Awards and Honors

Advertising Awards

NIKEiD. GENERATOR (Shunsuke Kakinami / Satoshi Inoue / Kaz Ishihara / Yasuo Matsubara / Daiei Suzuki / Shuhei Tsuji / Akira Miyashita / Hideki Watanabe / Seiichi Saito / Daito Manabe / Toru Terashima / Toshisatoru Matsuura / Kenichi Iida)
- Spikes Asia 2009 – Digital – Bronze
- CLIO Awards 2010 – Innovative Media – Silver
- The One Show 2010 – Interactive Advertising – Silver
- International Advertising CUP – Best of Media – Best of One-to-One

NIKE MUSIC SHOE (Shingo Ohno / Naomi Ka / Takayuki Rokutan / Frank Hahn / Naoki Ito / Mitsumasa Sekine / Seiichi Saito / Satoshi Takahashi / Daito Manabe / Tomoaki Yanagisawa)
- Cannes Lions 2010 – Film Craft Lions – Silver
- Cannes Lions 2010 – Film Lions – Bronze
- ADFEST 2011 – Cyber Lotus – Gold
- ADFEST 2011 – Film Craft Lotus – Silver
- Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards (9th) – Online Video – Gold
- Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards (9th) – Website Product – Silver
- New York Festivals Awards 2011 – Art Technique: Interactive – Gold
- New York Festivals Awards 2011 – Digital & Interactive – Silver
- The One Show 2011 – Craft – Gold
- The One Show 2011 – Online Films and Video – Silver

Sound of Honda / Ayrton Senna 1989 (Kaoru Kanno / Sotaro Hojji / Yu Orai / Nadja Kirilova / Kyoko Yonezawa / Mitsumasa Sekine / Taiji Sawai / Daito Manabe)
- Cannes Lions 2014 – Titanium & Integrated – Grand Prix
- Cannes Lions 2014 – Film – Gold
- Cannes Lions 2014 – Cyber – Gold, Silver
- Cannes Lions 2014 – Promo & Activation – Gold, Silver
- Cannes Lions 2014 – Direct – Gold, Silver
- Cannes Lions 2014 – Outdoor – Gold, Bronze
- Cannes Lions 2014 – Design – Silver, Bronze
- Cannes Lions 2014 – Branded Content & Entertainment – Silver
- ADFEST 2014 – Interactive Lotus – Grand Prix
- ADFEST 2014 – Promo Lotus – Grand Prix
- ADFEST 2014 – Integrated Lotus – Grand Prix
- New York ADC Awards (93rd) – Advertising Ambient – Silver
- D&AD Awards 2014 – Crafts for Advertising – Black Pencil, Yellow Pencil
- The One Show 2014 – Data and Human Experience – Gold
- Spikes Asia 2014 – Multiple categories including Digital, Film, Outdoor, Promo & Activation, Design, Direct, Radio
- ACC CM Festival (54th) – Interactive Category – Grand Prix (Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award)
- Good Design Award 2014 – Gold Award

FUTURE-EXPERIMENT VOL.01 docomo × Perfume "Eliminate Distance"
- Code Awards 2018 – Grand Prix
- ACC Tokyo Creativity Awards 2018 – Branded Communication Category A – Grand Prix
- ADFEST 2018 – Interactive – Bronze
- Cannes Lions 2018 – Design – Bronze Lion
- The One Show 2018 – Interactive – Merit

OK Go "OBSESSION"
- Spikes Asia 2018 – Digital Craft: Technological Achievement – Grand Prix
- Cannes Lions 2018 – Design – Gold, Silver
- CLIO Music Awards 2018 – Branded Entertainment & Content – Bronze
- CLIO Awards 2018 – Visual Effects and other categories
- New York Festivals 2018 – Film, Branded Entertainment, Digital Communications
- The One Show 2018 – Moving Image Craft, Design
- D&AD Awards 2018 – Graphite Pencil, Wood Pencil
- ADFEST 2018 – Film, Film Craft, Interactive

Media Art Awards (Japan Media Arts Festival)

