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Nod Young, artist and designer, once studied at the Academy of Arts & Design and currently lives and works in Beijing and Los Angeles. In 2015, he founded the studio A Black Cover Design︎ in Beijing which provided customers with brand design, visual system and art guidance services. He has worked for brands including Nike, Disney, Coca-Cola, and Carier, participated in many commercial and art activities as independent creator, and won such awards as Tokyo TDC Annual Awards, HKDA GDA Sliver and Jury Award, Red Dot Award, Cannes Golden Lion Award and Venice Excellence Design Award.
  • TOKYO TDC, Tokyo, 2021 JP
  • ADC Young Guns, New York, 2021 US
  • Top Awards, Tokyo, 2020 JP
  • 8th Founder Type Fonts Design Award, Beijing, 2018 CN


  • HKDA GDA Sliver & Jury Award, Hong Kong, 2019 CN
  • Tokyo Type Directors Club, TDC Prize, Tokyo, 2018 JP
  • La Biennale di Venezia, Design Excellence Award, Venice, 2014 IT
  • Red Dot Award: Communication Design, 2012 GE
  • Cannes Lions 2011, Gold Lion, 2011 FR




EXHIBITIONS

  • Get it Louder, Beijing / Shanghai, 2014, CN
  • La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2014, IT
  • Outstanding Chinese Character Design Works, Taipei, 2013, TW
  • China Design Exhibition, Shenzhen, 2013, CN
  • Get it Louder, Beijing / Shanghai, 2012, CN
  • “Neo Folk”, cutlog Paris X Kult's Exhibition, Paris, 2011, FR
  • Official Program China Year in Italy, Milano & Torino, 2011, IT
  • Design Exhibition, Bloomsbury Festival, London, 2011, UK
  • Beijing Design Week, City sculpture, Beijing, 2011, CN
  • Skate Deck Art Exhibition, Shanghai / Beijing, 2011, CN
  • TRANSMISSION, the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, 2010, SG
  • Skate Deck Art Exhibition, Beijing, 2010, CN
  • The City Slickers Exhibition, London, 2009, UK
  • China Design Now! , Portland Art Museum, Portland, 2009, US
  • GREEN ART FAIR Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing, 2009, CN
  • Creative Power Moves The City, Hong Kong, 2008, CN
  • Contemporary Art Exhibition, Barcelona, 2008, ES
  • Three Stripe Skate Hype Exhibition, Beijing, 2008, CN
  • Synesthesia Contemporary Art Exhibition, Rhode Island, 2008, US
  • Asian Rise Exhibition, Berlin, 2007, DE
  • Nod & Rei Inoue Two Artist's Exhibition, Beijing, 2007, CN
  • China Show Art & Design Exhibition, Manchester, 2006, UK




NEW BRAND CLIENTS
播 Broadcast (2021-2022)、Bananain 蕉内 (2020-2022)、Beneunder 蕉下 (2019)、参半 (2020)、大力 (2020)、Daisy Sky 雏菊的天空 (2021)、ffit8(2022)、FLOW (2019)、古茗 (2022)、官栈 (2021)、gaga (2020)、好哩 (2022)、皓原箔业 (2021)、乎兮 (2022)、活力28 (2021)、INTO YOU (2022)、极料理 (2021)、拉面说 (2021)、乐纯 (2017)、两只兔子 (2022)、LEVEL8 (2019-2021)、李宁 1990 (2021)、猫人 (2022)、每日黑巧 (2019)、棉仓 (2022)、Make Sense 理然 (2019-2022)、Mini Bala 迷你巴拉 (2021)、MITATA (2021)、moody (2020)、奶酪博士 (2021)、pidan (2018-2022)、PUPUPULA (2017)、REVER (2021)、思凯乐 (2019)、小野 (2019)、Smartisan 锤子科技 (2012-2016)、Snowplus 雪加 (2020)、天真蓝 (2015-2020)、ubras (2022)、VfU (2021)、WOMO (2021)、喜雾 (2021)、朝日唯品 (2021-2022)、湛庐 (2018-2022)、中啡 (2021)、左点 (2021)、ZZER 只二 (2022) 等

GLOBAL BUSINESS CLIENTS
Adidas (2010), American Express Bank (2011), Brown University (2006-2008), Converse (2011-2012), Cartier (2021), Disney (2012), DKNY (2013), FIAT (2011), Greenpeace (2007-2009), HSBC (2009), Johnson & Johnson (2008), Lining (2010-2011), McDonalds (2009-2010), Mercedes-Smart (2008), Nestle (2008), Microsoft (2007-2011), Nike (2010-2021), Nokia (2006-2008), Porsche (2009), Red Bull (2012), Societe Generale (2009), Symantec (2008), Vancl (2013), Yale University (2006-2007), etc.

MEDIA REPORTED
IdN (HK), Creative Review (UK), eye Magazine (UK), Encore (Germany), Associated Press (US), Computer Arts (China), Bluecanvas (US), Belio Magazine (Spain), Sushi (Germany), Modern Weekly (HK), Zupi (Brazil), Design Enterprise (US), Capricho (Brazil), Super City (China), Kulturaustausch (Germany), YOHO (China), Economic Observer (China), Urbane Magazine (China), City Pictorial (China), Rolling Stone (China), Urban (China), TV Playground Blog (UK), Surface (China)