Damon Nakagawa

About Damon Nakagawa

Creative director and visual designer with a passion for building design systems, brand identities, websites, and campaigns. I balance strong analytical and conceptual thinking with a keen design sensibility. For over 25 years, I have worked at creative agencies, in-house, and currently run my own design firm delivering brand, print, and digital solutions across a range of industries, for a variety of organizations from startup to Fortune 50, non-profit to corporate, including 3M, American Cancer Society, Boeing, Recovery Café, and Target.

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Nakagawaco

   May 2020 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Co-founder of NakagawaCo, an independent design studio that specializes in building and extending brand identities for a range of businesses and organizations. We help brands express who they are and what they stand for.Key clients: Clearwater Paper, Clickatell, Cognite, Knopf Doubleday, Knot Strategy, Lighthouse Global, Recovery Café, Shinnyo-en, Weddle Gilmore Architects.

Education

• University of Washington

  BA

• Seattle Central College

  AAS

Skills

• Graphic Design
• Branding & Identity
• User Experience Design
• Information Design
• Web Design
• Concept Development
• User Interface
• Creative Strategy
• Layout
• Corporate Branding
• Creative Direction
• User-Centered Design
• Usability
• Sketching
• Typography
• Digital Strategy
• Corporate Identity
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Visual Communication
• Indesign
• Experience Design
• Interaction Design
• Brand Architecture
• Design Strategy
• Photography
• Brand Development
• User Experience
• Logo Design
• Graphics
• Illustrator
• Illustration
• Art Direction
• User Interface Design
• Information Architecture