Masamichi Udagawa is a partner at Antenna Design New York Inc., which he co-founded with Sigi Moeslinger in 1997.
Antenna's design projects range from public and commercial to experimental and artistic, typically spanning object,
interface and environment. Among Antenna's best known projects are the design of New York City subway cars and ticket
vending machines, Bloomberg displays and interactive environments, such as Power Flower, an installation in the
windows of Bloomingdale's activated by passersby. Antenna's work has won numerous awards, including recognition
from Business Week/IDSA, I.D., Fast Company and Wired magazines. In 2006, Antenna received the United States Artists
Target Fellowship in the Architecture and Design Category. In 2008, Antenna won the National Design Award in
Product Design.
Before forming Antenna, Masamichi was a senior designer at Apple Computer Industrial Design Group in Cupertino, California. He also worked at the Yamaha Product Design Laboratory in Japan. Masamichi holds a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BE in Industrial Design from Chiba University in Japan.
Before forming Antenna, Masamichi was a senior designer at Apple Computer Industrial Design Group in Cupertino, California. He also worked at the Yamaha Product Design Laboratory in Japan. Masamichi holds a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BE in Industrial Design from Chiba University in Japan.
On the Web
- Website: Antenna Design
- National Design Award: 23/6 Ultra-Mobile PC
- Interview: Brand Channel