Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Goes to Bon Vivant Information Magazine by Kiyoka Yamazuki
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Kiyoka Yamazuki for graphics, illustration and visual communication design
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COMO, Italy, April 21, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Bon Vivant Information Magazine by Kiyoka Yamazuki, designed for Bon Vivant / Credit union, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Bon Vivant Information Magazine
Bon Vivant is an information magazine distributed free of charge at credit union branches across Japan. Each bimonthly issue introduces local people, industries, regional products and tourist sites, connecting readers with the towns around them. The magazine measures 21 by 15 centimetres and contains about 15 pages. The cover illustration is hand drawn with brushes and acrylic paints on illustration board, using compasses, rulers and ruling pens, and is then refined in image editing software. Warm colours invite readers to take a copy home.
About Kiyoka Yamazuki
She is one of the most active illustrators in Japan. She mainly creates illustrations for corporate information magazines and calendars. She has been a lecturer at the Japan Designer Art College in Nagoya since 1999. She has also been teaching the joy of imagining and creating through art studies at Tokai Medical College in Nagoya since 2010.
Award Record
With this recognition, Kiyoka Yamazuki is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2022 - 2023 to 2024 - 2025 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Award
The A' Graphic Design Award is an international graphic design competition recognizing good graphic designs by best creative agencies and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Entries typically include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. Awarded graphic designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/graphics
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/170205
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/170205
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!170205
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/334119
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.yamazuki.me
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Bon Vivant Information Magazine
- Function
- Information Magazine
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- White, Chocolate, Crimson, Sienna and Medium Turquoise
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Bon Vivant / Credit union
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kiyoka Yamazuki
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #170205
Credits
- Image Credits
- Main image is Image #1 Illustrator Kiyoka Yamazuki 2015 Optional image #1 Illustrator Kiyoka Yamazuki 2015 Optional image #2 Illustrator Kiyoka Yamazuki 2014 Optional image #3 Illustrator Kiyoka Yamazuki 2014 Optional image #4 Illustrator Kiyoka Yamazuki 2015
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This magazine is available at credit unions across Japan and is available for customers to pick up at their convenience. She created it with warm, hand-drawn illustrations and eye-catching colors to make it easy for customers to pick up and take home.
- Inspiration
- This project was created as an information tool that can be placed in the storefronts of Shinkin banks nationwide and can be freely taken home. It is also an information magazine based on the concept of "shinkumi," which energizes people and cities. The theme of the issue for which she was asked to illustrate was Hiroshima Summer. She created an illustration based on the theme of the Itsukushima Shrine Orchestra Festival, which energizes people and cities.
- Research
- This magazine is a pamphlet distributed free of charge by Shinkin banks nationwide. How do customers get it? We think it is important for customers to get to know the local people and towns. She created eye-catching illustrations that convey the warmth and nostalgia of the town. As a result, people visit the area (by buying local products, etc.) and learn about its good points. I think this has connected people and towns.
- Challenge
- She didn't know how the magazine actually got from store shelves to customers' hands. However, the magazine did receive feedback from readers. One such comment, "Looking at the illustration on the cover, I felt nostalgia and a sense of the season, and it reminded me of home," made her happy.She didn't quantify the actual effect, so she doesn't know, but it seems that this activity was effective.
- Realization and Technology
- My works are mainly hand-drawn illustrations using brushes, acrylic paints, illustration boards, compasses, rulers, ruling pens, etc., and some are retouched in Photoshop.
- Operation and Interaction
- Installed at Shinkin Bank branches/ Distributed free of charge/Information and gifts This information magazine introduces people, industries, local products, and tourist spots working hard in each region of Japan, helping to steadily connect people and cities.
- Project Duration and Location
- She was commissioned to do this project by a planning and production company (BOON Corporation + Shinkumi Sogo Service Corporation). She produced six books per year for each month over five years (30 books) from January 2011 to April 2018. The project was supervised by the National Federation of Shinkin Banks.
- Specifications
- Used for the cover illustration of the magazine. Magazine size: 21cm x 15cm, 1mm thick (B5 size), about 15 pages Published bimonthly, this year's theme is "World Heritage Sites and Festivals." The illustrations are mostly hand-drawn, but sometimes Photoshop is used.
- Keywords
- #142430 Graphic, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Category Silver Award / Kumano Kodo
