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STATEMENT OF ART:
Creative Director / Artist /
Researcher. Graduated From London Central Saint
Martins College of Art and Design / MA Communication
Design and worked at the Institute of Industrial
Science, The University of Tokyo. Specialized in
Communication Design Including Digital, Graphic,
Fashion and Space Design. As for a career background,
took the role of Creative Director at adidas, NIKE,
Facebook, Condé Nast, and Won multiple awards
including Design Space Associate Award, Art Directors
Club Award, NY Art Directors Club Award, and Type
Directors Club Award.

ORGANIZATION:
Out of Blue Inc.

NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Fashion designer Media, graphic, printing, culture, design

EDUCATION:
2013, Communication Design, MA, London Central Saint
Martins College of Art and Design, London/UK

EXPERIENCE:
2019, Creative Director/Researcher DLX Design Lab,
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo,
2016-2019, Creative Director, CONDÉ NAST JAPAN G.K.
2015-2016, Creative Director, FACEBOOK JAPAN K.K.
2013-2015, Creative Director, NIKE JAPAN K.K.
2011-2013, London Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design/MA Communication Design
2008-2011, Art Director, adidas JAPAN K.K.

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
• 2019 Exhibition in Tokyo Japan
• 2016 Exhibition curated by WIRED in Tokyo Japan
• 2012 Exhibition in Shoreditch London The UK

MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
• 2024’ SIGGRAPH 2024 ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community Exhibition in Denver, US
• 2024’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Castle “In love with the wind” in Ravadinovo, Bulgaria
• 2024’ Poland ART&DESIGN 2023/2024 Festival at Academic Design Center, Poland
• 2023’ IEEE VISAP(VIS Art Program) Exhibition Melbourne, Australia
• 2023’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Design Milan at Crystal Hall Bangalore, India
• 2022’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Shenzhen International Industrial Design Fair Shenzhen, China
• 2022’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at FOAID New Delhi, India
• 2022’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing Conference Mumbai, India
• 2022’ A’ Design Award Exhibition International Industrial Design Week Hebei, China
• 2022’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Mood Museum of Design Milan, Italia
• 2021’ A’ Design Award Exhibition Shenzhen, China
• 2021’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Usta Design Istanbul, Turkey
• 2021’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Mood Museum of Design Milan, Italia
• 2020’ ART BREND Exhibition at Gallery Swiss Art Space Lausanne, Switzerland
• 2019’ WAVE ARCHIVE Solo Exhibition at AB Gallery Tokyo, Japan
• 2016’ WAVE ARCHIVE Solo Exhibition produced by WIRED Tokyo, Japan
• 2012’ Luna&CURIOUS Solo Exhibition Shoreditch, London, The UK
• 2012’ ‘De-code Shakespeare’ Exhibition at Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon, The UK
• 2007’ Group Exhibition Paris, France

AWARDS:
• 2024’ SIGGRAPH 2024 ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community
• 2024’ A’ Design Award (Italian Design Award) “Bronze” *Digital Art
• 2024’ Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2024
• 2024’ Open Education and Research Grant “Student Space Laboratory”
• 2023’ IEEE VISAP 2023 (VIS Art Program of the world’s largest technical professional organization)
• 2023’ A’ Design Award (Italian Design Award) “Bronze” *Digital parametric design
• 2022’ A’ Design Award (Italian Design Award) *Digital interaction design
• 2021’ Foundation research grant *Foundation research grant for Art and science project
• 2021’ Japan ADC (Art Directors Club) Annual Award *Digital interaction design
• 2021’ NY ADC (Art Directors Club) Annual Award *Digital parametric design/Digital communication
• 2021’ A’ Design Award (Italian Design Award) “Bronze” *Digital parametric design/Digital communication
• 2020’ Research and Educational Activities Support Program for COVID-19 Countermeasures” IIS University of Tokyo
• 2017’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award “Silver” *Digital communication
• 2016’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award
• 2016’ Solo Exhibition curated by WIRED
• 2015’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award “Gold” *Digital communication
• 2015’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award “Gold” *Digital communication
• 2015’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award “Gold”
• 2015’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award
• 2015’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award
• 2009’ DDA (Display Design Association) Award
• 2008’ ADC (Art Directors Club) Award
• 2007’ ADC (Art Directors Club) Award
• 2006’ TDC (Type Directors Club) Award “Graphic Design”
• 2006’ TDC (Type Directors Club) Award “Type Design”
• 2003’ Nikkei BP Advertising Award
• 2003’ The Advertising Selected by Consumer Award “Bronze”
• 2003’ Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Award
• 2003’ Mainichi Shimbun Award “Silver”
• 2002’ Nihon Kogyo Shimbun Award “Gold”
• 2001’ Nihon Kogyo Shimbun Award “Gold”

