About the artist:

Born into an art papermaking family in Kanazawa, Japan, Takaaki Matsumoto exhibited his creativity from an early age. As an award-winning graphic designer, his signature style of quiet but assertive elegance runs through the highly successful and numerous corporate identity programs he created. His work has been recognized with several honors and has been included in the collections of various museums, including: The Library of Congress, The Chicago Museum of Architecture and Design, The Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.