Kazune Watanabe

Kazune Watanabe is the esteemed founder and art director of There There Ltd. After graduating from the prestigious Kuwasawa Design School in 2005, he gained invaluable experience working at KUDO Tsuyokatsu Design Laboratory and Soup Design Ltd. (now known as BOOTLEG Ltd.). In April 2018, Mr. Watanabe embarked on an independent venture, founding "There There" which was later incorporated in March 2022.

Kazune Watanabe is a highly acclaimed honoree of the internationally acclaimed A' Design Award in Grafik and Enprime. The jury of the A' Design Award & Competition has honored Kazune Watanabe with 2 A' Design Awards, the A' Design Award Lò being the highest of them. In the competition, Kazune Watanabe entered anonymously, and an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members decided by blind peer review.

The awards were granted between the 2022 - 2023 and 2025 - 2026 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition, a span that reflects sustained creative excellence. The meritocratic rankings of Designers.org place Kazune Watanabe at position 647 worldwide and at position 55 in Japon. The achievements of Kazune Watanabe earned the World Design Rating title Ekspè Transandan. Each award-winning work of Kazune Watanabe shown below can be checked with its verification code.