About me

June Mineyama-Smithson (MAMIMU) is a London-based Japanese artist/graphic designer. Lecturer at UAL, D&AD judge and speaker at Design London, Birmingham Design Festival, and Design Manchester. Her bold joyful work has been featured internationally on Creative Boom, Fast Company, Design Milk, SCMP and Cow Parade Niseko. Her interest in combining art and science to find the ‘Optimum Optimism’ lead to a collaboration with neuroscientist Dr Tara Swart, which resulted in the creation of on-screen idents for ITV.

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Projects

• Creative Workshop: How to find inspiration anytime anywhereAn in-person workshop for anyone looking to find more inspiration for their creative work or in life.
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  Creative Paths Panel Discussion: Agency, Freelance, or Entrepreneurship?Join me for an insightful Panel Discussion with my guests, at London College of Communication.
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  MAMIMU Origin StoryA story of colours, shapes and optimism through my Tokyo Childhood, lockdown and the future. www.mamimutokyo.com Editor: Sam Johns Producer: Sophie Smith Motion Design: Chris Meadmore Additional Motion Design Support: Joel Vaughan Audio Mix: Ed Railton with support from CODA Post Production
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  Infinity DoorsMAMIMU brings optimism and joy to Coventry, along with an impressive creative force including Morag Myerscough, Adam Nathaniel Furman and Gensler. Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 invites a glorious lineup of artists, designers, architects and makers for the city-wide creative regeneration programme.
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  MAMIMU x Dr Tara Swart for ITV CreatesTo mark the mental health awareness month in May, Artist MAMIMU (June Mineyama-Smithson) and neuroscientist Tara Swart have teamed up to create a series of images to induce a chemical cocktail stimulate feelings of optimism for ITV.
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  MAMIMU x Print Social ‘Empowered’Original design in support of Women's Aid – a national charity working to end domestic abuse against women & children.

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Projects credited in

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  ITV x London College of Communication Graduate- Optimum OptimismArtist, and London College of Communication (LCC) graduate, June Mineyama-Smithson, has collaborated with a neuroscientist to create a new ident for ITV, as part of the channels ITV Creates project. The project aims to spread optimism across the UK for Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs from 10 – 16 May 2021.
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  Top 10: career advice tips for 2023Job hunting? Thinking of pivoting your career? Struggling with motivation? Working with a tricky client? We’ve got you! We’ve put together our top 10 career-related questions for 2023 to help you navigate through the year ahead, no matter if you’re just starting out, or already have experience in the industry. Click through to see insights, advice and top tips from industry mentors and our brilliant Dots community. Got some thoughts of your own? Please add your own wisdom if you have anything
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  International Women’s Day 2022, meet 100 rising stars inspiring changeWe still have a way to go when it comes to improving gender diversity and equality in the creative, tech and digital industries – which is why it is so important for us, as a platform, to use our force for good. We’re thrilled to be releasing our annual list celebrating and shining a spotlight on 100+ rising stars – as nominated by The Dots community – who are transforming the industry of today and inspiring the generation of tomorrow. The list beams with brilliant, talented people and their d

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Work history

Associate LecturerUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
Feb 2022London, United KingdomPart Time
Graphic Design JudgeD&AD
Mar 2021London, United KingdomPart Time

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Skills

• Graphic Design
• Branding Design
• Japanese
• Public Speaking