In 1988, she was nominated for two Tony Awards for the Broadway version of "M. Butterfly" as Best Scenic Designer and Best Costume Designer.
She designed uniforms for the Canadian, Japanese, Spanish and Swiss teams at the 2002 Winter Olympics, as well as the logo for the Houston (Texas) Rockets.
Most acclaimed designer in Japan. Designed the official poster for the
Expo 1970 in Japan. Won a Grammy Award for the design of a Miles Davis
record cover.
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996.
She attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. She got her start in advertising with the cosmetics company Shiseido, and struck out on her own a decade later.
She was honored with a Google doodle on July 12, 2017, which would have been her 79th birthday.
Her father was a graphic designer, and warned her about trying to succeed in Japan's male-dominated world of advertising.