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The word design originates from the Latin word designare meaning de-sign.
The founder of NOSIGNER discovered a contradiction, however.
He states that the original meaning of design only focuses on the visible elements and void of the invisible design which will be the critical part of design in the future. With this discovery, he delved further into abstracting the word and re-defining it to nosign. In contrast to design, nosign investigates beyond sign, the invisible background of design.
With the recent opening of the design firm NOSIGNER, It's work has already achieved international acclaim with over 30 design awards both for his designs and philosophy.
AWARDS
- 2011
- Japan Package Design Awards 2011
- 2010
- Design For Asia Award Bronze Prize
- Design For Asia Award Bronze Prize
- CS Design Award Bronze Prize
- KANSEI DESIGN SHOWCASE selected for New Reality category (CARTESIA)
- DDA(Japan display design association award) selected Prize
- D&AD in book (Sign Design)
- D&AD in book (Package Design)
- JIDA Design Museum Collection（TRUSS）
- 2009
- Design For Asia Award Silver Prize
- Design For Asia Award Bronze Prize
- The Great Indoors Award nominated for Show&Cell category(TOP5)
- ADC Young Guns 7 (50 of the top young art director in the world) selected prize
- PENTAWARDS PLATINUM AWARD (Belgium : The world best food package design)
- Good Design Award
- SDA(Japan sign design association award) Special jury prize
- SDA(Japan sign design association award) selected Prize
- JCD(Japanese society of commercial space designers award) Silver Prize
- JCD(Japanese society of commercial space designers award) selected prize
- DDA(Japan display design association award) Bronze Prize
- DDA(Japan display design association award) selected prize
- iF Desigh Award
- 2008
- Design For Asia Award Silver Prize
- SDA(Japan sign design association award) Silver Prize
- SDA(Japan sign design association award) Best design in Kanto award
- SDA(Japan sign design association award) selected prize
- JCD(Japanese society of commercial space designers award) Silver Prize
- JCD(Japanese society of commercial space designers award) selected prize
- DDA(Japan display design association award) Bronze Prize
- DDA(Japan display design association award) selected prize
- Collection in JIDA(Japan industrial designers' association) Design Museum (an chair)
- 2007
- Collection in London Design Museum (en)
- Daily Casa Award rookie of the year by Casa BRUTUS
- Good Design Award
- Kobe Biennale special prize of executive committee
- Japanese Wood Furniture Design Competition Ohkawa selected prize
- JWDA(Japan industrial designers' association) Web Design Award Personal Sector Prize
- 2006
- Pre Good Design Award （Tokyo Design Market）
- SDA(Japan sign design association award) Best Student design in Kanto award
- SDA(Japan sign design association award) selected prize
- Artist Program 1st prize
- Shizuoka Digital Contents Grand Prix 2nd prize
- Bunbodo design contest 2nd prize
- 2005
- eAT Kanazawa design award honorable mention.
- Vantan design competition 1st prize
- Tokusima Wood Furniture design competition 2nd prize
- Japan Bamboo design competition 1st prize
- Aoyama Design Award selected prize
- 2004
