Sota Okumura
DESIGNER
- Name
- Sota Okumura
- Specialty
- Product design
- Region
- Japan
- Career
- Okumura was deeply impressed by the CITIZEN “time is TIME” exhibition he visited during Milano Design Week 2016, which made him a fan of CITIZEN watches. He graduated from an art university in 2019 and joined CITIZEN Watch. He worked on PROMASTER-branded products and CITIZEN-branded products for the European market as part of the overseas team. He then handled CITIZEN-branded products for the domestic market as a member of the domestic team. Since 2024, he has been dedicated to luxury products.
- Hobbies
- Collecting antiques; bouldering
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Ideas Born from Imagination
In April 2024, I participated in "Neuron Tokyo vol.2," held at the Asakusa Mokubatei, a traditional vaudeville theater in Taito-ku, Tokyo. "Neuron Tokyo" is a design event organized by AXIS & TD that began in 2023 as a place for networking and co-creation among people involved in design and related fields. At each event, about ten companies' design departments give presentations based on a common theme. Here, I will introduce an overview of the presentation we gave at this event.
Counting Achievement
Fishing is an activity where it is important to attune to the rhythms of nature and discern the best times of day. Among anglers, there are those who are fascinated not by the size of the fish, but by how many they can catch—a style known as 'quantity fishing.' Focusing on these individuals, we created a mechanical watch equipped with a counter function that visualizes both the date and the number of catches. A four-digit counter is displayed in a window at the 6 o'clock position, and you can count each catch by clicking the lever.