Atlas of Graphic Designers

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Kazunari Hattori

hattori@fl yingcake.com

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Residence: Tokyo, Japan

Connecting cities: Tokyo, Japan

recognized on various occasions with

international prizes such as the Tokyo ADC

Award, the Member’s Award and the Tokyo

TDC Member’s Prize. In 2007, he received

the Grand Prix at the TDC Annual Awards.

In addition, since 2003 he has worked as

art director for the bi-monthly magazine

Ryuko Tsushin. He is particularly passionate

about this project, and he participates

in each stage of the process, from the

conceptualization to the production, with

KAZUNARI HATTORI LIVES and works in

Tokyo. He graduated with degrees in music

and fi ne arts from National University and

currently works developing visual projects

for diverse media, including editorial and

advertising design, packaging design, and

visual identity.

The work of this renowned designer

and art director, considered one of the

most promising fi gures in contemporary

Japanese graphic design, has been

the objective of constructing images that

are relevant to the time when they were

produced.

For this visual communicator, the

typographic work is of the utmost

importance and in spite of not considering

himself a specialist in the fi eld, he admits

that he enjoys playing intuitively with

the text – fi nding a certain mystery and

seductiveness in the letters, which takes

them beyond their function of mere signs.

Tokyo, Japan

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Flag/Posters/Experimental printing exhibition/2007

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Kewpie Half (calorie-off mayonnaise)/Print advertisement/2004

Mayonaka/Magazine cover/2008 Kewpie Half (calorie-off mayonnaise)/Print advertisement/1999

Ryuko Tsushin/Magazine cover/2002

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here and there vol.7/Poster/2008

Sport/Poster/2007Sport/Poster/2007

Kazunari Hattori Exhibition/Poster/2004