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Marek Okon is a Tokyo based Art Director and Designer who goes under the alias of OKON. His multidisciplinary approach to design comes from a passion to play the roles of craftsman and inventor in order to visually and conceptually bring ideas to life.
OKON studied design production at the SCHOOLOFDESIGN of George Brown College, and design theory at YSDN of York University, in Toronto, Canada before relocating to Tokyo to work at Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo as a Senior Designer. For 10 years, he collaborated with clients such as Honda, Nike Japan, Google, MTV, Spotify, Sony, and Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, while taking on the role of designer, art director, photographer, illustrator, and animator.
Some of his accolades include having personal work featured in publications such as STASH MEDIA and Rock Port; being invited to speak at Plus+ International Conference in Birmingham, England about experimental typography; and exhibiting personal work at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany.
Currently OKON is working independently with various Tokyo based creative agencies and brands. Most recently collaborating with Apple Japan on branding new store openings.
OKON also plays around with the camera and you can see his photography here.
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2008 - Tokyo.点, W+K Tokyo Lab, Tokyo
2007 - Stash Magazine Vol. 34, Stash Media, Canada
2007 - Design Elements, Rockport, America
2007 - Almanac of Asia-Pacific Design, China
2006 - Almanac of Asia-Pacific Design, China
2005 - Machine Flesh, Ballistic Publishing, Australia
Exhibition
2013 - Moving Types, Dortmunder U, Dortmund
2013 - Off The Wall IV, Studio Couture / Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit
2012 - Transart, 3331, Tokyo ( Creative Direction for JKD room )
2012 - Moving Types, Galerie Prediger Museum, Schwäbisch Gmünd
2011 - Moving Types, Gutenberg Museum, Mainz
2011 - Artists for Tohoku, Tokyo Salon, Tokyo
2011 - Half a Second, Warehouse 702, Tokyo
2010 - Gelmanica in Pictures, Combine, Tokyo
2009 - Tokyo.点.42 Views of Tokyo, Neurotitan, Berlin
2008 - Tokyo.点.42 Views of Tokyo, Nucleus, Los Angeles
2008 - Tokyo.点.42 Views of Tokyo, Claska, Tokyo
2007 - FITC 2007, Toronto
2007 - Distillery District, Toronto
2004 - Design Exchange, Toronto
Speaker
2011 - RGD Webinar, Tokyo/Toronto
2009 - Temple University Students, Tokyo
2008 - YSDN Students, Toronto
2007 - Plus+ International Conference, Birmingham