Shin Matsunaga, Japan (1988)
Born in Tokyo in 1940. After completing the design course at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music (now, Tokyo University of the Arts) in 1964, He worked in the...
Read full biographyBorn in Tokyo in 1940.
After completing the design course at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music (now, Tokyo University of the Arts) in 1964,
He worked in the advertising division of Shiseido and went on to found Shin Matsunaga Design in 1971.
His creative activities center on graphic design, including posters, corporate identity (CI) planning and packaging,but also run a broad gamut from drawings and sculpture to monuments.
His major works to date include: summer campaigns for Shiseido; a series of peace posters; total graphics for Sezon Museum of Art; the book design for the Constitution of Japan; CI planning for such clients as Benesse Corporation, Issey Miyake, Calbee, and the National Museum of Western Art; and package design for Scottie tissues, Can Chu-Hi beverage, Shiseido “uno” men’s cosmetics, and the French cigarette brand Gitanes (finishing 1st in an international competition).
His works are included in the permanent collections of 88 museums around the world.
Publications
Super Market - Graphic Design of Shin Matsunaga
(1992)
- Shin Matsunaga
Kodansha Ltd
Phollage
(1993)
- Shin Matsunaga
Shinshindo Publishing Co.,Ltd.
ggg Books 7 Shin Matsunaga
(1993)
- Shin Matsunaga
ginza graphic gallery
Graphic Cosmos – The World of Shin Matunaga
(1996)
- Shin Matsunaga
SHUEISHA Inc.
Talk about Designing by Shin Matsunaga+11
(2004)
- Shin Matsunaga
BNN,Inc.
ggg Books Special Edition-9 Shin Matsunaga
(2013)
- Shin Matsunaga
DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion
Exhibitions
The Works of Shin Matsunaga
1987
ggg (ginza graphic gallery), Ginza
Design Works of Shin Matsunaga, Exhibition in Warsaw
1988
, Warsaw and four other cities
Design Works of Shin Matsunaga, Exhibition in Yugoslavia
1988
, Ljubljana,Yugoslavia
The Works of Shin Matsunaga New York 1989
1989
Parsons School of Design, New York City
Graphic Design of Shin Matsunaga
1990
Museo Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Paper Freaks, Works of Shin Matsunaga
1994
International Trademark Center
Freaks Exhibition, Shin Matsunaga
1995
Ginza Wako, Tokyo
20 Designers pour une Silhouette
1996
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Graphic Cosmos-The World of Shin Matsunaga
1996
Takaoka Art Museum, Toyama
The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
International Design Center NAGOYA, Aichi
Kawaguchiko Museum of Art, Nagano
Fukuoka Mitsukoshi, Fukuoka
Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo
Spring has come
2001
ggg (ginza graphic gallery), Ginza
The Graphic Appetite : Shin Matsunaga Poster Exhibition
2003
, Toronto, Calgary
, São Paolo
The 9th Yusaku Kamekura Design Award Exhibition - Wellness Design by Shin Matsunaga
2007
CREATION GALLERY G8, Ginza
Awards
1967
1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1978
1987
1988
1989
1991
1992
1996,2000,2004
2002,2006
2004
2005
2007
2007
2014
2015