Yugo Nakamura
| Description | Multimedia designer |
| Dates | Born 1970 in Nara, Japan |
| Lives/Workes | Tokyo, Japan |
Best known for...
...his ambition to create an alternative approach to digital, visual
communication.
Yugo Nakamura has worked on several commercial and non commercial projects
in the field of digital design, architecture and engeneering. He has published
many articles, some books and he has exhibited his work in Asia,
Why is he important?
His constant research in the interface environment forms an interesting part
of the contemporary developments of interactive design. The fact that he has
worked as engineer, art director, freelance designer and the creator of his own
interactive design studio 'tha.ltd' gives his work different viewpoints and
opportunities.
His aim, he says himself is not to create 'cool motion graphics', but 'a
unique communication experience, or interface environment, a reactive field'.
Historical context
Yugo Nakamura graduated from the master's course of school of engineering at
the
He became inspired to work with interactive design by other artists and
designers such as john maeda, tomato and dextro. He develops his ideas by
things that surround him. It became his desire to work on an abstract version
of relationships of surroundings.
How to see their work
Part of his work and an idea of what Yugo Nakamura creates can be found on
the internet (he has two websites from his project MONOcrafts, see below). He
is also exhibiting his works in various places in Europe, Asia and the
Yugo Nakamura on the web
http://www.yugop.com - one of the 'MONOcrafts' websites containing a biography, part of his work and links
http://yugop.com/ver2 - the other 'MONOcrafts' website containing various stuff