- Globe Contest Redefine Package Contest excellent work prize
- Reform & Renewal competition 2005 Environmental Award
- Tokyo Designers Week2004 Design Premio Award (Work with members of Kengo Kuma Lab,Keio Univ)
- ArchiTV LIVE Competition Place to feel the scenery 2nd prize
- The Best of Japanese Architectural Diploma Project Finalist(TOP12)
EXHIBITION
- 2010
- Seoul Design Festival (invited)
- KANSEI DESIGN SHOWCASE（Kanazawa・Hong Kong）
- DESIGN TIDE TOKYO MARKET
- TECHTILE#3 EXHIBITION
- 2009
- TECHTILE#2 EXHIBITION
- DESIGN TIDE TOKYO
- Korea Design Week (invited)
- iida by KDDI New commodity symposium
- CLASKA mix room
- 2008
- Japan Media Arts Festival (collaboration)
- Seoul Design Festival (invited)
- TECHTILE EXHIBITION
- Design Tide Extention : Marunouchi House (invited)
- Design Tide Extention : Deluxe? Exhibition (invited)
- Designboom Mart Tokyo 2008
- Prototype 02 Exhibition
- London Designersblock (invited)
- Design Bussan Nippon (invited)
- Designboom Mart Sydney
- Super 05 in MODEFABRIEK at Amsterdam(invited)
- OPEN PRAISU EXHIBITION
- WHITE BOX at AXIS gallery (invited)
- NOSIGN EXHIBITION at Living Design Center OZONE, Tokyo
- Maison et Object 2008(invited)
- VIA Paris Growing Material Exhibition (invited)
- 2007
- Seoul Design Week 2007 (invited)
- PLAY IN THEORY exhibition with theory(apparel brand) in DesignTide
- EcoLuxe exhibition at Aoyama Spiral
- Pechakucha Night vol,46
- Kobe Biennale
- 100% design London
- Good Design Presentation 2007
- Interior Life Style 2007
- 2006
- International Furniture Fair Tokyo
- 100% design Tokyo
- Tokyo Designers Week Professional Exhibition
- Tokyo Design Market 2006
- Design Presentation 2006
- 2005
- Aoyama Design Award 2005
- Reform & Renewal 2005
- 2004
- Tokyo Designers Week Container Ground
- Sendai Design League The Best of Japanese Architectural Diploma Project
- 2003
- Pechakucha Night vol,4
- Sendai Mediatheque Annex Exhibition
- Echigo Tsumari ART triennale
PRESS
- 2010
- The Packaging Design Book 2008-2010
- SIGN A TO Z(CHINA)
- REAL DESIGN (JAPAN)2010/12
- NIHON SENI SHINBUN(JAPAN)
- KANSEI DESIGN SHOWCASE BOOKLET(JAPAN)
- IdN(MEXICO)
- Design responsable(MEXICO)
- Brand! vol.3(CHINA)
- REAL DESIGN (JAPAN)2010/3
- REDiseno(MEXICO)
- Follow me(CHINA)
- SHIN KENCHIKU JUTAKU TOKUSYU(JAPAN)2010/9
- REAL DESIGN (JAPAN)2010/3
- DESIGN 154(CHINA) 2010/8.9
- 200 BEST PACKAGING DESIGN (AUSTRIA)
- REAL DEISIGN 2010/8
- Graphic x space(CHINA)2010
- asobinpick(JAPAN) 2010/6
- GOOD DESIGN AWARD YEAR BOOK 2009-2010
- Space Design of Japan 2010
- SHOPPING BAG COLLECTION(JAPAN)
- SHOTEN KENCHIKU (JAPAN)2010/3
- Brain (JAPAN) 2010/4
- REAL DEISGN (JAPAN)2010/4
- REAL DESIGN (JAPAN)2010/3
- SUSU No.4 2010
- 2009
- ELLE DECO NO.104 2009/7
- NEWPACKAGING
- MD 2009/3
- TREND 2009/7
- CONFORT No.109
- FRAME68 2009/7
- VOGUE LIVING AUSTRALIA 2009/7
- MARU vol.88
- NIKKEI DESIGN 2009/6
- DESIGNNET 2009/6
- DESIGH vol.365
- Product Designer's FILE 2009
- MARU vol.80
- SHOKANKYO vol.78
- Bobmagazine vol.58 2009/5/1
- Real Design (Japan) 2009/5
- crEATe
- 100 Architects & Designers of New Generation
- MONO Magazine (Japan) 2009/3
- World Cuisine Magazine (China) 2009/2
- RUM (Greel) 2009/2
- Design No Genba (Japan) 2009/2
- Real Design (Japan) 2009/2
- SALON Magazine (Ukraine) 2009/2
- DESIGN 360 (China) 2009/No.19
