ISHIKAWA Masaru

Teaching Staff (Communication Design)

Title	Associate Professor
Research Fields	Visual identity / Signage systems / History of design
Education	2000 M.F.A. (Design), Tokyo University of the Arts
Selected Professional Experience	2021-Present Associate Professor, Akita University of Art 2014-Present Director of management support design, Seibu Shinkin Bank 2009-Present Representative and Visual Designer, mi e ru Design Studio, Tokyo 2003-2008 Graphic Designer, Total Tool Milano s.r.l., Italy 2002-2003 International project member, Designlab Siemens Mobile term2, Germany 2001-2002 Guest Researcher, Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
Recent Activities	<Selected visual identity / signage system design projects> 2020 RESOL POSHTEL TOKYO ASAKUSA HOTEL RESOL UENO, Tokyo 2019 HOTEL RESOL AKIHABARA, Tokyo HOTEL RESOL YOKOHAMA SAKURAGICHO 2018 HOTEL RESOL KYOTO 2017 HOTEL RESOL NAGOYA   <Bibliography> 2021 Otona no ato nurie 1: Sekai no meiga: Inshoha no kyosho-tachi [Adult coloring book 1: World masterpieces: Masters of Impressionism]. MdN 2020 Otona no ato nurie 6: Sekai no meiga: Inshoha no kyosho-tachi [Adult coloring book 6: World masterpieces: Masters of Impressionism]. MdN 2017 Etoki inshoha [Impressionism explained] (with FLARE, IKEGAMI Hidehiro). MdN 2016 Etoki Nihon bijutsu [Japanese art explained] (with FLARE, MASUDA Yoshitaka). MdN 2015 Etoki dezain-shi [History of design explained] (with FLARE). MdN   <Other> 2018 Art direction, View VIEW view (exhibition). Shibuya Hikarie, Tokyo 2010-2017 Cover design and direction, SYORYU (Meitec Corp. in-house journal) 1998 Salon de printemps (graduate works exhibition grand prize). Tokyo University of the Arts
Courses Taught	Contemporary Art Theory 1, 2 Contemporary Art Seminar (Communication Design) Communication Design Theory Communication Design Seminar 1, 2, 3 Graduation Project (Communication Design)

 

Example Works
HOTEL RESOL NAGOYA (2017)	View VIEW view (2018)	HOTEL RESOL YOKOHAMA SAKURAGICHO (2019)

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: ISHIKAWA Masaru (Japanese page)