Japanese web designer (born 1970)
Yugo Nakamura (中村 勇吾 , Nakamura Yūgo ) is a Japanese web designer .
Early life and education
Yugo Nakamura was born in Nara , Japan.[citation needed ]
He studied engineering , architecture , and landscape design .[ 1]
Career
Nakamara is a web designer.[ 2]
He is one of the authors of New Masters Of Flash (2003).[ 3] Yugo has exhibited and lectured in Asia, United States, and Europe. His artwork has been shown at Centre Pompidou in Paris, Vienna Künstlerhaus in Vienna, and the Design Museum in London.[ 4]
He utilizes mathematics underlying natural complexity to create online interactions that are usable and familiar because their behavior is modeled on the natural world.[ 5] He directed the 2023 video game, Humanity .[ 6]
Nakamura was the owner of the web development company Tha Ltd. FFFFOUND! , a popular image bookmarking site, that was launched by the company in 2007[ 7] and was closed on May 8, 2017.[citation needed ]
Books and publications
2000 Big 26: Tradition – Big Magazine
2000 Gasbook 8 – DesignExchange
2000 New Master of Flash – friends of ED
2000 Moving Type – Digital Media Design
2001 WDA 2001 – GRAPHIC
2001 Gasbook 10 – DesignExchange
2001 New Master of Flash 2 – friends of ED
2001 72 DPI – Die Gestalten Verlag
2002 SPOON – Phaidon
2003 TIME Magazine – TIME
2003 JPG – Actar Editorial
2003 Sugo – Sugo
2003 +81(Vol.24) – +81
2004 Creative Code / John Maeda – Thames & Hudson
Awards
Nakamura's commercial works have received many international awards, including Cannes Lions , One Show, Clio Awards , and NY ADC.[ 8]
His awards include:[citation needed ]
2001 WDA 2001 – Special Prize – Connected_Identity
2001 Cannes Lions – Short List – Sky Pavilion
2002 ACA Media Arts Festival – Excellence Prize – Sky Pavilion
2002 LIAA – Short List – Connected_Identity
2003 ACA Media Arts Festival – Excellence Prize – CAMCAMTIME
2003 NY ADC Distinctive Merit – CAMCAMTIME
2003 One Show Interactive – Gold – CAMCAMTIME
2003 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards – Grand Prix – CAMCAMTIME
2004 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards – Grand Prix – TRUNK
2004 ACA Media Arts Festival – Short List – ecotonoha
2004 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards – Silver – ecotonoha
2004 Clio Awards – Gold – ecotonoha
2004 Clio Awards – Gold – ecotonoha
2004 LIAA – Grand Prix – ecotonoha
2004 One Show Interactive – Grand Clio – ecotonoha
2004 One Show Interactive – Best of Show – ecotonoha
2004 Cannes Cyber Lion – Grand Prix – ecotonoha
2005 One Show Interactive – Silver – FM Festival 2004
2005 Clio Awards – Silver – FM Festival 2004
2005 NY ADC Distinctive Merit – FM Festival 2004
2005 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards – Gold – FM Festival 2004
2005 Cannes Cyber Lion – Gold – FM Festival 2004
2005 Prix Ars Electronica – Distinctive Merit – yugop.com
2006 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards – Silver – Honda Sweet Mission
2006 Cannes Cyber Lion – Silver – Honda Sweet Mission
2006 Clio Awards – Bronze – Communication Evolved
2006 OneShow – Silver – Communication Evolved
2006 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards – Gold – Communication Evolved
2006 Cannes Cyber Lion – Gold – Communication Evolved
2007 OneShow – Silver – UNIQLO USA
2007 Cannes Cyber Lion – Silver – UNIQLO USA
2007 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards – Gold – UNIQLO USA
References
^ "Yugo Nakamura" . Retrieved September 25, 2008 .
^ "Shift Magazine" . Retrieved September 25, 2008 .
^ Nakamura, Yugo (January 1, 2002). New Masters of Flash . friends of ED. ISBN 1-59059-209-3 . Archived from the original on September 16, 2008.
^ "Design Museum: Yugo Nakamura" . Retrieved September 25, 2008 .
^ "Seed Magazine #15" . Archived from the original on April 7, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2006 .
^ Plante, Chris (April 26, 2023). "It's a miracle Humanity exists — and maybe fate" . Polygon . Retrieved May 21, 2023 .
^ Wortham, Jenna (December 1, 2008). "If Digg Did Pictures" . The New York Times . p. B5.
^ "Annual Environmental Report 2005" . Retrieved September 25, 2008 . [dead link ]