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JAGDA, one of the largest design organizations in Asia, has been introducing outstanding designs in its annual “Graphic Design in Japan” since 1981. Every year its members’ works, selected according to strict criteria, are introduced with over 1,000 plates. It also features Yusaku Kamekura Design Award as the best work and its creator of the year, JAGDA Awards as especially outstanding works, and JAGDA New Designer Awards as the most promising young graphic designers. This is an unprecedented design almanac presenting the latest world-class graphic designs created by Japanese designers, which also serves as a database.

[Contents]
The 27th Yusaku Kamekura Design Award | JAGDA Awards 2025 | JAGDA New Designer Awards 2025 | Posters | General Graphics | Digital Media | Package Design | CI, VI, Symbols, Logotypes & Typefaces | Book & Editorial Design | Videos | Spatial Design | Newspaper & Magazine Advertising | Integrated Design

[The 27th Yusaku Kamakura Design Award]
The Yusaku Kamekura Design Award was established in 1999 in commemoration of the achievements of the late Yusaku Kamekura, JAGDA’s first president to contribute to the development of graphic design. The award is presented each year to the work judged to be most outstanding among all entries. This year, the Award was given to Noriaki Hayashi for Joshibi University of Art and Design’s student recruitment posters.

[JAGDA Awards 2025]
The JAGDA Award was launched in 2008 in reflection of JAGDA’s commitment to commend and record each year’s outstanding works of graphic design – an undertaking JAGDA considers to be among its important activities. The JAGDA Awards are presented to several particularly significant works among those submitted in the Annual that garnered the most number of votes in their specific category. This year, the award was given to the following ten works: poster “REC AND COPY Promo Only”, general graphics “ANATA”, digital media “Shupatto”, package design “Ogiharaen Grape Jam & Grape Juice”, Logotype “GINZA BOOK CLUB”, book design “UNIVERSITY of CREATIVITY M⇄F⇄P”, video “Dance of the Earth”, spatial design “Hirate Kindergarten”,  newspaper advertising “SUNTORY’s Moderate Drinking Campaign”, and integrated design “Elementary School Math Textbooks”.

[JAGDA New Designer Awards 2025]
The JAGDA New Designer Award was established in 1983 with the goals of calling attention to outstanding young designers. The past winners have grown to be the most active creators in the industry. As a result of the strict selection with 127 nominees, 2025 awards, the 43rd to date, were presented to Tetsuro Jozaki, Hirokazu Matsuda and Sarene Chan.

[This One!]
“This One!” is a system whereby each jury comments freely on one work among the year’s entries that attracted one’s interest in particular.

[Member Directory]
A list of JAGDA members by prefecture is included.

[Others]
JAGDA International Student Award 2024 Winning Works
Appendix: JAGDA Activities in Fiscal 2024

Published: July 2025
Format: 280mm x 210mm | 484 pages | color
Editor in chief: Norio Nakamura
Book design: Mariko Okazaki

Juries:
Katsunori Aoki, Katsumi Asaba (unable to attend), Rika Eguchi, Kazunari Hattori, Kenya Hara, Tsuguya Inoue, Yoko Inoue, Yoshiaki Irobe, Tomoya Kaishi, Masahiro Kakinokihara, Kaoru Kasai, Shogo Kishino, Ryohey “Wabi” Kudo, Shin Matsunaga, Manabu Mizuno, Kazufumi Nagai, Hiroaki Nagai, Norio Nakamura, Tomohiro Okazaki, Takuya Onuki, Hitomi Sago, Taku Satoh, Akiko Sekimoto, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Norito Shinmura, Yui Takada, Yuri Uenishi, Ryosuke Uehara, Yoshie Watanabe

Price:
Non-members 16,500 JPY (with tax / without shipping fee)
Members and Friends 13,750 JPY (with tax and shipping fee [in Japan only])

Order/inquiry:
[domestic distribution] Rikuyosha
[overseas distribution] JAGDA Secretariat