Title | HEARTLAND 365 |
Brand | KIRIN BREWERY COMPANY, LIMITED |
Product / Service | HEARTLAND BEER |
Category | B02. Promotional Item Design |
Entrant | DENTSU INC. Tokyo, JAPAN |
Idea Creation | DENTSU INC. Tokyo, JAPAN |
Production | J.C. SPARK Tokyo, JAPAN |
Production 2 | NISSHO Tokyo, JAPAN |
Name | Company | Position |
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Atushi Murata | Freelance | Illustrator |
Arata Kubota | DENTSU INC. | Art Director |
Natsuki Tomoda | DENTSU INC. | Art Director |
Yoh Kitanaka | J.C.SPARK | Designer |
Anri Kabaya | J.C.SPARK | Designer |
Takumi Saito | J.C.SPARK | Designer |
Yasuharu Sasaki | DENTSU INC. | Executive Creative Director |
Hiroshi Koike | DENTSU INC. | Creative Director |
Shinya Nakamura | DENTSU INC. | Writer |
Kouji Yamada | DENTSU INC. | Producer |
Shugo Tei | DENTSU INC. | Producer |
Chiharu Takahashi | DENTSU CREATIVE FORCE INC. | Producer |
Masaho Oota | Nissho Co., Ltd. | Producer |
Heartland was launched in 1986 as a beer with a high affinity with Japan which used to hold Art Biennales. It is a brand supported by shopkeepers and users who strongly relate to these activities. Many retail shops that carry it are small-scale individual-owned shops, among which many have strong and particular commitments to cooking and interior design.
Heartland beer dealers are mostly small private businesses without the space to display large posters. That’s why we made a collection of posters bundled like a calendar, but free to be used how each store saw fit. As a calendar without any dates, the design is meant to echo the sentiment behind the Heartland brand—to “Forget about time and just enjoy beer”.
The calendar was distributed free of charge to nationwide Heartland beer dealers from September, 2018. We made them to be used for many years, without a defined usage period.
Many retail shops that carry HEARTLAND beer are small-scale individual-owned shops, among which many have strong and particular commitments to cooking and interior design. These posters work is not just a product poster but an art piece to enhance their elaborate interior design.