• SONIC Floor – 11th Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
• scoreLight – 13th Festival – Entertainment Division – Excellence Award
• Pa++ern – 13th Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
• Face visualizer, instrument and copy – 13th Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
• the Way Sensing GO+ – 13th Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
• points – 14th Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
• Venus and Jesus / Etsuko Yakushimaru – 14th Festival – Entertainment Division – Jury Selection
• particles – 15th Festival – Art Division – Excellence Award
• Perfume Global Site Project – 16th Festival – Entertainment Division – Grand Prize
• Sound of Honda / Ayrton Senna 1989 – 17th Festival – Entertainment Division – Grand Prize
• Sensing Streams – Invisible, Inaudible – 18th Festival – Art Division – Excellence Award
• Perfume Live "SXSW 2015" – 19th Festival – Entertainment Division – Jury Selection
• YASKAWA × Rhizomatiks × ELEVENPLAY – 19th Festival – Entertainment Division – Jury Selection
• chains – 20th Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
• 24drones – 20th Festival – Entertainment Division – Jury Selection
• Deleted Reality – 22nd Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
• discrete figures – 22nd Festival – Art Division – Excellence Award
• Perfume × Technology presents "Reframe" – 22nd Festival – Entertainment Division – Excellence Award
• OK Go "OBSESSION" – 22nd Festival – Entertainment Division – Jury Selection

Media Art Awards (Prix Ars Electronica)

• particles – 2011 – Interactive Art – Award of Distinction
• Perfume Global Site Project – 2013 – Interactive Art – Honorary Mention
• Sound of Honda / Ayrton Senna 1989 – 2014 – Interactive Art – Honorary Mention
• Nosaj Thing "Cold Stares" – 2016 – Computer Animation, Film, VFX – Award of Distinction
• Squarepusher "Terminal Slam" – 2020 – Computer Animation – Honorary Mention
• morphecore – 2022 – Interactive Art+ – Honorary Mention
• Rhizomatiks × ELEVENPLAY "multiplex" – 2023 – New Animation – Honorary Mention

Media Art Awards (S+T+ARTS Prize)

• border 2021 – S+T+ARTS Prize 2021 – Honorary Mention
• Nosaj Thing "Cold Stares" – S+T+ARTS Prize 2016 – Nomination
• Brain Processing Unit – The Future Where Biology and Computer Integrate – S+T+ARTS Prize 2025 – Honorary Mention

Domestic and International Honors

Mainichi Design Award (2016)
- Awarded the 62nd Mainichi Design Award for contributions to media art, design, and technology.

International Ceremonies and Official Projects

Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Closing Ceremony – Tokyo 2020 Flag Handover Ceremony (2016)

Participated in the official Tokyo 2020 presentation at the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. As part of Rhizomatiks Research, Manabe was involved in the technical direction and implementation of visual expressions using augmented reality and real-time computer graphics.

Media Appearance

2023 – 2025

YouTube / Advertising

• 2023/03/26 | Nike
  Air Max Day 2023 – The Pulse of London
  Video

• Nike
  Music Shoe
  Video

• Apple
  Behind the Mac

2013 – 2019

2019

• 2019/07/30 | en-japan CareerHack
  Daito Manabe's Resume | Why unexpected places have fewer risks
  Web Interview

• 2019/06 | Telstar Planning
  Seeing the Future World through Art and Technology (Corporate Web Magazine)

• 2019/05 | e-sports press
  Daito Manabe talks about the appeal of Street Fighter (Web Interview)

2018

• 2018/12/27 | Fashionsnap.com
  2018 Best Buy – What Daito Manabe bought this year (Web Article)

• 2018/10/09 | iFLYER
  Tracing the footsteps of Rhizomatiks' Daito Manabe: Talk Show Report (Event Report)

• 2018/09 | Bloomberg
  ART+TECHNOLOGY Ep.15: "Is Drone art a phase?" (Video Content)

• 2018/08 | Nikkei XTREND
  Expectations and Issues: PR PCs are... tools (Web Article)

