AATISMO is a Tokyo-based collective formed by architect and designer Keita Ebidzuka, industrial designer Daiki Nakamori and architect Eriko Masunaga. They work across disciplines on the themes of the fusion of art and technology, primordial and future, and wild and scientific thinking.

AATISMO seeks to fuse art and technology, the primordial and the future, and wild and scientific thinking to explore the fundamental value of things through activities that cross disciplines such as architecture, design, and art.

Our team name, AATISMO (pronounced “Aa-teez-mo”), is a coined term that combines “Art and Technology” (AAT) with the Italian “-ismo” suffix, indicating an ideology. “Art” represents art, and “Technology” stands for technology. In contemporary terms, these concepts seem somewhat opposite, but when you delve into their etymology, “Art” originates from the Latin “Ars,” which itself is the translation of the Greek “techné” by the ancient Romans. On the other hand, as you can clearly see, the word “Technology” traces its roots back to the same Greek “techné.” Essentially, when we trace their origins, “Art” and “Technology” were once synonymous, both broadly referring to “technology” itself.