The Venus Fort is located at Odaiba. I saw it for the first time during this project and realized that it is a very enjoyable space which integrates a shopping mall and a theme park. It reminded me of the work of Jean Pierre Khazem -- an artist in Paris that I had been wanting to work with -- and thought his style would work well to render this theme park.
I felt like I wanted to add some interpretation of my own to this setting having a somewhat Western feel to it and so I decided to showcase it in a poster using only simple combinations of text. Because it was so straight-forward, I had not expected to receive any award for it. This was a surprise and I'm very grateful for the award. It is a humbling feeling and makes me realize that there is much more that I must do.

Katsunori Aoki

Born in Tokyo in 1955. Graduated from design course of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in '79 and completed Master Course of Graduated School in '81. In '84, he established Taku Satoh Design Office Inc. after working at Dentsu Inc.. Awards he received include : Tokyo ADC Prize, JAGDA New Comer Award, and so on. Member of Tokyo ADC, Tokyo TDC, JAGDA, Japan Design Committee and AGI.Katsunori Aoki