Masahiro Minami Design
Chisa Minami / President
Masahiro Minami / Art director, Designer
Assistant professor of the University of Shiga prefecture.
Based in Shiga Prefecture in Japan.
We do branding design, from product design, graphic design, space design, product planning, packaging design and web design.
We analyze a company’s strengths and give it the power of design to propose products and brands that are uniquely valuable.
We find out the real value that your company has, and increase your company’s value through branding.
I consider design to be useful in management.
Although we are based in Shiga, we always aim to create designs that are competitive in the world.
Awards
| 2002 | The 2nd Machiya of Kyoto Student Design competition /1st Prize |
| 2002 | PORADA INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD 2002 / 3rd PRIZE |
| 2003 | TOKYO DESIGNERS BLOCK DESIGN COMPETITION 2003 / PURE DESIGN AWARD |
| 2004 | DYSON DESIGN AWARD 2004 / Excellent prize |
| 2004 | TOKYO DESIGNERS BLOCK DESIGN COMPETITION 2004 / Honorable mention |
| 2005 | Kagoshima Design Fair 2005 Design competition / Grand Prize |
| 2005 | IFDA International Furniture Design Award Asahikawa / Honorable mention |
| 2005 | DYSON DESIGN AWARD 2005 / Silver award |
| 2006 | NITORI ONE HOUSE TOTAL CORDINATION DESIGN COMPETITION 2006 / Excellent prize |
| 2006 | NISSEN DESIGN AWARD 2006 / 1st Prize |
| 2006 | TOYAMA PRODUCT DESIGN COMPETITION 2006 / Judge prize |
| 2007 | FURNITURE DESIGN COMPETITION OOKAWA 2007 / Excellent prize |
| 2007 | NITORI ONE HOUSE TOTAL CORDINATION DESIGN COMPETITION 2007 / SILVER AWARD |
| 2007 | mokubanR2 / Judge prize |
| 2008 | Kyushu Onsen Ryokan residential design competition in Ookawa / The Chairman of Association Ookawa Furniture Industry Prize |
| 2008 | NITORI ONE HOUSE TOTAL CORDINATION DESIGN COMPETITION 2008 / SILVER AWARD |
| 2008 | KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2008 / Excellent prize |
| 2008 | pdweb Design Competition / Grand Prix Award |
| 2009 | NITORI ONE HOUSE TOTAL CORDINATION DESIGN COMPETITION / SILVER AWARD 2009 |
| 2009 | Tokyo Midtown Award 2009 / Grand Prix Award |
| 2010 | The Wood of Yoshino Product design award / Excellent Prize |
| 2010 | Wise Wise 100 Years Furniture Design Competition / Oak Village Prize |
| 2011 | Pentawards 2011 / Silver award |
| 2013 | Permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Dasher |
| 2013 | Kids design award 2013 |
| 2014 | Design for Asia Award 2014／Merit recognitiion |
| 2014 | JIDA Design Museum Selection |
| 2015 | PENTAWARD 2015 ／Silver award |
| 2015 | red dot design award 2015 |
| 2015 | Pentawards 2015 / Silver award |
| 2016 | TOPAWARDS ASIA 2016 |
| 2017 | Wood design award 2017 |
| 2019 | ASIA PACIFIC DESIGN NO.15 / Selected award |
| 2020 | TOYAMA Poster Award / Grand Prix / Excellent prize |
| 2020 | Japan Package Design Award 2021 / 4 winning prize |
| 2020 | Pentawards 2020 / Gold award, Broze award |
| 2020 | ASIA PACIFIC DESIGN NO.16 / 3 Selected award |
