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
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
First Horizon Bank
Fortuny
G+J Media
George Washington University
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