Hansen's Disease Sanatoria World Heritage Promotion Council is a non-profit organization who is committed to helping the Hansens's Disease Sanatoria in Japan to be included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List. Their logo and posters feature three different emotions that Hansen’s disease patients were long subjected to -agony, sadness and hope, speaking what people can and should do to realize a society that is free of the discrimination and prejudice. Today, amid the prolonged Covid-19 crisis, the strong message behind the logo resonates with us furthermore.
Born in 1976, he is a founder of triplet design, inc. As an art director and design consultant based in Tokyo, he has been involved in a number of business projects, through which he designed posters, books, logos, graphics, packages, websites and apps. He won several international design awards in Asia and USA. He believes that designing is finding a solution to a challenge and there is no correct answer. Intrigued by such designing aspect, he is committed to looking at the nature of questions given by society or clienteles and presenting answers as concrete and effective as possible, which he hopes to brighten up people’s face.
The secretariat of the Leprosy Sanatorium World Heritage Registration Promotion Council is a specified non-profit organization (NPO) that aims to register the buildings existing in the Hansen's disease sanatorium as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.