• 2018/08 | Nikkei XTREND
  Kage x Daito Manabe: Top-tier Work Techniques (Part 1/2) (Web Series)

• 2018/08 | KKBOX (Taiwan)
  Welcome to the Future! Interview with the mastermind behind Perfume (Web Article)

• 2018/08 | Cool3c (Taiwan)
  Technology & Art – Interview with Daito Manabe, Motoi Ishibashi, MIKIKO (Web Article)

• 2018/07 | The Conversation
  How my astronomy data became an immersive light & sound show (Web Article)

• 2018/07 | AUTODESK Redshift
  New Horizons Opened by Rhizomatiks Research (Web Article)

• 2018/07 | Casa BRUTUS.com
  Inside Apple WWDC: What future did Daito Manabe see? (Web Article)

• 2018/07 | BBC News
  Lovell lights: telescope art installation (Video Article)

• 2018/07 | fabcross
  Digital tools supporting Rhizomatiks Research's rapid development (Web Article)

• 2018/07 | MOT TIMES
  Exclusive Interview: Daito Manabe & Motoi Ishibashi who created "Tokyo 8 Minutes" (Web Article)

• 2018/07 | Motherboard Italia
  Daito Manabe talks Humans, Technology, and Emotions (Web Article)

• 2018/07 | ARBAN Web
  Best Discs of 1st Half 2018 selected by Daito Manabe (Web Article)

• 2018/07 | Fuji Electronics Kawaraban
  Rhizomatiks Research Daito Manabe talks from his days as a DJ boy (Web Article)

• 2018/07/03 | WIRED.jp
  Digging and Stacking: The work behind Rhizomatiks' latest drones & AR [Part 1] (Web Article)

• 2018/05 | Arshake
  Interview | Daito Manabe (Web Interview)

• 2018/04 | Crack Magazine (UK)
  Digital artist Daito Manabe… sensory experiences (Web Article)

• 2018/03/16 | NHK E-Tele
  Mansai Nomura x Cutting-edge Technology "Sanbaso FORM II"
  News

• 2018/03 | Time Out Tokyo
  Dialogue: AKIKO KIYAMA x Daito Manabe... Reinterpreting Kyogen (Web Interview)

• 2018/03 | nippon.com
  Daito Manabe: The Far Future of Technology x Art (Web Article)

• 2018/02 | IAMAS
  Alumni Interview 005 "Daito Manabe" (IAMAS Site)

• 2018/02 | KODE
  Daito Manabe talks about the appeal of Media Art Fest "Ars" (Web Article)

• 2018/01/28 | TV Asahi
  Bessatsu Asa (Hi) Journal
  Backnumber

2017

• 2017/11 | 4 Walls (Brazil)
  ANDROIDES DANÇAM COM SAPATILHAS ELÉTRICAS? (Web Article)

• 2017/11 | NewsPicks
  Creating "Shooting Stars" Artificially. Two people shaping dreams (Web Article)

• 2017/11 | Gizmodo Japan
  After Future-Experiment vol.1: Comments from Sugano x MIKIKO x Manabe (Web Article)

• 2017/11 | Huffington Post (US)
  In Conversation: Daito Manabe Interviews Machinedrum… (Web Article)

• 2017/10 | AV Interactive (UK)
  Behind the scenes: Bluedot’s intergalactic masterpiece (Web Article)

• 2017/10 | lute
  Daito Manabe x Nosaj Thing "Live at Sónar Hong Kong 2017" Documentary (YouTube)

• 2017/10 | IPSJ
  Rhizomatiks Research Daito Manabe & Motoi Ishibashi Interview (Web Magazine)

• 2017/09 | NewsPicks
  Creating a movement from Shibuya with "Fashion x Technology" (Web Article)

• 2017/09/18 | WIRED.jp
  CeBIT 2017 Report #3 – What Rhizomatiks Entrusts (Web Article)

• 2017/08 | Bijutsu Techo Web
  Daito Manabe and Kazunao Abe discuss "Genealogy of Media Art" (Web Article)

