London, UK
InfoDenis Kakazu Kushiyama Creative Director, Designer & Art Director creating forward-thinking brand experiences that build engagement, strengthen identity and drive growth. Future-proofing brands with beauty and substance.

Based in London, I’m currently Senior Director, Global Creative & Design Excellence at Kimberly-Clark, an executive role setting creative and design direction across multiple brands. Before that, I worked at Publicis One Touch (Hamburg), Meta (London), MullenLowe (London), Ogilvy (London and São Paulo) and DM9DDB (São Paulo).

I’ve been fortunate to see work I’ve created or helped shape recognised by the industry: Cannes Lions (29), D&AD (6), One Show (21), Art Directors Club (25), Clios (15) and more.

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01.Own Your Flow
Brand: Kotex
Global
2026

_McCann
_FCB
_FCB Design
Awards

ADC NY
Best Of Discipline    Health & Wellness
Gold    Motion/Film Craft: Cinematography
Silver    Motion/Film Craft: Direction
Silver    Craft In Motion/Film: Cinematography
Silver    Craft In Motion: Direction
Silver    Craft In Motion: Use Of Music
Bronze    Motion/Film Craft: Sound Design
Bronze
   Craft In Video: Direction
Bronze    Craft In Video: Sound Design
Bronze    Motion/Film: Short Video
Merit    Craft In Video: Cinematography
Merit    Television/Film/Online Video: Online

CLIO & CLIO HEALTH
Grand Winner    Health
Bronze    Film Craft, Direction
Bronze    Film Craft, Music-Adapted

CANNES LIONS
Silver    Health & Wellness, OTC Products
Bronze    Film Craft, Colour/Grading

SHOTS AWARDS   THE AMERICAS
Gold     Use Of Licensed Music
Bronze
   Cinematography

Built on the tension that young women face relentless pressure to conform or hide their periods, Kotex’s global platform Own Your Flow rejects soft empowerment tropes to take a bold brand stance, reframing period red from a symbol of shame into an unmistakable mark of strength, confidence, and self-belief.

Anthem Film



Identity Refresh   1/6
Identity Refresh   2/6
  Identity Refresh   3/6
Identity Refresh   5/6
Identity Refresh   6/6
Identity Refresh   4/6

Film Director: Juan Cabral/MJZ     1/10
Film Director: Juan Cabral/MJZ     2/10
Film Director: Juan Cabral/MJZ     3/10
Film Director: Juan Cabral/MJZ     4/10
Film Director: Juan Cabral/MJZ     5/10
Film Director: Juan Cabral/MJZ     6/10
Film Director: Juan Cabral/MJZ     7/10
Film Director: Juan Cabral/MJZ     8/10
Film Director: Juan Cabral/MJZ     9/10
Film Director: Juan Cabral/MJZ    10/10
02.Expensive Sh*t

Brand: Huggies
US
2026

_McCann NY
_McCann New Zeland


Awards

CANNES LIONS
Gold    Brand Exp. & Activ., Consumer Goods
Silver    Social & Creator, Social Insights & Engagement
Bronze    Media, Culture & Context, Use Of Humour
Bronze    Brand Exp. & Activ., Touchpoints & Technology Social Engagement & Integratioon For Live Experience

LIA
Gold    Ambient & Activation, CPG FMCG

THE DRUM  
Ad Of The Day

LBB ONLINE  
Work Of The Week

ADWEEK
Ads Of the Week

Built on real parents' anxieties around diaper blowouts, Huggies’ Expensive Sh*t delivered the brand’s first-ever live event: a bold, fun, and high-stakes product torture test where 18 well-fed babies crawled across $500,000 of luxury goods, turning an authentic parenting fear into an engaging, record-breaking cultural spectacle.

Case Study



03.DPD Condensed Font

Brand: Depend
Global
2026
 

 

DPD Condensed is a custom humanist typeface designed around elegance, efficiency and character, with condensed proportions and subtly flared terminals that balance display impact with refinement; it grew from a brand’s need for a bespoke typographic voice of its own, and became an opportunity for me to explore a discipline where creating a coherent typeface depends on far more than producing attractive letterforms: proportion, rhythm, spacing, optical correction, historical knowledge, technical rigour and, above all, the trained human judgement that comes with craft and experience.

1/11
2/11
3/11
5/11
6/11
4/11
8/11
9/11
7/11
10/11
11/11
04.Art’s Missing Period

Brand: Kotex
US
2026

_DAVID London
_Ogilvy Singapure
 
Awards

CANNES LIONS
Gold    Health & Wellness, OTC Products
Bronze     Health & Wellness, OTC Products

LIA
Gold    Health & Wellness, Film

Challenging the deep-seated stigma in art history, where blood from violence and sacrifice has been celebrated for centuries while menstrual blood remains banned, Kotex created Art’s Missing Period, an initiative that provokes by unearthing the problem through the ages and rallying today's artists to turn centuries of censorship into a powerful act of female solidarity.


Case Study



Film Documentary



OOH   1/5

OOH   2/5
OOH   3/5
OOH   4/5
OOH   5/5
Virtual Gallery


05.Drops Of Hope

Brand: PoiseUS2025

_FCB NY

Awards

CANNES LIONS
Gold    Brand Experience & Activation, Consumer Goods
Gold    Brand Experience & Activation, Culture & Context, Corporate Purpose & Social Responsibility
Silver    Brand Experience & Activation, Retail Experience & Activation
Silver    PR Culture & Context, Corporate Purpose & Social Responsibility
Silver    Health & Wellness, Health Awareness & Advocacy
Silver    Creative Data, Data-Driven Consumer Product
Bronze    Innovation, Early-Stage Technology
Bronze    Health & Wellness, Health Awareness & Advocacy, Brand-Led Education & Awareness

ONE SHOW
Bronze    Design For Good
Merit    Service Design, Experiential
Merit    Public Relations For Good

Reimagining everyday bladder leak pads as frontline preventative health screening tools for women living in medical deserts, Poise’s Drops of Hope comes to life through custom mail-in screening kits using metabolomic science to extract vital health biomarkers from dried urine to detect UTIs, diabetes, and hypertension, transforming a routine personal care product into a discreet, lifesaving health ally for underserved communities.

