Yugo Nakamura is currently "the face of interface" throughout the design industry, more specifically within web design. He studied engineering, architecture and landscape design; after graduating he worked as an engineer specialising in bridge design. He bases all his work around his constant research in the interface environment.
He is said to be "looking for a good balance between digital and creative work"
He's held exhibitions and lectures of his own from Asia to America and London. He is very clever and keeps the same few element in every piece of work - maths. He actually incorporates mathematics into the designs themselves.
In my opinion, I really like this work, the use of numbers, although his work is mostly monochrome they are all striking, they look modern , and are incredibly clever; most importantly they are still effective today even on a very large variety of audience - that comes naturally with web design.
As an artist he regular shares where his inspiration comes from, including traditional sources sources such as traditional Japanese art - he attempts to imitate the detailing and refinement of traditional Japanese craftsmanship on the web. Another inspiration of his is fellow designer - John Maeda, who is said to be the person that drove Yugo to start the path of graphic design.
I really like his work, the inspiration that he gets from everything comes across within his designs, and as a fellow lover of traditional Japanese art I can see how the traditions are hinted at within his modern web design work.
