The Japan Graphic Designers Association Inc. (JAGDA), established in 1978, is one of Japan’s largest design organizations, its membership currently standing at some 2,400 designers. JAGDA undertakes a wide variety of activities aimed at enhancing our lives and culture through design. These include organization of exhibitions and seminars, and publication of works such as the JAGDA yearbook Graphic Design in Japan (formerly, JAGDA Annual) and VISUAL DESIGN, a textbook on design.

Each year, from among the works selected for inclusion in Graphic Design in Japan JAGDA presents the “JAGDA New Designer Awards” to promising young designers (up to age 39) who have produced high-quality works of outstanding freshness. To date the awards have been bestowed on 72 designers, all now active at the very forefront of their profession, including: Kaoru Kasai, Makoto Saito, Kenya Hara, Takuya Onuki, Ken Miki, Katsunori Aoki, Taku Satoh, Kashiwa Sato, Nagi Noda and Chie Morimoto. Today the JAGDA New Designer Awards and award winners garner much attention among members of both the design and advertising fields.

This year, after a rigorous selection process evaluating 178 eligible candidates, the 25th JAGDA New Designer Awards were presented to Tadahiro Gunji, Yosuke Kobayashi and Tomoaki Furuya. This exhibition will introduce their winning and recent works, with a focus on posters and small graphics.