ISHIKAWA Masaru

Teaching Staff (Communication Design)

Title	Associate Professor
Research Fields	Visual identity / Signage systems / Spatial graphics
Education	2000 M.F.A. (Design), Tokyo University of the Arts
Selected Professional Experience	2021-Present Associate Professor, Akita University of Art 2014-Present Director of management support design, Seibu Shinkin Bank 2009-Present Representative and Visual Designer, mi e ru Design Studio, Tokyo 2003-2008 Graphic Designer, Total Tool Milano s.r.l., Italy 2002-2003 International project member, Designlab Siemens Mobile term2, Germany 2001-2002 Guest Researcher, Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
Recent Activities	<Selected visual identity / signage system design projects> 2024 Visual Identity design & Signage planning, the Akita School of Wind and Sea Training Center 2023 Art direction, <em)the 10th-anniversary exhibition of Akita University of Art: Akibi-jū-nen Visual Identity design, COI-NEXT “Sozo no mori Kaigi” (Forest of Creation Meeting) Signage design exhibition, the 10th-anniversary exhibition of Akita University of Art 2022 Character Logo design and direction, “Donpan Musume” Signage and design direction, the Institute of Environmental Art and Design Logo design direction, the 25th anniversary of Cable Networks Akita Co.,Ltd. Cover design and direction, Essay by Makiko Uchidate, Akita Sakigake Shimpo Co., Ltd. 2021 Direction of spatial design for exhibition, Yuzawa Tanabata Edoro Festival2021 Signage design direction, “Asobi no Hajimari 2021” (The beginning of Play) Logo design direction, the 10th-anniversary of Akita University of Art Logo design direction, Future Artist Funds of Akita University of Art Visual Identity and signage planning, HOTEL RESOL TRINITY NAHA 2020 RESOL POSHTEL TOKYO ASAKUSA HOTEL RESOL UENO, Tokyo 2019 HOTEL RESOL AKIHABARA, Tokyo HOTEL RESOL YOKOHAMA SAKURAGICHO 2018 HOTEL RESOL KYOTO 2017 HOTEL RESOL NAGOYA   <Bibliography> 2021 Otona no ato nurie 1: Sekai no meiga: Inshoha no kyosho-tachi [Adult coloring book 1: World masterpieces: Masters of Impressionism]. MdN 2020 Otona no ato nurie 6: Sekai no meiga: Inshoha no kyosho-tachi [Adult coloring book 6: World masterpieces: Masters of Impressionism]. MdN 2017 Etoki inshoha [Impressionism explained] (with FLARE, IKEGAMI Hidehiro). MdN 2016 Etoki Nihon bijutsu [Japanese art explained] (with FLARE, MASUDA Yoshitaka). MdN 2015 Etoki dezain-shi [History of design explained] (with FLARE). MdN   <Other> 2018 Art direction, View VIEW view (exhibition). Shibuya Hikarie, Tokyo 2010-2017 Cover design and direction, SYORYU (Meitec Corp. in-house journal) 1998 Salon de printemps (graduate works exhibition grand prize). Tokyo University of the Arts
Courses Taught	Contemporary Art Theory 1, 2 Basic Seminar Contemporary Art Seminar (Communication Design) Communication Design Theory Communication Design Seminar 1, 2, 3 Community Project B Basic Silkscreen Printing Basic Computer Design Graduation Project (Communication Design)

 

Example Works
HOTEL RESOL NAGOYA (2017)	View VIEW view (2018)	HOTEL RESOL YOKOHAMA SAKURAGICHO (2019)
RESOL POSHTEL ASAKUSA(2020)	The beginning of Play(2021)	10th-anniversary exhibition of Akita University of Art(2023)

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: ISHIKAWA Masaru (Japanese page)