Taco Iwashima Matthews

Publications and Works
2004 Poster for Tokyo CityPhilharmonic Orchestra, "Ombres et Lumieres-Musique Francaise"
2002 Illustration for "Road Ecology" (Island Press)
2002 Illustration for magazine "Chopin"
2001 Logo design and artworks for Gypsy Mamas
2000 Hommage à BACH :CD cover design and illustration
1999 Travels with a Violin (DML Classics) :Series of 6 CDs, cover and illustration
1999 Japanese Songs (Ongakuno Tomosha) :Music book cover
1999 Japanese Foreign Minister's badge design
1999 Katsushika Nursery Home Signage design
1998 Nasty Queen (Grow sky net) : TV program illustration
1998 Tokyo Big Sight Entrance Hall banner design
1997 Earth's Song (Grow sky net) : TV program illustration
1996 Makauhakushaku (Kaisei-sha) : Children's book illustration
1995 Music Plaza (Crayon House) : Music educational book illustration
1993 Wish for the Star (Kaisei-sha) : Children's book illustration

Award
Japan Sign Design Awards:
Banner design for YES' 89
Flag and Banner design in the International Horticultural Expo'98
Sign design for Odaiba seaside park

Education
1989
Musashino Art University (Tokyo, Japan)
Degree in Space Design (equivalent to BA)

Employment
1991~present
Freelance
Illustration (Books and magazines)
Graphic design (CD covers, book covers, signage design)
Web design, Animation
1989~1999
Tokyo Landscape Architects Inc. (Japan)
Project management on large scale projects dealing with architects and engineers
Completed construction packages
1990
Artimaña (Barcelona. Spain) Graphic design

Skills
Strong computer skills (combined with freehand illustrations)
Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Director and Microsoft Office
Native speaker of Japanese

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