About

CLIENTS :

Nelly Rodi.inc from France
POCARI SWEAT Otsuka corporation, Ltd
McDonald's inc
TOSHIBA.inc
SHISEIDO.INC
THE GOAL.INC
COMP.INC
Yokohama City Board of Education
NPO -nonprofit organization-
Japan-China Advertising Educational Project
KURAYA.INC
Imyu.inc and dejavu.inc
Elementary school in Yokohama city
ENISHI SAKE
Japan Sake festival 2014-present
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MIHARU MATSUNAGA

ART DIRECTOR, DESIGNER,
FOR COMMUNICATION AND CREATIVE

Tokyo and Stockholm

"I work in advertisement where I use my design skills to develop ideas and nonverbal language to solve challenges facing clients. Advertisements are such by nature that people are forced to see it everyday but as I see it advertisement could also be a free delivery system for interesting art and thought provoking concepts and so not only help clients to sell a product but be a positive part of our shared culture. Even if it is only about beautifying the world, one poster at a time."

"Working nonverbal is a way of reaching beyond spoken languages to say what you think. I find it easier to express myself in design, for me it's more intuitive."

Miharu Matsunaga is an art director and designer from Japan working in Tokyo. She has a degree in Graphical Design from Tama Art University, At 17age she started to study art, graphic design, drawing. At present she has joined an exchange program with the experience design agency North Kingdom in Sweden. Her awards include One show, New York ADC, London International Award, Cannes lions shortlist as well as Japan Domestic awards including a Young lions Design Gold.

松永美春 - HAMI
1989 Born in Yokohama
2007 Tama Art University graphic design dept.
2007 Camera assistant at magagine agency
2011 Start working at  Dentsu.inc
2017 North Kingdom in Sweden that is exchange program joined as intern.
2018-2019 Joined Design lead Program in Hyper Island in Stockholm
2019 Joined Bedow for one month internship as designer
2019 Joined B-Reel for five months internship as creative intern

Prize:
Mdc Award 2009 Special prize
Applied Typography 2010 merit
Yomiuri advertising first prize 2011
Asahi Newspaper advertising prize 2013
Tokyo TDC Annual awards 2013 in book
Spiks Asia 2013 category Young Print:Finalist
Young Cannes in Japan category Young Film:Finalist 2014
One show Bronze 2015
One show winner presentation in NY 2015
Advertising Age young cover competition finalist in 2015
Tokyo Art Directors Club Pre-nomination in 2015
Music Hack Day 2015 First-Prize
APA AWARD THE MERIT 2015
YOUNG LIONS DESIGN in JAPAN GOLD 2016
Good design award in Japan 2016 BEST 100
APA AWARD Grand prix 2016
London International Awards Design Bronze 2017
One Show 2017 merit×2
NY ADC 2017 Bronze×2
Cannnes Lions Design Lion Shortlist 2017
Good design award in Japan 2017
Design Young Lions 2018 in Japan Silver
Film Young Lions 2018 in Japan finalist
Tokyo ADC pre-nomination 2018
ADFEST Design Silver 2019
Member of JAGDA and TDC in Tokyo.

Speaking
2016/2017 Guest speaker in ‘The school by chance’ in Tokyo

Exhibition
2015/2018 ADC exhibition in ggg gallery in Tokyo
2016/2017 JAGDA Design Hub exhibition at Tokyo Mid Town
2016 New York ADC exhibition
2016 /2017 Good design award exhibition at Tokyo Mid Town

Selected Press & Publications
2014-2018 Commercial Photo magazine Best advertisement
2015-2018 MDn Designer file
2014- 2018 PIE Books
2015 Advertising Age cover selection
2015 Dentsu-ho
2016 Design Note the young Designer 100
2017-2018 Sketch of Desiginer book
2019 Gaati gallery book from China