Yugo Nakamura
Yugo Nakamura (中 村 勇 吾, Nakamura Yūgo ) (* 1970 in Nara ) is a Japanese web designer .
Life
Yugo studied engineering , architecture and landscape design and is one of the authors of the book New Masters Of Flash, which was published in 2003. Nakamura has exhibited his works of art in Asia , the United States and Europe and has given numerous lectures. His works have been shown in the Center Georges-Pompidou in Paris , in the Wiener Künstlerhaus in Vienna and in the Design Museum in London. The commercial work has won numerous international awards, including Cannes Lions , One Show, Clio Award and NY ADC. Yugo is known for harnessing the math that underlies natural complexity to create online interactions that are usable and familiar because their behavior is modeled on the natural world.
Nakamura is the owner of the web development company Tha Ltd. FFFFOUND !, a popular website for bookmarking images. The company was founded in 2007 and taken offline on May 8, 2017.
Books and publications
- 2004 Creative Code / John Maeda - Thames & Hudson
- 2003 +81 (Vol.24) - +81
- 2003 Sugo - Sugo
- 2003 JPG - Actar Editorial
- 2003 TIME Magazine - TIME
- 2002 SPOON - Phaidon
- 2001 72 DPI - Die Gestalten Verlag
- 2001 New Master of Flash 2 - friends of ED
- 2001 Gasbook 10 - DesignExchange
- 2001 WDA 2001 - GRAPHIC
- 2000 Moving Type - Digital Media Design
- 2000 New Master of Flash - friends of ED
- 2000 Gasbook 8 - DesignExchange
- 2000 Big 26: Tradition - Big Magazine
Prices
- 2007 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Gold - UNIQLO USA
- 2007 Cannes Cyber Lion - Silver - UNIQLO USA
- 2007 OneShow - Silver - UNIQLO USA
- 2006 Cannes Cyber Lion - Gold - Communication Evolved
- 2006 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Gold - Communication Evolved
- 2006 OneShow - Silver - Communication Evolved
- 2006 Clio Awards - Bronze - Communication Evolved
- 2006 Cannes Cyber Lion - Silver - Honda Sweet Mission
- 2006 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Silver - Honda Sweet Mission
- 2005 Prix Ars Electronica - Distinctive Merit - yugop.com
- 2005 Cannes Cyber Lion - Gold - FM Festival 2004
- 2005 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Gold - FM Festival 2004
- 2005 NY ADC Distinctive Merit - FM Festival 2004
- 2005 Clio Awards - Silver - FM Festival 2004
- 2005 One Show Interactive - Silver - FM Festival 2004
- 2004 Cannes Cyber Lion - Grand Prix - ecotonoha
- 2004 One Show Interactive - Best of Show - ecotonoha
- 2004 One Show Interactive - Grand Clio - ecotonoha
- 2004 LIAA - Grand Prix - ecotonoha
- 2004 Clio Awards - Gold - ecotonoha
- 2004 Clio Awards - Gold - ecotonoha
- 2004 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Silver - ecotonoha
- 2004 ACA Media Arts Festival - Short List - ecotonoha
- 2004 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Grand Prix - TRUNK
- 2003 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Grand Prix - CAMCAMTIME
- 2003 One Show Interactive - Gold - CAMCAMTIME
- 2003 NY ADC Distinctive Merit - CAMCAMTIME
- 2003 ACA Media Arts Festival - Excellence Prize - CAMCAMTIME
- 2002 LIAA - Short List - Connected_Identity
- 2002 ACA Media Arts Festival - Excellence Prize - Sky Pavilion
- 2001 Cannes Lions - Short List - Sky Pavilion
- 2001 WDA 2001 - Special Prize - Connected_Identity
Web links
- "Shift Magazine" Yugo Nakamura, In: shift.jp.org (accessed May 28, 2020)
- New Masters of Flash, The 2002 Annual, In: friendsofed.com (English) ISBN 1-59059-209-3 (accessed May 28, 2020)
- Yugo Nakamura, In: yugop.net (English) (accessed May 28, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ BITS; If Digg Did Pictures, by Jenna Wortham, December 1, 2008, In: archive.nytimes.com (accessed May 28, 2020)
- ↑ THA.LTD website (accessed May 28, 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nakamura, Yugo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nakamura, Yūgo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese web designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nara |