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Naonori Yago
Art Director
Pangraphics
Tokyo
I was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 1986.
I graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University in 2008.
After working at Hakuhodo and SIX, I founded Pangraphics in 2025.
I have received numerous awards including the Tokyo ADC Award, the JAGDA New Designer Award, D&AD, New York ADC, and The One Show.
While working as an art director, I have been involved in brand design for ZIPAIR and the smart house manufacturer MW, visual communication for the global cosmetics brand SENSAI, advertising for Laforet HARAJUKU, and CD jacket design for artists, while also presenting my own artwork.
I have held exhibitions such as my first large-scale solo exhibition Basara at Laforet Museum Harajuku, and Imitative Behaviour at PMQ in Hong Kong.
I have received numerous awards including the Tokyo ADC Award, the JAGDA New Designer Award, D&AD, New York ADC, and The One Show.
While working as an art director, I have been involved in brand design for ZIPAIR and the smart house manufacturer MW, visual communication for the global cosmetics brand SENSAI, advertising for Laforet HARAJUKU, and CD jacket design for artists, while also presenting my own artwork.
I have held exhibitions such as my first large-scale solo exhibition Basara at Laforet Museum Harajuku, and Imitative Behaviour at PMQ in Hong Kong.
My work has been featured in the German design magazine novum, the Chinese design magazine Package and Design Magazine, and COMMERCIAL PHOTO.
My first monograph, Basara, was published by Seigensha.