- Space Design of Japan 2009
- DAMn magazine (UK) issue20
- DAMn magazine (UK) issue19
- PAJES DISEMO vol13
- BVD vol119
- 2008
- SOEN(Japan) 2008/12
- ELLE DECO (Japan) 2008/12
- Daily Casa BRUTUS（Japan） 2008 vol,4
- Design guide TV 2008/11/21
- MONO Magazine(Japan) 2008/11/15
- InsideOut Magazine (Dubai)
- BRUTUS(Japan) 2008/11/15
- DESIGN (Korea) 2008/11
- DOMUS (China) 2008/11
- CASA BRUTUS(Japan) 2008/11
- GRAZIA(Japan) 2008/11
- KTIPIO(Greek) 2008/10
- Stationeries & Workspaces of Creators(Japan)
- Shoten Kenchiku(Japan)
- CASA&Design magazine(China)
- Design Bussan Nippon(Japan)
- DOM Magazine(Ukraine)
- First Look Magazine(Lebanon)
- FRAME Magazine issue 62 (Netherland)
- CS interiors (USA)2008/7
- GRAZIA(Italy) 2008/7
- PEN (Japan)
- LIVING DESIGN(JAPAN)
- NATURE (Spain)
- JIDA Design Museum Selection vol,9(Japan)
- Wallpaper* (UK) 2008/6
- Product Design Yearbook 2008(Japan)
- IN&OUT Magazine(China) 2008/6
- Shinkenchiku JT(Japan) 2008/6
- FRAME Magazine issue61 (Netherland)
- ELLE (South Africa) 2008/5
- Surface(USA)2008/5
- SALON Magazine (Ukraine)
- Stationeries of Design Office (Japan)
- Asahi Newspaper, Tokushima（Japan） 2008/3/17
- ABITARE(Italy)2008/2
- HOME’S Magazine(French) 2008/2
- Intramuros (French) 2008/2
- DAMn Magazine(UK) 2008/2
- GOOD DESIGN YEARBOOK 2007-2008（Japan）
- NIKKEI DESIGN（Japan） 2008/2
- Asahi Newspaper, Tokushima （Japan）2008/2/7
- Rooi Rose Magazine(South Africa)
- LaVie Magazine(Taiwan)
- Real Design （Japan）2008/3
- ELLE (South Africa) 2008/2
- Dwell(USA) 2008/2
- Real Design 2008/2
- SOEN（Japan） 2008/2
- ELLE DECO（Japan） 2008/2
- Magazine1 2008/1 (Bulgaria)
- ELLE DEKOR (Slovenia)2008/1
- SOEN2008/1
- JIDA Hotline News vol,47
- Space Design of Japan 2008
- 2007
- ELLE INTERIOR 2007/12 (DENMARK)
- PI, Project & Interieur vol,6 (Netherland)
- Interior TREND Vision 2008（Japan）
- DAMn Magazine (UK)2007/12
- Asahi Newspaper, Tokushima（Japan） 2007/12/9
- eslite reader2007/12
- NIKKEI Architecture （Japan）2007/11/26
- Sunday Times(UK)2007/11/25
- WWD Japan（Japan）2007/11/17
- Nippon to Kurasu（Japan） 2007/11
- Casa BRUTUS （Japan）2007/11
- Daily Casa BRUTUS（Japan） 2007 vol,5
- Tokushima Newspaper（Japan）2007/10/3
- JIDA Hotline News （Japan）vol,46
- AXIS（Japan）2007 /9
- The Japan Times（Japan） 9/25
- alpasso vol,3
- alpasso vol,2
- Original Confidence （Japan）2007/6/11
- BOKURANO INTERIOR GOKUJYO STYLE BOOK（Japan）
- Real Design（Japan） 2007/5
- Real Design（Japan）2007/4
- ROSALBA（Japan）
- Shoten Kenchiku（Japan）2007/2
- SOEN（Japan） 2007/2
- NIKKEI DESIGN （Japan）2007/1
- 2006
- Soft JINMYAKU（Japan）10/25
- Yomiuri Newspaper PR edition（Japan）
- Financial Times(UK) 2006/9/2
- Reform Magazine （Japan）2006/8
- Kenchiku Zasshi（Japan）2006/2
WEBSITE
- 2010
- PdWeb
- Marketing eye
- 2008
- CUUSOO JAPAN BRAND 2008/10/2(Japan)
- CORE77 2008/9/26
- STYLE PARK 2008/9/3
- The Japan Times 2008/9/30 (Japan)
- ASZOZO
- Designboom 2008/8/14 (Italy)
- Designboom 2008/5/28 (Italy)
- DESIGNWS 2008/3/24 (Netherland)
- The Independent (London) 2008/3/16
- Dezeen 2008/1/1
- Kontrast Blog 2008/1/1
- 2007
- Dezeen 2007/12/31
- Design Luxe 2007/11/7
- Architonic Newsletter(Switherland) 2007/10
- The Japan Times 9/25
- MocoLoco2007/9/25
- MocoLoco2007/9/19
- dezeen 2007/9/16
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