Yoshinari Nishiki has been questioning the efficiency of money as a driving force behind the world's operations. As a barefoot practitioner working at the intersection of art and technology, he has explored issues related to work ethic, resource modes, logistics systems, and supply chains. His projects include the infinite multiplication of bananas (Banana Multiplier, 2013), randomly distributed digital coins exchangeable for free ice cream (Pickcoin, 2016), single-handedly rolling a full-scale 1:1 shipping container without external energy sources (Panjancontainer, 2019), and producing a premium energy drink from waste materials (EROI Drink, 2022), among others.

Since October 2024, Yoshinari has been pursuing an engineering PhD focused on "(un)making," a potential new general mode of production. His research aims to establish the so-called "(un)made certificate," a concept intended to replace high-value ecolabels on quality products.