Interview with Jisuke Matsuda

I tried various things, but I only had design abilities.

I chose it myself.

Religion and fashion.

I'm not a legend, but I want to convey that people shouldn't imitate others.

Passion seeks passion, generating even more passion.

For the children of Syria, I want to think of ways they can avoid being shelled.

To express in posters something that encourages and guides children suffering from war, man-made and natural disasters.

I'm not successful so I don't know, but I value being conservative while also defying it.

Stefan Sagmeister

Ikko Tanaka's posters, "Japan" (1986). The softness and gentleness of color and form.

"Finger Prints"

Loving people, expecting from people, being heartbroken by people. But still loving people without learning my lesson.

Politician

The shape of living and the shape of having lived.

Help came from myself, my peers, and the biggest supporter was my mother who gave birth to me and luck.

I haven't become a great designer yet, but the desire to become one has been helpful.

I haven't become a design master yet, but ideas and originality.

Responding to what is presented, rather than presenting something.

Publishing that can promote and sell works of renowned Japanese figures across various genres, such as Akira Kurosawa, Haruki Murakami, and Shigeru Ban.

Creating works that can move people's hearts.

I shouldn't be esteemed by anyone, but if I am, I think it's because I'm expected to break down the identity of Asians and Japanese people.

Designs that can be understood at a glance, such as pictograms, serve as symbols that can be understood without words.

Even aside from what I'm working on, I'm always excited in my daily life.

"Create Theatre Poster" Series

In contrast to AI-generated designs, can we do the opposite using human hands?

With the increasing use of AI to create designs through programming, animation will become part of the design process, but there will also come a time when 2D, analogue and ukiyo-e prints such as those by Hokusai and Hiroshige will also be needed.

First, I write down words at random, then group the written word groups as if they were a mind map, and lay them out with emotions as the priority. The form of the words is then transformed into a form that is in line with the emotion.

My motto is to discover something in ordinary, everyday life.

Trends set the designs.

The role of a marathon pacer, assisting in design.

My software is Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and my equipment is Mac Studio.

What breathes life into design.

Why did you create that design?

Rather than something coming to mind, the mind is uplifted and bouncy.

I don't believe it.

Takashi Akiyama

Yukio Mishima

I am not yet a master designer, but I'm on that path. I continue to absorb what resonates with me from literature, film, and music in my pursuit of mastery.

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg

It's because of competition that I am who I am today. The existence of rankings has enabled someone like me, who once had nothing, to create designs.

My favorite color is Gray, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.
My favorite place is Mitsukoshi and Isetan Department Store.
My favorite food is banana.
My favorite season is autumn.
My favorite brand is COMME des GARCONS, Maison Martin Margiela, Engineered Garments and Needles.

Humans deceive and insult each other, but design makes people gentler.

The power of feeling, that is the power of creating works.

I'm not a prophet, so I can't say for certain, but I hope for a society free from conflict.
In these times of declining population, I don't believe we're in a state of human prosperity. However, I hope that even 1000 years from now, humans will use their wisdom to avoid extinction like the dinosaurs and continue to maintain a rich and thriving world.

Jisuke Matsuda is still creating posters, and will undoubtedly continue to do so.

The main focus of my design studio is split between my student's web studio and my own workshop. The theme of my workshop is "Create Theatre Poster," and I create posters for this purpose.

The shape of living and the shape of having lived.

Any kind of design

Ikko Tanaka's posters, "Japan" (1986)

Company logo

Macintosh Apple

The initial rough sketch

I don't understand emotions. My stomach hurts.

My stomach hurts.

A critical perspective.

Color and form.

Designers have no responsibilities.

To become more free.

Last year's "Create Theatre Poster," this year's "Create Theatre Poster" again.

Video, words, scenery, sound, seasons, and others.

independent

I live in Tokyo. I am influenced by Japanese cultural heritage. Like Hokusai and Hiroshige.

A fifty-fifty relationship.

Through competitions, companies can select designers suitable for their projects.

First, I lay out the individual materials presented in a mind map, consider their arrangement, and then add emotion to it.

Macbook pro, iPad, EIZO monitor, iPhone, Nintendo Switch

Wake up, clean, eat, design. Then listen to music and sleep.

Don't get buried in erudition.

Good points, attentive to detail. Bad points, attentive to detail

The usual golden ratio.

Knowledge.

Macbook pro, Adobe illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

I'm not managing it.

Why did you create such a design?

Sales experience.

Everyone who accepts me.

Color transformation. Because it's the miracle of Johannes Itten's color theory vividly occurring on a computer.

It's undecided

By myself.

The "Create Theatre Poster" project, where you can see bright, pop visuals revealing a new side of me.

A'Design. I want to feature you.