Portfolio
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/119/119776/attachment_119776831 "Logo design concept for Peapod, an app helping families with kids to make their own “pod” (=team) to cheer up each other during childcares closed down due to COVID-19.
The logo can be used as talking bubble on chats.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/2163083/93c9cca1-b139-4f35-b0ca-333955e9db1a "Logo design concept for Cedar Coffee.
Actually, it was a proposal for a company has a similar name. Since I found that the company has 4 Cs in their name (Cedar C___ Coffee C___), I made a symbol mark of a cedar tree in “C”, which also suggests a coffee bean.
Unfortunately it was not chosen by the client, but if you have a cafe/company with similar name, it's available now.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/119/119659/attachment_119659532 "I created a simple but distinctive identity for Ghost cat, an image analysis lab for wildlife.
Ghost cat is a nickname of snow leopard thus the logo has a silhouette of its face. However, their services are not limited for leopard but for any animals. So I made it much subtle than “too leopard-like”, and can be used as capture frames on applications.
Unfortunately, the contest was NOT blind and there was a “copycat” ( what being a ghost cat). I challenged but...")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/119/119927/attachment_119927015 "A logo design for a nonprofit startup that allows individuals and companies to donate to pay for a meal for people in need. The money is used to purchase meals from local restaurants suffering from Covid19.
Instead of making a “non profit-y” cliche logo —fork and knife with a heart—, I focused on the relation among three people: donors, restaurants, and people in need.
The logo works as “connection lines” on applications.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/113/113745/attachment_113745549 "A logo design for a social media platform for plant lovers to connect and donate, swap, or adopt plants.
I created an icon of a leaf of monstera with two hands — giving and getting—.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/111/111182/attachment_111182045 "Logo design for a shoe brand in Béarn, France. The name “cauçura” means “shoes” in Béarn language, so it was obvious that the brand is influenced strongly by its region.
Inspired by two red bulls with blue horns in its coat of arms, I created a simple but versatile word mark.
Two blue “U”s suggests also shoe strings so it could be also a strong brand identity.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/107/107545/attachment_107545588 "Migo is the world's newest and most advanced pet activity and GPS tracking collars to provide safety, comfort and protection for all pets and their owners.
The client needed a strong identity which stands alone even without its name.
Combining almost all the elements they want to archive —safety, GSP tracking service, social media friendly —, I created a cute face working with/alone the logo type.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/113/113035/attachment_113035041 "Logo design for a communication service that empowers socially-conscious/value-driven start ups.
As you can see in the name, “empathy” is the key word of this brand so I designed a simple word mark of which “m” suggests an abstract image of sympathy.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/116/116534/attachment_116534089 "Logo design for an ice cream brand.
I tweaked two “o”s and made it to suggest “two cups of ice cream” or “two ball of ice cream”.
The two dots work on applications.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/96/96745/attachment_96745323 "The art of AR")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/110/110439/attachment_110439267 "Logo design for GreenPirate, an organization helps companies to measure and to improve their footprint in the world for their locations and products as well as social impact.
I developed a simple icon of a pirate ship with its initial letters. Its sail indicates also a leaf.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/99/99103/attachment_99103768 "OsteYou is a private clinic that offers only Osteopathy treatments.
At the beginning, the clients wanted a illustrated logo of their founding father, Andrew Taylor Still, but I symbolized him by \"O\" and \"Y\" to make it much modern and memorable.")
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I am a Japanese independent graphic designer specializing in development of visual identity design.
Je suis un graphite indépendant japonais. Je suis bon en design identité visuelle.
Time zone: UTC+1
If you really like my portfolio, I recommend to start 1-to-1 project.
País:
Japón.
Miembro desde:
7 de octubre de 2015
Opiniones
"Fantastic design. Understood what we wanted perfectly. Extremely satisfied. Keep up the good work! We look forward to working with you again."
Cliente anónimo
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"Akihiro was spot on! He understood my brand straight away. It was a pleasure to work with him and definitely recommend him."
Cliente anónimo
"Incredible proactive and responsive with feedback. His thinking and concepts stood out immediately, and I knew he was the winner from the minute I saw his work."
matthewsfreeman
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"Fresh and straightforward logo design that represents our brand just perfectly."
Cliente anónimo
"Akihiro was extremely attentive and responsive to every question, comment and concern that I had during this process. He demonstrated enthusiasm as an artist for our design contest and his passion and creativity secured his spot as our winner. It was a ..."
Cliente anónimo
"Akihiro is detail oriented and he's an excellent designer who is very easy to work with. Highly recommended."
SASDC
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"Akihiro was very professional to work with and did put great ideas into design. We certainly will work with him for other projects in the future."
Cliente anónimo
"Where do I start? It was an incredible journey! I startet with a relativley solide on idea on what I was looking for and of course the suggestions I got where all very similar ... until Akihiro showed up. Out of everyone of the designers he was the only..."
m.weslowski
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"Skilled designer with attention to detail. Akihiro demonstrated his designs excellently with illustrations to describe the logic behind each concept."
crecoco
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"Akihiro is great to work with! He has strong, interesting, and practical ideas and aesthetics. Highly recommended!"
Cliente anónimo
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"Akihiro did a really great job. He carefully listened to all my initial ideas and came up with several different sketches. He was very attentive to all my requests and suggestions throughout the whole process. I definitely recommend him and would contac..."
Cliente anónimo
"He understands the brand concept well and proposed a great logo. Thank you very much."
fukumi.kazlou
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"Sympathique - Imaginatif - Efficace - Rapide
Friendly - Imaginative - Efficient - Fast"
fcna
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"I loved working with this designer! He understood what I wanted and then had a whole new idea. His inspiration was more of what I wanted than I even knew! Great job!"
riverwrites
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"Akihiro was inspired and original. He really understood the brief, and most of it the spirit of our brand. He delivered great quality designs and work. We were very pleased to work with him.
Un grand merci depuis Paris!"
Cliente anónimo
"He created a delicate, powerful and wonderful design that answered all our requests and more.
After having been chosen as the winner, he responded well to our requests for modifications and we are more than happy with the finished logo."
Cliente anónimo