• 2017/08 | CINRA.NET
  Daito Manabe x Reiko Yuyama Dialogue – Updating Opera "Otello" with Technology (Web Article)

• 2017/07 | VICE (Creators)
  These Ghostly Dancers Are… ‘Star Wars’ Holograms (Web Article)

• 2017/07 | Michael Murray Blog
  Daito Manabe and the COSMOS Project, 2017 (Blog Post)

• 2017/07/09 | WIRED.jp
  The Best Immersive Experience by Daito Manabe and evala (Web Article)

• 2017/07 | SHIFT
  World Premiere // COSMOS 2017… Report (Web Article)

• 2017/07 | CINRA.NET
  Why is Daito Manabe strong on big stages? Closing in on the success of Kohaku and Rio Closing Ceremony (Web Article)

• 2017/06 | METALmagazine
  Sónar+D 2017 – Speculative features (Web Article)

• 2017/06 | beatMashMagazine
  Experimentación y tecnología en Sónar 2017 (Web Article)

• 2017/06 | Jodrell Bank Centre
  International Arts-Science Residency at Jodrell Bank (Web Article)

• 2017/06 | Freunde von Freunden
  Daito Manabe on choreographing equations… (Web Article)

• 2017/06 | Nigiwai Space Lab
  Rhizomatiks 10 – The 10 years that revolutionized real space expression (Web Article)

• 2017/06 | Arshake
  The Magic of Light at the Sónar Festival… (Web Article)

• 2017/06 | El Periódico
  Un Sónar sin límites (Web Article)

• 2017/06 | ecoDiario.es
  ‘Phosphere’, un espectáculo inmersivo del artista Daito Manabe (Web Article)

• 2017/04 | Pen Online
  Photo x Media Art... What possibilities does Daito Manabe see? (Web Article)

• 2017/04 | FIGARO japon (Web)
  Daito Manabe x Kyun-kun... Do genders exist in the digital world? (Web Article)

• 2017/04 | Intel IQ
  AI DJ or Vinyl DJ – New frontiers of DJing led by technology (Web Article)

• 2017/04 | Net TAM
  Olympiad Culture Communication #5: Daito Manabe's Style (Web Series)

• 2017/02 | Bound Baw
  Escaping the "Cutting Edge" disease... Poetics of Light and Motion (Web Article)

• 2017/02 | HIGHFLYERS
  Meeting Rhizomatiks founding members changed my life... (Web Series)

• 2017/01 | CareerHack
  Trajectory of Daito Manabe, Rhizomatiks (Web Interview)

2016

• 2016/10/10 | NHK E-Tele
  U18 Our Future (Japan Prize 50th Anniversary Special) (No Official Archive)

• 2016/08/01 | WIRED.jp
  The era where technology was content is over ── Daito Manabe (Web Series)

• 2016/08 | Pen Online
  Grand Seiko: Tradition and Technology, a magnificent fusion. (Web Article)

• 2016/07 | NTV SENSORS
  Exploring the appeal of location-based games hyped by 'Pokemon GO' (Web Article)

• 2016/07 | NTV SENSORS
  Daito Manabe x Ars Electronica Director Dialogue... (Web Article)

• 2016/07 | Fuminners
  World-class creator Daito Manabe has the "toughness to sleep anywhere" (Web Article)

• 2016/07 | Nippon TV
  SENSORS Dialogue "Impact of Media Art on Society" (Site Closed)

• 2016/06 | Wochi Kochi Magazine
  Questions for Daito Manabe & Motoi Ishibashi from Japan Cultural Institute in Paris (Web Article)

• 2016/04 | WWD JAPAN
  COMMUNITY – Fashionista Daito Manabe (Web Blog)

• 2016/04 | SENSORS
  Exploring Daito Manabe's roots – University days devoted to music in NY (Web Article)

• 2016/04 | Red Bull Studios
  5 MINUTES WITH: DAITO MANABE + NOSAJ THING (Web Article)

• 2016/04 | Nippon TV
  ZIP! SHOWBIZ BRAVO! (No Official Archive)

