Shohei Shigematsu receives 2023 Mainichi Design Award

Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun has announced Shohei Shigematsu as the recipient of the 2023 Mainichi Design Award for his outstanding works and contributions to the design industry, notably his design for the “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams” exhibition and Toranomon Hills Station Tower in Tokyo.

Shohei Shigematsu. Photograph by Vincent Dilio.

The Mainichi Design Award is an international and cultural prize presented annually to individuals, groups, and organizations that produced and presented significant works in the fields of architecture, fashion/textile design, product design, graphic design, interior design, lighting design, installation/environmental design, electronic media design, and craft design.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by the Japanese design community and receive an award that’s acknowledged such highly esteemed designers before me. I will carry it as a source of encouragement and inspiration.”

Shohei Shigematsu.

Established in 1955, the prestigious award has since recognized the achievements of leaders in design including Issei Miyake, Rei Kawakubo, Ryue Nishizawa, Tadao Ando, Kenya Hara, Tokujin Yoshioka, as well as companies like Sony and Muji.

The award ceremony will be held in Tokyo on April 17, 2024.

Toranomon Hills Station Tower by OMA. Photograph by Jason O'Rear.

Toranomon Hills Station Tower by OMA. Photograph by Tomoyuki Kusunose.

Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams by OMA. Photography by Daici Ano. Courtesy of Dior.

Audrey Irmas Pavilion by OMA. Photograph by Jason O'Rear.

Buffalo AKG Art Museum by OMA. Photography by Jason Keen.

Buffalo AKG Art Museum by OMA. Photography by Marco Cappelletti.

Tiffany Landmark by OMA. Photography by floto+warner.

Tenjin Business Center by OMA. Photography by Tomoyuki Kusunose.

Shohei Shigematsu. Photograph by Tomoyuki Kusunose.

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Shohei Shigematsu.

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April 17, 2024.

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Tokyo, Japan.

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Jason O'Rear, Tomoyuki Kusunose, Daici Ano, Jason Keen, Marco Cappelletti, floto+warner, Vincent Dilio.

Shohei Shigematsu

Shohei Shigematsu born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1973. In 1996 graduated from the Department of Architecture at Kyushu University. Studying at the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam. He became an associate since 2004.joined OMA in 1998 and became a partner in 2008.

He has led the office in New York since 2006. Sho's designs for cultural venues include the Quebec National Beaux Arts Museum and the Faena Arts Center in Miami Beach, as well as direct collaborations with artists, including Cai Guo Qiang, Marina Abramovic and Kanye West.

Sho is currently designing a number of luxury, high rise towers in San Francisco, New York, and Miami, as well as a mixed-use complex in Santa Monica. His engagement with urban conditions around the world include a new civic center in Bogota, Colombia; a post-Hurricane Sandy, urban water strategy for New Jersey; and a food hub in Louisville, Kentucky.

He is a design critic at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he is conducting a research studio entitled Alimentary Design, investigating the intersection of food, architecture and urbanism.

Published on: March 7, 2024

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