PRESS APPEARANCES:
• 2020-2021, "Brain(a series of articles, one year)", Sendenkaigi Magazine Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2020, "Creator2021", Sendenkaigi Magazine Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2020, "Design Note", SEIBUNDO SHINKOSHA Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2019, "Design Note", SEIBUNDO SHINKOSHA Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2019, "Creator2020", Sendenkaigi Magazine Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2018, "Surfing life", Diver Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.

BOOKS:
• 2021, "Creator's index", Senden Kaigi Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2020, "Creator's index", Senden Kaigi Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2020, "Japan Creators", Colors Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2019, "Japan Creators", Colors Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2019, "Creators File", Colors Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2019, "Space Design 60th-anniversary Annual Book", Rikuyosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2017, "Japan Creators", Colors Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2017, "Creators File", Colors Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2017, "Annual of DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award", Rikuyosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2016, "Annual of DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award", Rikuyosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2015, "SHOTENKENCHIKU", SHOTENKENCHIKU-SHA Publishing co.,ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2015, "Annual of DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award", Rikuyosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2009, "Annual of DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award", Rikuyosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2008, "Annual of ADC (Art Directors Club) Award", Rikuyosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2007, "Annual of ADC (Art Directors Club) Award", Rikuyosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
• 2006, "Annual of TDC (Type Directors Club) Award", Rikuyosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo/Japan.
LANGUAGE

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Japanese(Native), English (Near Native)

COMPUTER LITERACY:
Adobe Creative Suit/HTML5/Processing/JavaScript/Python/Unreal Engine/Blender

COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
2022, Lecture, Editage(Cactus Communications Inc.) Worldwide
2021, Lecture, Hokkaido Information University, Tokyo/Japan
2021, "Creative Trend", Adobe.Inc, Tokyo/Japan
2021, "Inspire Talk", Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo., Tokyo/Japan
2020, "Creative Trend", Adobe.Inc, Tokyo/Japan
2020, "Lecture for MA degree/Design Thinking", Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo., Tokyo/Japan
2019, "Inside Out", Aquent.Inc/Google.Inc, Tokyo/Japan
2019, "Inspire Talk", Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo., Tokyo/Japan
2018, "Omni Branding", Amazon.Inc, Tokyo/Japan

SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
2021, "Design-Led Engineering", Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo., Tokyo/Japan.
2020, "Design-Led Engineering", Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo., Tokyo/Japan.

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
• Japan Design Space Association, Full member, Jury (2015-)
• International Council of Creative Industries (ICCI), Full member (2021-)
• International Design Club (IDC), Full member (2021-)
• The International Association of Designers (IAD), Full member (2021-)
• The Mori Memorial Foundation, Researcher (2021-2023 Subcontract)
• A’ Design Award (Italian Design Award) Jury (2024-)
• CHI 2025 (ACM SIGCHI Computer Human Interaction) Sponsorship Assistant (2024-)
• IEEE VISAP 2024 (VIS Art Program) Reviewer (2024-)

JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
From 2015, Speace Design Association Tokyo/Japan.
2024, A' Design Award Italy.

HOBBIES:
Surfing

WEB SITE:
http://japancreators.jp/design/interview2003.shtml

PORTFOLIO URL:
https://out-of-blue.com/

REGISTRATION DATE:
2023-09-16 09:54:42

COUNTRY/REGION:
Japan

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional

Awards received by Midori Yamazaki


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