Silver Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design · 2026
Mobility Future Within Reach Brand Communication
- A' Design Award 2026 Silver Winner in Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design
- Awarded April 15, 2026
- CLIENT: tacto Inc.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 14,503
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About Mobility Future Within Reach Brand Communication
Mobility Future Within Reach is a brand communication program created for an educational touring event about future mobility. The centerpiece is a large diorama made of Fine Flute cardboard, measuring 1030 mm in height, 1456 mm in width and 500 mm in depth. Each part was laser cut and then assembled by hand. Interactive mechanisms make vehicles move, buildings light up and the city respond through light, sound and motion. The recyclable material supports the sustainability theme and helps children imagine future mobility through play.
The Mobility Future Within Reach Brand Communication by tacto inc. emerges from contemporary traditions of experiential brand communication where physical environments serve as immersive platforms for conveying organizational vision and values through carefully orchestrated spatial and graphic vocabularies. This installation exemplifies the sophisticated intersection of environmental design, typographic art, and pedagogical space-making that has become increasingly prevalent in forward-thinking institutional contexts seeking to engage audiences through multisensory experience rather than purely didactic messaging. The compositional strategy demonstrates remarkable restraint and intentionality, deploying a predominantly cool, calming palette of cerulean and white that suggests clarity of purpose and technological sophistication while introducing strategic chromatic punctuation through the playful pastel letterforms adorning the central wall, these warm accents in coral, mint, yellow, and blue inject approachability and creative energy into what might otherwise read as clinical sterility. The furniture arrangement reveals considered attention to human-scale interaction, with tables positioned to facilitate collaborative engagement while maintaining clear sightlines toward the central branded messaging, suggesting spaces designed equally for contemplation and active participation. The suspended numerical signage overhead introduces practical wayfinding functionality while simultaneously contributing to the visual rhythm and industrial aesthetic vocabulary that grounds the space in contemporary design discourse. The flanking digital displays featuring illustrated characters engaged with mobility concepts extend the communicative narrative beyond typography into figurative representation, suggesting inclusive futures where technology serves diverse human needs. One might observe how this environment invites visitors to imagine themselves as participants in shaping transportation futures, transforming passive observation into active contemplation of possibility and innovation, what visions of movement and connection does this space inspire within the individual viewer?
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Beyond integrating analog and digital, the most distinctive element was the flight-experience diorama. Tacto has used Fine Flute cardboard material, combining durability with rich color and beauty. Familiar to children, it embodied overall concept, a future within reach, while its high recyclability reinforced sustainability as a core lens for imagining future mobility.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Diorama
H1,030mm W1,456mm D500mm - Tags
- Integrated Creative, VI, Diorama, Web, Graphic Design
- Production Technology
- Tacto has chose Fine Flute cardboard to balance familiarity and sustainability, while ensuring the durability required for a five venue touring program.
For the B0-scale diorama, each part was laser cut and then fully assembled by hand, which resulting in a piece that combines high craft quality with a warm, tactile presence. - Project Duration
- The program launched at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo in October 2025, then toured as an educational program: Nagoya and Osaka in November, Fukuoka in December, and Hokkaido in January 2026.
- Operation Flow
- When future mobility flies over the city and solves real-world challenges, the city comes alive.To help children feel that “my actions changed the city,” tacto has embedded multiple interactive mechanisms into the diorama. Vehicles start moving, buildings light up, and the city speaks back. Through sensory feedback such as light, sound, and motion. tacto has designed an experience where imagination becomes tangible and impact feels real.
- Inspiration
- For an educational program where children create ideas for future mobility, we needed a hook that would make the future feel personal and within reach.
Our inspiration came from pop-up books, which familiar to children and rich with depth, motion, and the beauty of paper. By integrating that sense of wonder with the theme of living in harmony with the environment, we shaped a learning experience that invites children to imagine the future through play and exploration. - Image Credits
- Masato Ishibashi / Photography
moi. / Illustration