| 2021 | TOPAWARDS ASIA 2021 |
| 2021 | ASIA PACIFIC DESIGN NO.17 / Selected award |
Exhibition
| 2003 | Shizuoka KAGU messe 2003 Designer’s Saterite Booth(Twin Messe,Shizuoka,Japan) |
| 2003 | The 15th Exhibition of Object AKARI(Gifu,Japan) |
| 2003 | Tokyo Designers Block 2003（Spiral,Tokyo,Japan） |
| 2003 | Kyoto Designers Block 2003（IDEE Experience,Kyoto,Japan） |
| 2004 | HDExpo (Sands Exposition & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| 2004 | ICFF 2004（Jacob K.Javits Convention Center, New York City） |
| 2004 | TOYAMA Design Talk（Sunship,Toyama,Japan） |
| 2004 | Exhibition of DYSON DESIGN AWARD 2004(Moere Numa park,Sapporo,Japan) |
| 2004 | TOKYO DESIGNERS BLOCK 2004（Spiral,Tokyo,Japan） |
| 2005 | Interior Life Style Show 2005（Tokyo BIGSIGHT,Tokyo） 2005 Exhibition of IFDA2005（Asahikawa furniture center,Asahikawa） |
| 2005 | DYSON DESIGN AWARD 2005 （Tokyo National Museum,Tokyo） |
| 2005 | Exhibition of IFDA2005（Pacifico Yokohama,Kanagawa,Japan） |
| 2006 | Exhibition of Woody frontier Shizuoka（Daikanyama Hill side terrace annexA,Tokyo,Japan） |
| 2006 | Shizuoka KAGU messe 2006（Twin Messe,Shizuoka,Japan） |
| 2006 | GALLERY MYDESIGNS in World Food Day 2006（Omotesando Hills,Tokyo,Japan） |
| 2006 | Exhibition of DYSON DESIGN AWARD 2006（Spiral,Tokyo,Japan） |
| 2007 | imm cologne 2007（Germany，coeln, coelnmesse） |
| 2007 | macef international home show 2007（Itary，Milano，Fiela Milano International） |
| 2007 | 2007 OOkawa Natsu no Saiten（Ookawa industrial hall） |
| 2007 | OOKAWA the Future Furniture 2007（Ookawa industrial hall） |
| 2007 | Exhibition of DYSON DESIGN AWARD 2007（Spiral,Tokyo,Japan） |
| 2008 | The 40th Ookawa Kagu Shinshunten（Ookawa industrial hall） |
| 2008 | Shizuoka KAGU messe 2008 Designer’s Satellite Booth（Twin Messe,Shizuoka,Japan） |
| 2008 | 100% Design Tokyo (Meiji Jingu Gaien,Japan) |
| 2009 | Shigaraki ACT 2009 (Suzuya,Shigaraki,Japan) |
| 2009 | interior lifestyle 2009 neON (Tokyo BIGSIGHT, Japan) |
| 2009 | Nagoya Design Week 2009(Nadiapark,Nagoya,Japan) |
| 2009 | IFFT interior lifestyle 2009 SOON@NipponLife(Tokyo BIGSIGHT, Japan) |
| 2011 | SOON@Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi part3 (Nihonbashi,Tokyo,Japan) |
| 2011 | The 72th Gift Show (Tokyo BIGSIGHT, Japan) |
| 2012 | interior lifestyle 2012 (Tokyo BIGSIGHT, Japan) |
| 2012 | The 4th Baby & Kids EXPO Tsuchinoco booth (Tokyo BIGSIGHT, Japan) |
| 2013 | Design for the Modern Child （Tsuchinoco Dasher）（USA, Philadelphia Museum of Art ） |
| 2013 | MAISON & OBJET HUZI DESIGN Booth」(PARIS NORD Villepinte, France) |
| 2014 | Hidden –Unveiling Japanese Design 2014（Singapore） |
| 2017 | Art and Design, dialogue with materials（Toyama Museum） |
| 2018 | Design and commitment exhibition（gallery Uemachi） |
| 2019 | MATERIAL MODERNITY: INCREDIBLE BAMBOO, PAPER, WOOD (Hong Kong) |
| 2019 | Design and experience value exhibition（gallery Uemachi） |
| 2021 | “Packaging: Contemporary Design in Japan” Exhibition（Brazil） |
| 2021 | Design amplitude exhibition（gallery Uemachi） |