10th Anniversary：2011年1月14日
X9: Creative Message (1)
ICC's Visual Design Story 9-1
“The skies of Europe are full of X’s aren’t they?” “Were you thinking that, too?” The airplanes leave X’s in the sky as they fly by in Paris, Matterhorn, Frankfurt, Stuttgart… So many airplane streamers. “I wonder how many ‘JP marks’ there are?” “Probably not too many.”
It’s early in 2008, but Kubo-san and I are already talking about the themes of the year. We started with “Creative Message.” Creative Messages are something every artist can relate to.
“Well, shall we have lots of JP marks with X’s on them fly out of Sapporo?”
Flyer, ICC Festival 2008 (2008)
Flyer, ICC Festival 2008 (2008)
Sapporo Art Directors Club Award 2008: Selected
Hiroshi MAEDA
Art Director / Designer, Senior Partner, Banana Moon Studio Sapporo
Born in Sapporo, Japan, 1964.
Graduated from Hokkai Gakuen University Faculty of Economics, obtained a master’s degree from Hokkaido University’s Graduate School of International Media and Communication. Began writing articles, designing magazines and books, and producing ads for a publishing company while he was an undergraduate student. Worked for a design firm for some time, then started his own company called Banana Moon Studio in 1990.
Starting with structuring branding strategy for national and international companies and organizations, he deals with planning products and services, packaging, promotion, advertising, publishing, and space design.
His works have received several awards around the world, and have been collected in museums such as the Musée de la Publicité in France.
Contact: maeda@bananamoon.jp
