Judging Panel
Yoko YUZUKI
Founder, Designer, Art director, Artist
art seeds studio
Japan

Yoko Yuzuki is a Japanese designer, art director, and artist whose work integrates design with fine art. In 2020, she founded art seeds studio in Hiroshima, leading projects across healthcare, education, regional development, and commercial design. Her studio specializes in branding, spatial composition, and CI/VI systems with a concept-driven, art-based approach.

After graduating from Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Yuzuki studied fine art in Copenhagen and completed visual communication training at Toyo Institute of Art and Design in Tokyo. For over 25 years, she has worked between Japan and Denmark.

Merging Nordic aesthetics with Japanese sensibilities, her work features paper-based sculptures and forms inspired by nature and Andersen’s fairy tales—offering poetic, emotionally resonant visual experiences that transition seamlessly between 2D and 3D.

Recent highlights include integrating “Art in Hospital” into urban clinics and developing exhibition visuals for kyoto ddd Gallery, all grounded in empathy, imagination, and a deep understanding of visual storytelling.