• 2016/04 | BS Fuji
  ESPRIT JAPAN

• 2016/04 | FOD
  NF Punch

• 2016/03 | The Fashion Post
  Media Artist Daito Manabe Interview (Web Interview)

• 2016/02 | NHK E-Tele
  Extracurricular Class: Welcome Senpai ~Inside Sensei's Head~ "Programming"

• 2016/02/11 | Mashable
  Watch this magician effortlessly control 24 drones… (Mashable Video)

2015

• 2015/12 | Clubberia/ARBAN
  Best 3 Discs of 2015 selected by Daito Manabe (Feature Article)

• 2015/12 | NTV SENSORS
  AI Training – Monk Komyoji x UTokyo Yutaka Matsuo Dialogue (Web Feature)

• 2015/11 | LIVERARY
  SPECIAL REVIEW: What was "POST"? 10-hour Talk Event Report (Event Report)

• 2015/11/05 | Fashion Headline
  Rhizomatiks Daito Manabe talks "Fusion of Technology and Expression" (Web Article)

• 2015/11 | CGWORLD.jp
  Yoshihisa Hashimoto x Daito Manabe Special Dialogue (Web Interview)

• 2015/10/13 | PRONEWS
  Blackmagic Design Case Study (Web Article)

• 2015/10 | Nikkei Web
  Collective Creation: New Wind in Art... (Nikkei Digital)

• 2015/09 | COURRiER Japon
  Rhizomatiks Manabe & Ishibashi explain "Why we started using drones" (Web Article)

• 2015/09 | GOOD (US)
  Drones on the Dance Floor (GOOD Magazine)

• 2015/09 | NHK E-Tele
  SWITCH Interview Masters "Masahiro Motoki x Daito Manabe"

• 2015/08 | soundrope
  Daito Manabe x KEIZOmachine! Ableton User Meeting Report (Blog Post)

• 2015/08 | Goodway
  Digital Garage... The New Context Conference 2015 Tokyo (Web Article)

• 2015/08 | All Digital Music
  Special Interview: Daito Manabe talks Hackathons, AI, and Future of DJs (Web Article)

• 2015/08/27 | drone.jp
  [Drone Girl Goes!] Vol.01 Rhizomatiks talks Future of Drones (Web Article)

• 2015/08/28 | Famitsu.com
  Possibilities hidden in Data Visualization? CEDEC 2015 (Web Article)

• 2015/08/27 | 4Gamer.net
  [CEDEC 2015] Interactive Art Keynote Report (Web Article)

• 2015/08 | PARTNER-web
  No Denial, No Pessimism, No Hot Air. Who is Daito Manabe? (Web Article)

• 2015/08 | BS Asahi
  Fresh Faces ~New People~

• 2015/07 | Natalie
  Perfume x Rhizomatiks Exhibition

• 2015/07 | Dentsu Ho
  Experience Driven Showcase #11 Rhizomatiks Direction! Yaskawa Electric 100th Anniv (Web Article)

• 2015/06 | TimeOut Tokyo
  Top 20 Ramen Shops chosen by Tokyo DJs (Web Article)

• 2015/05/11 | GQ JAPAN Web
  Emotion of Sound – Background of Sound, Light, Shadow Installation (Web Article)

• 2015/04 | NTV SENSORS
  Perfume at SXSW – Daito Manabe and MIKIKO discuss behind the scenes (Web Article)

• 2015/04 | NTV SENSORS
  Unmanned DJ Booth... AI Live "2045" vol.2 (Web Article)

• 2015/04 | mugendai (IBM)
  Giving new value to inorganic data — Daito Manabe Interview (Web Article)

• 2015/03 | NTV SENSORS
  How Daito Manabe saw "STRP 2015", the center of Media Art (Web Article)

• 2015/03 | VICE
  The Future Is Here, And It’s a Japanese Pop Concert (Web Article)

• 2015/03 | WIRED.com (US)
  The Shadow Ballet Where Drones Dance With Humans (Web Article)

• 2015/03 | VICE
  Watch a Modern Dance Battle Between Drones and a Human (Web Article)

