Jury President

Makoto Takeuchi
SDA President
Takeuchi Design

SDA Jury: Juries of selected SDA members

Taro Watanabe
Director
Emotional Space Design Inc. President

Ryozo Takeyama
University of Toyama Executive Vice President
Editor in chief of Signs magazine

Yasuo Yokota
Graphic Designer

Shimazu Katsuhiro
Environmental Graphic Designer
Shimazu Environmental Graphics

Maya Nakamuta
Designer
MED President

Regional jury(Primary screening only)

Director (Representative Secretary) from each region (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa) and one SDA Award Selection Committee member from each region, nominated by regional representative secretary.

Secondary Selection Commissioned Jury (Tentative) (In no particular order, titles omitted)

Director, Cool Japan Policy Division and Design Policy Office, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Bo Linneman
Creative Director
Kontrapunkt

Akira Kobayashi
Creative Type Director
Monotype Imaging Inc.

Mitsuhiro Suwa
loftwork President

Yuko Nagayama
Architect
Yuko Nagayama & Associates

Toshihiro Takahashi
Editor in chief of Discover Japan