Contact


shigetoa[at]hotmail.com




About 

Shigeto Akiyama is a graphic designer and creative director with over twenty years of experience. He has led multidisciplinary teams and collaborated closely with senior stakeholders across corporations, real estate marketing agencies, publishers, cultural institutions, and higher-education clients.

Akiyama has sat on juries for Society of Illustrators, Society of Publication Designers, and AIGA NY. He has been a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) since 2001.

He is currently a senior associate partner at Pentagram, New York.



Capabilities


Brand identity
Brand strategy 
Brand architecture 
Creative direction
Design systems
Editorial and book design
Environmental graphics
Exhibitions
Marketing campaigns





Recognitions


American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
Art Directors Club (ADC)
British Design and Art Direction (D&AD)
Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
Society of Publication Designers (SPD)
The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME)
The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
The One Show
Type Director’s Club (TDC)




Collaboration

Amazon
American Academy of Neurology 
American Civil Liberties Union
Apple
Art + Commerce
Atlantic Media 
BankUnited
Blackstone
Brown University
Center for Architecture
Cineric Inc / Borderland Media
Colgate University
Columbia University
Compass Development Marketing Group
Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group
Cornerstone OnDemand
Facebook 
First Horizon Bank
Fortuny
G+J Media
George Washington University 
Google 
Gotham Park
Global Gap Year Student Services Ltd.
Grale Solutions AB
JC Penny 
Kohler 
Magnum Foundation 
Meredith
Merrill Lynch 
Microsoft
MIT Museum
MySpace 
Nestlé
Netflix
New York Stock Exchange 
Nextbook Inc.
NextHome 
Nieman Foundation for Journalism
Northwestern University 
NYC Department of Design and Construction
Outward Bound Peacebuilding
Pantone 
Pelli Clarke & Partners
Princeton Architectural Press
Renaissance Learning, Inc.
Rizzoli
Royal Academy of Arts
Sanoma Media Netherlands
Skiff
Sotheby’s 
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA)
Springer Nature
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
The American Federation of Arts
The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Cleveland Orchestra 
The Coterie Management Co LLC
The Hartford
The Motley Fool
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Tomo Mortgage, LLC 
United States 2022 FIFA World Cup Bid
University of Chicago
University of Rochester
Van Alen Institute
Vocativ
Waterfront Alliance
World Science Festival






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