• 2015/03 | NTV SENSORS
  Entertainment becomes more interesting with AI (Web Article)

• 2015/03 | NTV SENSORS
  "Technology is what raises your limits" (Web Article)

• 2015/02 | NTV SENSORS
  Will DJs be eliminated by AI? Experimental Event "2045" (Web Article)

• 2015/02 | RTVE.es (Spain)
  Daito Manabe

• 2015/02 | TV Asahi
  Natsume and Right Arm

• 2015/01 | White-screen.jp
  Road to Paris Collection. Behind scenes of ANREALAGE "SHADOW" (Web Article)

• 2015/01 | NHK Special
  NEXT WORLD Our Future

2014

• 2014/12 | The Japan Times
  Code + Culture: new media art from Japan (Web Article)

• 2014/11/15 | WIRED.jp
  Why Music Needs Daito Manabe (Web Article)

• 2014/11 | Creators’ Bonding
  What is the motivation for creation that produces innovative expression? (Web Article)

• 2014/11 | UNITED ARROWS
  Passion Customer Service Campaign (Daito Manabe) (Campaign)

• 2014/11 | Nippon TV
  SENSORS

• 2014/10 | Time Out Tokyo
  Interview: Daito Manabe "What is a lecture event where electricity flows through the body?" (Web Article)

• 2014/09 | Asahi Shimbun Digital
  Work Power (Series/4 parts) (Web Article)

• 2014/09 | honeyee.com
  New Standard! New Starbucks Latte! (Web Article)

• 2014/08 | Engineer-type
  If Daito Manabe opened a programming class for students... (Web Article)

• 2014/08 | Nippon TV
  NEWS ZERO

• 2014/07 | CREATIVE VILLAGE
  Top Creator Interview: Daito Manabe (Web Article)

• 2014/06/19 | PostDigital Node
  Collecting Data from One’s Own: Interview (Web Article)

• 2014/06 | El Diario (Spain)
  El hombre que hacía bailar a los drones (Web Article)

• 2014/06 | Rikunabi
  What is Work? Vol.123 (Daito Manabe) (Web Article)

• 2014/06 | 100 TOKYO Web
  Photo Tour: Daito Manabe (Web Article)

• 2014/06 | Space Shower TV
  Chihara Junior's Eardrum "Ikkimouke Niian"

• 2014/05 | CAN
  Transcranial – Klaus Obermaier, Daito Manabe… (Web Article)

• 2014/05 | OTDM
  WE ROBOTS (Short Film)

• 2014/05 | NHK
  Professional: Shigoto no Ryugi

• 2014/04 | Engineer-type
  Asking Daito Manabe! "What is a Media Artist?" (Web Article)

• 2014/04/16 | PRONEWS
  electraglide 2013: World of Video Direction (Web Article)

• 2014/04 | TV Asahi
  Seeds of Design

• 2014/03 | IGNITION
  What does Technology bring to Expression? (Web Article)

• 2014/03 | Roppongi Future Talks
  #40 Daito Manabe x Mari Ohno Dialogue (Web Article)

• 2014/02/19 | Asahi Shimbun Digital
  Fashionista's Choice "Curious about sounds usually unheard" (Web Article)

• 2014/01/24 | Apple
  Celebrates 30 Years of Mac

• 2014/01 | Recruit Tech Soken
  Closing in on Daito Manabe, the genius creating Perfume's media art (Web Article)

• 2014/01 | Excite ism
  That Person's 'Standard' and 'New Standard' (Web Article)

2013

• 2013/12 | WIRED.jp
  Daito Manabe -> Junichi Hosokai (Web Article)

• 2013/11 | MTV Japan
  [MTV81: Rhizomatiks inspired by Perfume]

• 2013/10 | .honeyee.com
  Rhizomatiks Daito Manabe Interview (Web Article)

• 2013/10 | Natalie
  Perfume, Overseas & Dome Tour Footage exclusive live release on NHK (Web Article)

• 2013/10 | Red Bull Japan
  Must see because it's cool! "Rhizomatiks inspired by Perfume" (Web Article)

