Name
葛西 薫 かさい かおる KASAI Kaoru
Company Name
株式会社サン・アド SUN-AD Company Limited
Job Title
Art Director, Graphic Designer
Birth
1949
Area
Tokyo
Profile
Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Kasai Kaoru joined SUN-AD Company Limited in 1973 after stints working at Bunka Printing Co., Ltd. and Ohtani Design. He currently serves as advisor at SUN-AD Company Limited. His creative activities span a wide range, including advertising and art direction for Suntory Oolong Tea, United Arrows, Toraya Confectionery, and TORAYA CAFÉ, as well as corporate identity and signage, graphics and title design for films and theaters, and book design. Major awards received include the Tokyo ADC Grand Prix, Hiromu Hara Memorial Prize, Mainichi Design Award, and the Yusaku Kamekura Design Award. His publications include KASAI Kaoru 1968 (Art Design Publishing).
Source: ggg HP Exhibition Archive "Kasai Kaoru Exhibition: NOSTALGIA"
Activities at ddd
Approximately 67 years old (2016)
Participated in 21st Century Rimpa Posters : Competitive Works by 10 Graphic Designers as Featured Designer.
Approximately 66 years old (2015)
Participated in TDC 2015 as Gallery Talk Speaker.
Approximately 65 years old (2014)
Participated in DNP Graphic Design Archives Collection Ⅵ THE NIPPON POSTERS as Featured Designer.
Approximately 62 years old (2011)
Participated in 100 gggBooks 100 Graphic Designers as Featured Designer.
Approximately 62 years old (2011)
Participated in Shueitai 100 as Featured Designer.
Approximately 60 years old (2009)
Participated in Brilliant Rivalry: Works by Outstanding Designers in the DNP Archives of Graphic Design as Featured Designer.
Approximately 59 years old (2008)
Participated in TokyoType Directors Club Exhibition 2008 as JAGDA, Tokyo TDC’s collaboration：ddd Gallery Talk Participants.
Approximately 58 years old (2007)
Participated in EXHIBITIONS: Graphic Messages from ggg & ddd 1986-2006 as Featured Designer.
Approximately 54 years old (2003)
Participated in SUN-AD: The People Exhibition as Gallery Talk Partisipants.
Approximately 44 years old (1993)
Participated in Imagination of Letters as Featured Designer.
Approximately 43 years old (1992)
Participated in The 4th Tokyo TDC Exhibition as Poster Designer.
