Yugo Nakamura

Yugo Nakamura (中村 勇吾) 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.

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