• 2013/10 | Internet Museum
  Creativity supporting Perfume's World (Web Article)

• 2013/09 | Gizmodo Japan
  "Perfume x Rhizomatiks Exhibition" Comment Video (Web Article)

• 2013/09 | Mynavi News
  Perfume "Absent" Live Experience (Web Article)

• 2013/09 | excite.ism
  "Rhizomatiks" Exhibition gaining global attention (Web Article)

• 2013/09 | Natalie
  Sneaking into Perfume x Rhizomatiks New Tech Exhibition starting tomorrow (Web Article)

• 2013/09 | FASHION HEADLINE
  Rhizomatiks' Perfume Exhibition Opens (Web Article)

• 2013/09 | Engineer Type
  Perfume's Cannes Performance that shocked the world (Web Article)

• 2013/09 | Nippon TV
  Zoom In!! Saturday

• 2013/06 | Nippon TV
  Zoom In!! Saturday

• 2013/05 | SHOCK THE RADIO
  TOUGH THE MEETING

• 2013/04 | Engineer Type
  "Those without originality will perish" Top 2 creators discuss future of ads (Web Article)

• 2013/02 | The LiP
  Interfacing Forward (Web Article)

2005 – 2012

• 2012/05 | CINRA.NET
  Wandering to reach the cutting edge: Daito Manabe Interview

• 2011/06 | VICE (US)
  A Twitch in Time: Daito Manabe

• 2008/10 | Engadget (US)
  Face Visualizer turns us all into meat puppets

Jury, Education, and Workshop Activities

2023 – 2025

• 2025 | TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 | Final Jury
• 2024 | NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC) | Artist Talk (w/ Toshio Iwai)
• 2023 | KIKK Festival 2023 (Belgium) | Lecture
• 2023 | DIAGE Festival 2023 (Thailand) | Speaker

2020 – 2022

• 2022 | Prix Ars Electronica 2022 | Jury (Computer Animation)
• 2021 | Ars Electronica Festival 2021 | Online Talk / Review
• 2021 | Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Jury (Digital Music / Sound Art)
• 2020 | Ars Electronica 2020 | Remote Talk Session
• 2020 | Sónar+D 2020 | Remote Speaker

2017 – 2019

• 2019 | MUTEK.MX (Mexico) | Lecture / Talk Session
• 2019 | Sónar+D (Spain) | Keynote Speaker
• 2018 – 2022 | Keio University SFC | Distinguished Guest Professor
• 2018 | University of the Arts Bremen (HfK Bremen) | Guest Professor
• 2017 | Tokyo University of the Arts | Part-time Lecturer (Design Dept)

2013 – 2016

• 2016 | Prix Ars Electronica 2016 | Award of Distinction (Computer Animation)
• 2015 | STRP Festival 2015 (Netherlands) | Workshop / Exhibition
• 2014 | Prix Ars Electronica 2014 | Honorary Mention (Interactive Art) Sound of Honda / Ayrton Senna 1989
• 2014 | Resonate Festival 2014 (Serbia) | Lecture / Workshop
• 2013 | ICC | Artist Talk "Rhizomatiks inspired by Perfume"
• 2013 | Prix Ars Electronica 2013 | Honorary Mention (Interactive Art) Perfume Global Site Project

2009 – 2012

• 2012 | Fabrica (Italy) | Workshop (Media Art)
• 2011 | transmediale.11 (Germany) | Workshop "BodyHack"
• 2010 | YCAM | Workshop "Search’n Search"
• 2010 | MIT Media Lab / TEI 2010 (USA) | Workshop "BodyHack"
• 2009 | ICC | Workshop Instructor "ICC Kids Program 2009"
• 2009 | Prix Ars Electronica 2009 | Jury (Digital Music)

2004 – 2008

• 2008 | 4nchor5 La6 | Workshop "the Way Sensing Go"
• 2005 | Tokyo Polytechnic University | Part-time Lecturer
• 2004 | Tokyo University of the Arts | Part-time Lecturer (Intermedia Art)