Case Study



The Science



06.Kleenex Score

Brand: Kleenex
US2025

VML NY
Awards

CANNES LIONS
Silver    Media, Use of Digital Platforms
Bronze    Creative Commerce, Innovative Use of Commerce Channel

ONE SHOW
Bronze    Creative Effectiveness, Consumer Products
Bronze    Public Relations, Brand Voice

CLIO
Silver    Digital & Mobile, Microsite
Silver    Media, Partnerships & Collaboration
Bronze    Media, Entertainment
Bronze    Creative Commerce, Partnerships & Co-Creation
Bronze    Creative Commerce, Innovative Use of Channel

LIA
Bronze    Creativity in Media, CPG
Bronze    Digital, Branded Content


Leveraging the cultural rise of emotional data and movie-induced catharsis to ignite Amazon sales ahead of the Oscars, Kleenex’s Kleenex Score comes to life as an interactive IMDb rating system that gauges a film’s tear-jerking potential using distinctive tear-drop visual icons, seamlessly turning cinematic emotional preparation into a direct e-commerce purchase pathway.

Case Study



07.Language Of Bedwetting

Client: Autism Society
US2026

_McCann NY

Awards
 
CANNES LIONS
Gold    Digital Craft, Form, UX & Journey
Addressing the reality that bedwetting occurs at significantly higher rates among autistic children where non-verbal communication barriers turn nighttime accidents into moments of intense distress, the Autism Society of America created Language of Bedwetting, a free 461-symbol AAC visual vocabulary system designed to give children a voice and turn nighttime anxiety into real moments of connection and development.

Case Study




Behind The Scenes



08.Little Fighter Savannah

Brand: Huggies NICU
US2025

_Leo


Awards

ADC NY
Bronze   Craft in Motion/Film, Use of Music/Sound
Merit    Advertising, Television/Film/Online Video
Merit     Motion/Film Craft, Direction
Merit    Motion/Film Craft, Editing
Merit    Motion/Film Craft, Cinematography

LIA
Bronze    Health & Wellness, Craft Performance/Casting

SHOTS AWARDS   THE AMERICAS
Silver    Editing, Above 3 Minutes

Grounded in the true story of a neonatal nurse who returned to care for preemies in the very hospital where she fought for her own first breaths, Huggies’ Little Fighters (Savannah’s Fight) comes to life through intimate, documentary-style cinematography and quiet visual storytelling, framing micro-preemie diaper design as an undeniable badge of nurse-trusted care and emotional resilience.

Film



09.Natural Born Fighter

Brand: Huggies NICU
US2026

_GUT Miami


Reframing premature infants from fragile hospital patients into resilient conquerors, Huggies’ Natural Born Fighters platform comes to life through the story of NFL champion Derick Hall, born at 23 weeks weighing just 1.5 pounds, narrated by his mother alongside other successful personalities who fought in the NICU, celebrating the lifelong strength of preemies to reinforce Huggies’ commitment to the most vulnerable newborns.

Film




10.Mission Dry

Brand: Goodnites
US2025

_GUT NY


Destigmatizing childhood bedwetting by reframing nighttime underwear from a source of shame into a badge of courage, Goodnites’ Mission Dry platform comes to life through an unscripted, live Mission Control experience where 16 children spoke directly with real astronauts, amplified digitally by former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, discovering that even their greatest heroes rely on absorbent systems during high-stakes missions to turn nighttime anxiety into proud, dream-worthy confidence.

Case Study



Film




11.The Shadow Jumper

Brand: NIVEA
Global2023

_Publicis One Touch
Awards

ADC NY
Silver    Illustration, Animation, Single
Merit   Motion, Film, Short Video, Single

CLIO HEALTH
Silver    Craft Film, Animation 
Silver    Craft Film, 

ADC GERMANY
Bronze    Film Animation
Merit    Film Craft

EUROBEST
Bronze    Healthcare

EPICA
Bronze    Animation

LE CLUB DES DA FRANCE
Bronze    Animation, Design Anime
Bronze    Animation,    

ONE SHOW
Merit    Health Wellness, Film

When Charlotte’s parents reached out to NIVEA in search of help, the brand turned empathy into action, developing a bespoke cream just for her. We brought that remarkable story to life through animation and music, making a complex subject more accessible and engaging for wider audiences.

Film


12.Loving Touch

Brand: NIVEA
Global2022

_Publicis One Touch
Awards

ADC GERMANY
Gold     Innovation
Merit     Product Design & Innovation

EUROBEST
Gold
   Innovation 

LIA 
Silver    Health Wellness

ADC NY
Bronze    Prototype
Bronze    Science & Medical
Merit    Product Design & Innovation

ADC*E, 
Silver   Integrated & Product Innovation

EPICA
Bronze    Health & Beauty

We turned NIVEA’s belief in the power of human touch into something tangible: Loving Touch, a kit designed to bring the benefits of parental touch to premature babies while they’re in incubators. Working with product designers and medical experts, we developed and trialled prototypes, using creativity and design to make a meaningful difference where human touch can have the greates impact.

Case Study