Shun Kawakami
(Born in Tokyo, in 1977.)
designer/artist, currently based in Tokyo. Founder and Chief of artless Inc.
In addition to work as a designer, he also actives as an artist, mainly graphic and installation. The activities are not limited only to Japan: he also participate in art/design projects and exhibitions overseas. He active between "art and design".
He have held many exhibitions at, among others, Les Arts Décoratifs (Musée du Louvre/Paris), Esso Gallery (NY Chelsea), DesignTide Tokyo, DMY Berlin, Singapore Design Festival, Shanghai Design Biennial, KL Design Week etc...
Also, he got a prize for ADC: Young Gun 6 / Final 50, NY TDC, One show, London International Award. As for others, received prizes for Good Design Award, Tokyo Interactive Award and more.
Member :
The Art Directors Club (New York)
Japan Graphic Designers Association / JAGDA
URL:
www.shunkawakami.jp
www.artless.co.jp
www.nullartless.com
Mail:
info@artless.co.jp
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Awards :
2009
NY ADC : Young Gun 7 / Judge
TDC55 - The Type Directors Club (NY) / Print [Packaging] (New York)
Tokyo TDC
JAGDA: Graphic Design in Japan 2009
2008
ADC Young Guns 6 (New York)
Award-winning : The final 50.
London International Awards (UK)
The One Show / Book Design Finaist (New York)
Tokyo Interactive AD Award / Finaist : GYRE
JCD Design Award 2008 BEST 100 / Dual City Sessions 2007
(the Japanese Society of Commercial Space Designers)
Display Design Awards 2008 Selected Work / Dual City Sessions 2007
(the Japan Display Design Association)
* Exhibition Design by upsetters architects
2000-2007
The ADC 86th Annual Awards :
GRAPHIC DESIGN - POSTER DESIGN/PROMOTIONAL : Merit (New York)
Tokyo Interactive AD Award / Finalist, Branding Site
The FWA (UK)
Japan Good Design Award
Applied Japan Typography
Web Design Annual Japan
Adobe Motion Award : Interactive / grand prize
etc...
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Pubulications and Articles :
JAPAN >
KiOKU NI NOKORU WEB-SITE (BNN) - Interviewer
WOW 10
+81 Magazine
Numero Tokyo
New Japanesque Design (Pie Books)
Japan Typography Annual
The Web Dsisgn Annual
Mdn Designers File
Graphic Designers Year Book
EU >
SIDE WAYS - A SMART ART PROJECT (Die Gestalten Verlag)
Wallpaper (UK)
novum (DE)
JAPANESE GRAPHIC NOW (TASCHEN)
TASCHEN'S 1000 Favorite websites (TASCHEN)
Web Design Studios / ICINS (TASCHEN)
US >
ADC : Art Directors Annual 86 (NewYork)
One Show : Annual (NewYork)
ASIA >
Idn Magazine (Hong Kong)
Neo Photo / Idn (Hong Kong)
iSh (Singapore)
Australian >
Desktop:
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Exhibitions:
2009
JAGDA TOKYO No. 22 exhibition：balloon
@JAGDA TOKYO (Roppongi Tokyo)
6th - 10th Oct. 2009
Tokyo, Japan
"Art with Sound™ at KLDW 2009"
27th March. - 4th April. 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
2008
"kansei ‐ Japan Design Exhibition"
12-21th December 2008
at Les Arts Décoratifs (Musée du Louvre / Paris)
"Shanghai Design Biennial 2008 @ 上海／中国"
18-20th September 2008
Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanhai, China
"DMY 2008 - International Design Festival Berlin"
21-25th May 2008
Berlin, Germany
"FTC collaboration art deck release exhibition"
March-April 2008
FTC Tokyo, Japan
http://www.ftcsf.com/
2007
"null™ in singapore"
Singapore Design Festival
Old School, Singapore
"null™ in giuliano Fujiwara"
DesignTide 2007
Tokyo, Japan
2006
"biishiki"
+81 magazine 10th Anniverary Exhibition
Esso Gallry, Chelsea, New York. USA
"shun kawakami solo exhibition"
OFFICE®, Tokyo, Japan
"null™ | Tokyo" Levi's® Concept Store
Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
"null™ | Osaka+Nagoya" URBAN RESEARCH
Osaka and Nagoya, Japan
"null™ | Sapporo" soso cafe
Sapporo, Japan
2005
"null* | Tokyo" COMME CA COMMUNE
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
"JAPAN WEEK in UK"
Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Art
Cardiff, UK
"null™ | Kyoto" Prinz
Kyoto, Japan
2004
"photographs wrapped in design."
Gallery ROCKET
Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
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Publications:
2007
"null™ 3"
2006
null-bon exclamation "15"
2005
null-bon "YOHAKU"
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Price List:
Collection - ikebana 2007 (on Original Wood Panel)
PDF File:
Portfolio
