Slanted in Tokyo

A year ago, the Slanted team dove into Tokyo—with their friends Renna Okubo and Ian Lynam preventing them from drowning—to take an intense look at the contrasting design scene. The Japanese capital is a unique place. With its clean streets, punctual transportation and polite service at every turn, Tokyo is more than just a well-run city. It unites cultural extremes: it is a city where the futuristic meets the traditional and tranquility meets speed. In the Slanted Magazine #31—Tokyo you can get a visual impression of the studios we visited during our journey. Now we present the work of Shin Akiyama, a successful designer and publisher.

Akiyama studied Architecture at Tohoku University and Tokyo University of the Arts, and founded the design office schtücco in Shinjuku, Tokyo, in 2003. In 2009, he started the publishing label edition.nord and moved to Niigata, a very snowy area in Japan, in  2010. He is a teacher at the Department of Intermedia Art of Tokyo University of Arts, and a jury member of the Japan Book Design Awards since 2018.

Take a look at the Slanted Magazine #31—Tokyo to get an idea of Tokyo’s creative environment. Additionally you can find several video interviews on our video platform to get a deeper insight in the designer’s thoughts.