July 1, 2024
(press release)
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Shiseido Company, Limited (“Shiseido”) has announced the launch of a collaboration with Japanese art director Yuni Yoshida to celebrate the 10th anniversary of SHISEIDO ULTIMUNE. Since its launch in 2014, ULTIMUNE has gathered a dedicated worldwide following among people of all nationalities, ages, genders and skin types. With 252* beauty awards earned since its introduction, this product has become SHISEIDO’s signature serum. Renewed in 2018, 2021 and now in 2024, each droplet represents years of dedication to the pursuit of new possibilities for bringing out skin’s natural beauty. *Cumulative number of awards worldwide since the first product released in 2014 (as of December 2023) Yuni Yoshida is a popular Japanese creative whose breathtaking art pieces are skillfully crafted by hand, from real materials. They demonstrate her obsession with details, her unique visual wit, and her warm, human touch. Ms. Yoshida’s intense focus on both precision and aesthetics aligns perfectly with SHISEIDO’s values. Sharing a dedication to craftsmanship, a common drive for originality, and belief in the power of beauty, SHISEIDO and Yuni Yoshida have come together as partners to create a visual expression of all these qualities for ULTIMUNE’s 10th anniversary. This stunning new work features brand ambassador Masami Nagasawa under the campaign concept “BELIEVE IN BEAUTY.” With ripples of intricately arranged petals from camellias and other flowers in SHISEIDO’s signature red, the visual represents the rippling energy of the beauty within all of us. “The theme of this visual is ‘beauty spreading from the inside out,’ depicted through red flower petals arranged like ripples of water,” Ms. Yoshida explains. “The ripples symbolize not only the skin becoming hydrated and radiant from within, but also how the product reaches people worldwide. The image of Masami Nagasawa, posed elegantly like a droplet at the center of the ripples, evokes a quiet power, exuding vitality and energy, as well as the confidence that comes with time and experience.” BELIEVE IN BEAUTY.
～BELIEVE IN BEAUTY.～
About the collaboration with Yuni Yoshida
About the Design concept
A Japanese sensibility comes through in Yuni Yoshida’s modern, international style. Near the back, the uneven ripples resemble a liquid, with petals placed like splashes that look as if they could begin moving.
SHISEIDO brand ambassador Masami Nagasawa stands elegantly in the center of it all, in a dress that blends seamlessly into the flowers. The captivating visual expresses the energy of a single droplet falling, and its expansive effect. Each detail of the floral ripples is meticulously crafted, encapsulating the dedication to art and craftsmanship that Yuni Yoshida and SHISEIDO share.A word from Yuni Yoshida
Yoshida chose a red dress and an abundance of flower petals for the visual because she believes they are easily recognized as symbols of beauty. “We were meticulous about arranging the petals, placing them one by one on the dress to create a ripple-like effect,” she says. “The ripples, which expand out from a single drop, evoke not only the beauty of the skin, but also the idea of ULTIMUNE reaching people around the world since its release 10 years ago. In this way, the concept of the visual aligns perfectly with the 10th anniversary, which was essential.”
Yuni Yoshida believes everyone and everything has the power to be beautiful in diverse ways. “The concept of this collaboration is that everyone harbors the power of beauty, and that resonates with me deeply,” says Yoshida. “I believe that even the most ordinary thing holds the power of beauty within itself. Looking at the ordinary from a different perspective can suddenly allow you to see new possibilities. I cherish that power of beauty hidden within, and I hope to keep incorporating it into my art.”Campaign Concept
The power of beauty belongs to us all.
ULTIMUNE releases the beauty locked up within,
Igniting every individual’s potential.
Letting beauty soar beyond a simple reflection
to transform into an action, a movement, an evolution.
So our beauty is not just something we can see,
But something we can believe in.
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