A project originated by Satoshi Endo, a Japanese creator/IT Media expert/Editor/TV personality. He has always been fascinated by the miniature ‘theater world’ inside the floating pen since childhood, and the objective of this project is to design and create his own interpretation of this pen with a modern technical twist. ‘A Man in a Pen, Walking’, and ‘A Man in a Pen, Swimming’ are the project’s first creation in collaboration with designer/craft artist Taku Sato.

Satoshi Endo
A creator/IT Media expert/Editor/TV personality who currently serves as the head of ASCII Research Institute of ASCII MEDIA WORKS Inc., the biggest PC/Gaming publishing company in Japan. Prior to his current position, he has headed the Japan’s leading computer magazine ‘Monthly ASCII’ as the Editor-in-Chief for more than 10 years, and produced many popular books as an editor as well as his own. He is also known for being the authority on ‘Otaku’ culture, which has grown to be an essential part of Japanese pop culture since he and his partners defined it for the first time in 1983 in the legendary subculture magazine called ‘Tokyo Otona Club’ he produced. In ‘A Project for Making a Floating Pen at least Once in my Life’, he is responsible for the idea and concept, computer simulation and overall direction.

Taku Sato
Freelance editorial designer and craft artist (metal, leather, pottery). (http://taku-s.com/）In ‘A Project for Making a Floating Pen at least Once in my Life’, he is responsible for video capturing , artwork and graphic design.