Midori Yamazaki
山﨑みどり / Midori Yamazaki
Creative Director, Artist, Researcher
Founder of Out of Blue Inc.
Graduated From London Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design / MA Communication Design and worked at DLX Design Lab, the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo. Specialized in art and design in multimedia. As for a career background, took the role of Creative Director at adidas, NIKE, Facebook, Condé Nast, and Won multiple awards including NY Art Directors Club Award, A’ Design Award, Japan Art Directors Club Award, Japan Design Space Associate Award, Type Directors Club Award, and SIGGRAPH.
ロンドン・セントラル・セント・マーティンズ・カレッジ・オブ・アート・アンド・デザイン / MA コミュニケーションデザイン 修士課程修了。adidas、Nike、Condé Nast、Facebookなどのクリエイティブディレクター、東京大学生産技術研究所 DLX Design Lab特任研究員を経て、マルチメディアのコミュニケーションデザイン・メディアアートを中心に活動。Japan ADC賞、NY ADC賞、A’ Design賞、TDC賞、DSA賞、SIGGRAPHなど受賞および入選多数。
• Japan Design Space Association, Full member, Jury (2015-)
• A’ Design Award (Italian Design Award) Jury (2024-)
• NY ADC (Art Directors Club) / The One Club for Creativity Portfolio Reviewer
• International Council of Creative Industries (ICCI), Full member (2021-)
• International Design Club (IDC), Full member (2021-)
• The International Association of Designers (IAD), Full member (2021-)
• The Mori Memorial Foundation, Researcher (2021-2023 Subcontract)
• CHI 2025 (ACM SIGCHI Computer Human Interaction) Sponsorship Assistant (2024-2025)
• IEEE VISAP 2024 (VIS Art Program) the Program Committee (2024-)
• Open Education and Research Grant “Student Space Laboratory” (2023-2025)
Out of Blue
Award/Selection
• 2024’ SIG
AWARD & SELECTION
• 2025’ Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025
• 2024’ SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 (Invited Talk with NASA & NVIDIA) at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
• 2024’ SIGGRAPH 2024 ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community
• 2024’ A’ Design Award (Italian Design Award) “Bronze” *Digital Art
• 2024’ Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2024
• 2024’ Open Education and Research Grant “Student Space Laboratory”
• 2023’ IEEE VISAP 2023 (VIS Art Program of the world’s largest technical professional organization)
• 2023’ A’ Design Award (Italian Design Award) “Bronze” *Digital parametric design
• 2022’ A’ Design Award (Italian Design Award) *Digital interaction design
• 2021’ Foundation research grant *Foundation research grant for Art and science project
• 2021’ Japan ADC (Art Directors Club) Annual Award *Digital interaction design
• 2021’ NY ADC (Art Directors Club) 100th Annual Awards *Brand / Communication Design
• 2021’ A’ Design Award (Italian Design Award) “Bronze” *Generative, Algorithmic and Parametric Design
• 2020’ Research & Educational Activities Support Program for COVID-19 Countermeasures IIS University of Tokyo
• 2017’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award “Silver” *Entertainment & Creative Art Space
• 2016’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award *Show window & Visual Design
• 2016’ Solo Exhibition curated by WIRED
• 2015’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award “Gold” *Entertainment & Creative Art Space
• 2015’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award “Gold” *Visual Design & Window Design
• 2015’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award “Gold” *Exhibition & Promotion
• 2015’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award
• 2015’ DSA (Design Space Association) Design Award
• 2009’ DDA (Display Design Association) Award
• 2008’ ADC (Art Directors Club) Award
• 2007’ ADC (Art Directors Club) Award
• 2006’ TDC (Type Directors Club) Award “Graphic Design”
• 2006’ TDC (Type Directors Club) Award “Type Design”
• 2003’ Nikkei BP Advertising Award
• 2003’ The Advertising Selected by Consumer Award “Bronze”
• 2003’ Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Award
• 2003’ Mainichi Shimbun Award “Silver”
• 2002’ Nihon Kogyo Shimbun Award “Gold”
• 2001’ Nihon Kogyo Shimbun Award “Gold”
Out of Blue
EXHIBITION & MEDIA COVERAGEGE
• 2025’ TV Tokyo (BS), KUTV Kochi TV, Kochi Sansan TV
• 2025’ Kochi MIRAI Science Center, Kochi, Japan
• 2025’ Sapporo Science Center, Sapporo, Japan
• 2024’ Fukuoka City science Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
• 2024’ SIGGRAPH 2024 ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community Exhibition, Denver, US
• 2024’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Castle “In love with the wind”, Ravadinovo, Bulgaria
• 2024’ Poland ART&DESIGN 2023/2024 Festival at Academic Design Center, Poland
• 2023’ IEEE VISAP(VIS Art Program) Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
• 2023’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Design Milan at Crystal Hall, Bangalore, Indiaa
• 2023’ Book ‘The Power of Culture: The Future of the City’ Kajima Institute Publishing
• 2022’ CADAF ART FAIR NYC at Web3 NYC Gallery, New York, US
• 2022’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Shenzhen International Industrial Design Fair, Shenzhen, China
• 2022’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at FOAID, New Delhi, India
• 2022’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing Conference, Mumbai, India
• 2022’ A’ Design Award Exhibition International Industrial Design Week, Hebei, China
• 2022’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Mood Museum of Design, Milan, Italia
• 2021’ “Research-Driven Design” Annual Essay Series in Creative Magazine “Brain”
• 2021’ Book Series “Introduction to Design for Everyone”
• 2021’ Design Course at advertising and marketing publisher “Sendenkaigi”
• 2021’ A’ Design Award Exhibition, Shenzhen, China
• 2021’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Usta Design, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2021’ A’ Design Award Exhibition at Mood Museum of Design, Milan, Italia
• 2020’ ART BREND Exhibition at Gallery Swiss Art Space, Lausanne, Switzerland
• 2019’ WAVE ARCHIVE Solo Exhibition at AB Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• 2016’ WAVE ARCHIVE Solo Exhibition produced by WIRED, Tokyo, Japan
• 2012’ Luna&CURIOUS Solo Exhibition Shoreditch, London, The UK
• 2012’ ‘De-code Shakespeare’ Exhibition at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, The UK
• 2007’ Group Exhibition, Paris, France