is a Japanese web designer. Yugo studied engineering, architecture and landscape design. He is one of the authors of New Masters Of Flash (2003). Yugo has exhibited and lectured in Asia, United States, and Europe. His artwork has been shown at Centre Pompidou in Paris, Vienna Künstlerhaus in Vienna, and the Design Museum in London. His commercial works have received many international awards, including Cannes Lions, One Show, Clio Award, and NY ADC. He utilizes mathematics underlying natural complexity to create online interactions that are usable and familiar because their behavior is modeled on the natural world. He directed the 2023 video game, Humanity.

Nakamura is the owner of the web development company Tha Ltd. FFFFOUND!, a popular image bookmarking site, that was launched by the company in 2007 and was closed on May 8, 2017.

Yugo Nakamura

Books and publications

2000 Big 26: Tradition - Big Magazine

2000 Gasbook 8 - DesignExchange

2000 New Master of Flash - friends of ED

2000 Moving Type - Digital Media Design

2001 WDA 2001 - GRAPHIC

2001 Gasbook 10 - DesignExchange

2001 New Master of Flash 2 - friends of ED

2001 72 DPI - Die Gestalten Verlag

2002 SPOON - Phaidon

2003 TIME Magazine - TIME

2003 JPG - Actar Editorial

2003 Sugo - Sugo

2003 +81(Vol.24) - +81

2004 Creative Code / John Maeda - Thames & Hudson

Awards

2001 WDA 2001 - Special Prize - Connected_Identity

2001 Cannes Lions - Short List - Sky Pavilion

2002 ACA Media Arts Festival - Excellence Prize - Sky Pavilion

2002 LIAA - Short List - Connected_Identity

2003 ACA Media Arts Festival - Excellence Prize - CAMCAMTIME

2003 NY ADC Distinctive Merit - CAMCAMTIME

2003 One Show Interactive - Gold - CAMCAMTIME

2003 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Grand Prix - CAMCAMTIME

2004 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Grand Prix - TRUNK

2004 ACA Media Arts Festival - Short List - ecotonoha

2004 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Silver - ecotonoha

2004 Clio Awards - Gold - ecotonoha

2004 Clio Awards - Gold - ecotonoha

2004 LIAA - Grand Prix - ecotonoha

2004 One Show Interactive - Grand Clio - ecotonoha

2004 One Show Interactive - Best of Show - ecotonoha

2004 Cannes Cyber Lion - Grand Prix - ecotonoha

2005 One Show Interactive - Silver - FM Festival 2004

2005 Clio Awards - Silver - FM Festival 2004

2005 NY ADC Distinctive Merit - FM Festival 2004

2005 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Gold - FM Festival 2004

2005 Cannes Cyber Lion - Gold - FM Festival 2004

2005 Prix Ars Electronica - Distinctive Merit - yugop.com

2006 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Silver - Honda Sweet Mission

2006 Cannes Cyber Lion - Silver - Honda Sweet Mission

2006 Clio Awards - Bronze - Communication Evolved

2006 OneShow - Silver - Communication Evolved

2006 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Gold - Communication Evolved

2006 Cannes Cyber Lion - Gold - Communication Evolved

2007 OneShow - Silver - UNIQLO USA

2007 Cannes Cyber Lion - Silver - UNIQLO USA

2007 Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards - Gold - UNIQLO USA

References

External links

Tha - Web Design Agency run by Yugo Nakamura

1970 births

Living people

Software engineers

Flash artists

Japanese graphic designers

Japanese computer scientists

Yugo Nakamura