREATIVE/schedule/index.html
- https://www.uniqlo.com/jp/ja/contents/corp/press-release/2005/09/t2006916.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060717061549/http://www.uniqlo.com/L4/getitem.asp?hdnItemMngCD=u36350
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060619141209/http://www.uniqlo.com/L4/getitem.asp?hdnItemMngCD=u36402
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060423190945/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/UJ113/UJ113Present2.html
