Designers in Seoul
Designers in Tokyo
Designers in Taipei
Column Four
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Motto
Graphics have the power to change something
Japan
Yoshiko
Hada
Design
Bio
Freelance illustrator based in Tokyo. Dropped out of the Visual Communication Design Department at Musashino Art University.
With the motto that graphics have the power to change something, She provides illustrations for a wide range of media, including posters, packages, CD/DVD jackets, miscellaneous goods, and textiles, both domestically and internationally. She also has a wide range of activities, including actively participating in overseas exhibitions, workshops, and conferences.
She draws illustrations while being surprised and moved by the coincidences that happen on paper. It may be similar to the innocent joy a child feels when touching clay for the first time. These slightly strange creatures born through her hands out of nowhere, beyond her consciousness, are like an extension of a child's doodles, like music, or like alchemy to make something wonderful out of the monotonous daily life.
Clients
Itabashi Art Museum, Paris Baguette Jeju garden store, Halcyon Night, IIIVIVINIKO, Fine Little Day, Potatokids
Awards
MJ Award, Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition, ILUSTRARTE, The Choice, TIS Competition, Illust-Note Note-Exhibition
More Speakers and Mentors
Mateusz
Machalski
I think that Polish design is mainly associated with the Polish school of posters – and this is definitely superficial, because we had very good illustrators and an extremely interesting history of typography and the geopolitical changes that influenced its development.
Dohee
Lee
As someone who studied design at a university in Korea, I’ve observed that there are a vast number of design schools in the country. Considering Korea's population size, the number of design graduates is quite substantial. I find this to be an interesting fact when it comes to understanding the Korean design scene.
Oksana
Shmygol
While the most known and celebrated inspirations from the Polish graphic design history is the 1950-80s Polish School of Posters, there is also a less known history of great logo design and typography, which we only started discovering recently. Nowadays Poland has amazing and internationally renowned designers in different fields - illustration, branding, typography and more. The community of professionals - individual designers and studios - is strong and friendly, we learn from each other and give each other advice, but also consciously build market standards together.
Yui
Takada
The typsetting is unique. The ability to use hiragana, katakana, kanji, and alphanumeric characters in both vertical and horizontal writing is, we feel, unique in Japanese design culture.