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Kashiwa Sato
www.kashiwasato.com
info@samurai.sh
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Connecting cities: Tokyo, Japan/New York, USA/Paris, France
four designers. He was born in Tokyo in
1965 and can count among his merits
the Tokyo Art Directors Club Grand Prix,
a gold medal from the Type Directors
Club of Tokyo and the Mainichi Design
award.
His work has been critically acclaimed
both locally and internationally. He has
also published the monographic books All
About Kashiwa Sato and Ultimate Method for
Reaching the Essentials.
SAMURAI IS THE STUDIO of Kashiwa Sato,
one of the most prolifi c designers in Japan.
He is a Tama Art University graduate and
has been working independently since the
year 2000, specializing in the development
of projects in graphic design, visual
identity, video, art direction, advertising,
and industrial design.
In the role of creative director Sato
develops a whole strategy for every
project with the assistance of a team of
According to Sato, his work is characterized
by its powerful visual inventiveness and
a defi ned language. His precise artistic
control in each stage of the process is
fundamental. He endeavors to create
pieces that draw attention to the product
in the same way as they question each
other.
New York, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Paris, France
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Issey Miyake/Poster/2006
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Issey Miyake Féte/Catalog/Creative director: Kashiwa Sato; graphic designers:
Ko Ishikawa, Gen Eto, Yoshiki Okuse; illustrator: Kashiwa Sato/2006
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2008 New Year Cards/Greeting cards/Creative director: Kashiwa Sato; graphic designers: Yoshiki Okuse and Kashiwa Sato/2007
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