Mother & Others

Mother & Others（Poster）

TDC has strict screening criteria and receives many overseas entries. So, it is difficult for Japanese typographers to win the award. Aside from overseas evaluations, I like watching the annual competition, which brings me great excitement and enjoyment.

　I thought it would be good if my work were registered for the preliminary contest in 2017, and I found a number of works were fairly good. Since I did not feel well, I left the screening session early. Later, I was notified that my work had won the award, and so I felt both sorry and happy during the year-end holidays. Thank you very much.

Masayoshi Nakajo(Japan)

Masayoshi Nakajo was born in Tokyo in 1933; graduated from the Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 1956; joined the PR department of Shiseido Co., Ltd. and then DESKA; and established Nakajo Design Office in 1961. His major engagements focused on graphic design, including: art direction and design for Shiseido’s Hanatsubaki magazine, which lasted for over 40 years; art direction and design for Shiseido, The Ginza/Tactics Design; logotype and package design for Shiseido Parlour; logotype and sign planning for Tokyo Ginza Shiseido Building; CI planning for Matsuya Ginza, SPIRAL building, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and Hosomi Museum; pictures for NHK’s “Nihongo-de Asobo” karuta (picture cards); and cover painting for Kurashi-no Techo magazine.