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Masashi Kawamura

New York, NY

Masashi is the Founder & Creative Director of PARTY Inc. He continuously explores the world of design, working on music videos and product design projects, among other endeavors. His work has been recognized in international award shows including th... view more

  1. on May 19
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    Masashi Kawamura
    backed a project

    MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone by Jay Silver

    Ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? Alligator clip the Internet to your world and start inventing the future.

    • 977% funded $244,496 pledged
    • 5,298 backers
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  2. on December 15, 2010
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    Masashi Kawamura
    Posted project update #7

    Backer Rewards

    Hi everyone!

    We are getting the promotional flyers signed by SOUR as we speak. Sorry it's taking us time to send it off, but we decided to make an original designed flyer only for the Kickstarter backers, thus took us a bit more time than we expected. We should be able to dispatch it soon, so it will arrive within this year. For backers living outside of Japan, it may take more time and arrive somewhere in January...

    The T-shirt & Eco bag will be sent off at the same time. Thank you for your patience, and again, thanks for backing us!

    Masa

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  3. on December 9, 2010
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    Masashi Kawamura
    Posted project update #6

    The video has launched!

    Hi everyone at Kickstarter!

    Our interactive music video has finally finished, and is up and running.
    Thank you so much for all your support, and I really hope you all will enjoy it.

    http://sour-mirror.jp

    Best,
    Masa

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  4. on December 8, 2010
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    Masashi Kawamura
    Posted project update #5

    The launch timing

    We are in the middle of final de-bugging, but still have one more major construction ahead of us... and are planning to launch within the next 24 hours. We are very sorry for the delay. All the backers will receive an email to have the first look at the video, so please stay tuned for more updates soon.

    Thank you,
    Masashi Kawamura

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  5. on December 1, 2010
    Funded!

    Interactive music video for SOUR by Masashi Kawamura

    I am creating a new interactive music video for the Japanese indie band 'SOUR'. It'll be using social networking sites as platform for entertainment.

    • 104% funded $5,227 pledged
    • 63 backers
    • Funded Dec 01, 2010
  6. on November 28, 2010
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    Masashi Kawamura
    Posted project update #4

    We reached the pledged amount!!!

    We're super happy to announce that our project has reached the pledged amount, and will be funded on December 1st! Thank you all so much for your love and support. We'll promise to make this into something amazing. The team is already really excited just looking at the working prototype. We will keep you posted on further updates.

    サポートしてくださったみなさん、ありがとうございます!おかげで無事に申請していた金額に達することができ、12月1日に無事Kickstarterから援助金がおりることとなりました。みなさんの期待に応えるべく、必ず素敵な作品にしますので今しばしお待ちください。今週末やっと一通りつながったプロトタイプができあがって、すでにチーム一同その上がりに興奮してます。引き続きこちらで進捗などご報告していけたらと思っています。引き続きよろしくお願いいたします!

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  7. on November 19, 2010
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    Masashi Kawamura
    Posted project update #3

    Latest snapshots of the video!

    First of all, thank you to all the backers who have shown support to our music video project!

    To celebrate SOUR's new single 'mirror' out on itunes (http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id402624611), and a number of people asking us 'So what's the actual video going to be like?', we decided to share some of the latest screen-shots of the work-in-progress music video! I hope this will excite more people, and hopefully gain more attention and support. Please play, enjoy, and share!

    ここまでサポートしていただいた皆様ありがとうございます!

    多くの方々から「で、実際どんなビデオになるのさ?」といった質問をいただいていたことと、SOURの新しいシングル「映し鏡」がitunesで発売になったこと (http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id402624611) を記念して、制作途中ですが、ビデオの一部をスクリーンショットですが公開することに致しました。ほんとにチラ見せですが、ご覧になってみてください&よければ是非回りにも宣伝していただけたらと思います。引き続きのご支援、よろしくお願い致します!

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  8. on November 1, 2010
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    Masashi Kawamura
    Posted project update #2

    Japanese translation / 日本語訳

    I have been getting many inquiries about this project from Japan, and so I made a translation of the explanation of the project. I hope this is more comprehensive to all the people in Japan. Again, thank you for your support!

    日本の方々からたくさんの質問などをいただいています。ですので、プロジェクトの説明文の和訳を作ってアップいたしました。これでもう少し企画の意図などが理解していただきやすくなったかなと思います。よろしくお願いいたします!

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  9. on October 28, 2010
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    Masashi Kawamura
    Posted project update #1

    Prototype in Progress

    We've started building out the prototype of the video, and everything is looking great! Thanks for everyone that has backed the project so far. I have gotten permission from the band & label to add a new reward for $50 and above... a free mp3 of the actual track 'Mirror', used in this video!

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  10. on October 22, 2010
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    Masashi Kawamura launched a project

    Interactive music video for SOUR by Masashi Kawamura

    I am creating a new interactive music video for the Japanese indie band 'SOUR'. It'll be using social networking sites as platform for entertainment.

    • $5,000 funding goal
    • 12/01/2010 Funding Ended