Art Director / Designer Work – Design Methods, Sources of Thought

Posted the process up to the completion of the work actually done by 164 cutting-edge and up-and-coming art directors/designers (groups) who are active at the forefront of Japan.

This is a must-have book for those involved in design as a collection of case studies of design stories that approach the inner workings of creatives, and as a sample book of design examples.

■ Listed art directors and designers (in order of publication)
Keiko Akatsuka/Natsuki Akanuma/Daisuke Arai/Awatsuji Design/Natsuki Isan/Mizuki Ishikawa/Atsushi Ishiguro/Michihiro Ishizaki/Eri Ishihara/Yuhei Ito/Yu Inoue/Yoshiyuki Imoto/Tatsumi Iwai/Kazuya Iwanaga/Nanako Uebo/Mr. Design /Kiki Uchida/Tomonori Uraguchi/Uromi/Econosis Design/Takahiro Eto/Rio Ebato/Kayo Ouchi/Satomi Okubo/Kenjo Ohashi/Kazuaki Ohminato/Tomonori Okazaki/Tomohiro Okazaki/Ken Okamoto/Kana Okita/Ono Keisuke/Daisuke Obana/Tomoya Kaishi/Mitsuki Kashiwagi/Kensaku Kato/Daisuke Kato/Hideyuki Kato/Ryosuke Kato/Chihiro Kato/Hajime Koya/Junya Kamata/Hoji Ueyama/Ryuichi Kawajiri/Yasuhisa Kawatani/Yuto Sugake/Kitaguchi Naoto/Yoshio Kinoshita/Koji Kimura/Hiroyasu Kimura/Hokuto Kudo/Arata Kubota/Akihiro Kumagai/Hiroshi Kurisaki/Takeshi Kuroiwa/Kenichi Kuromaru/Satoshi Kono/Masahiro Kosaka/Aya Kodama/Seita Kobayashi/Yoichi Kondo/Takumi Saito/Kensuke Sakakibara / Kazunari Sako / SEESAW / Serina Shiota / Motoi Ichito / Letters and Figures / Saori Shibata / Haru Shibata / Kaneki Shimizu / Masayuki Shimizu / Takuya Shiraishi / Yuka Shiramoto / Nanaya Shinbayashi / Shinsuke Suzuki / Yuichiro Suzuki / STUDIO DETAILS INC./Sumi Kazuki/Shogo Seki/Yoshiyuki Seki/Kimiko Sekido/TYPEFACE/Mitsuken Tokita/Masato Takagi/Shintaro Tagashira/Mamiko Takahashi/Yuichiro Takahashi/Asako Taki/Mamoru Takei/Saori Takeuchi/Kazushige Takebayashi/Shingo Takehiro / Eisuke Tachikawa / Keiko Tanaka / Seri Tanaka / Toru Tanaka / Yuichiro Tanaka / Shogo Tabuchi / Mika Tame / Yuto Tamura / Yuichi Tsunakawa / Takuya Tsunashima / Sakiko Kamisawa / Design and Communication / 10 inc. / DODO DESIGN / Ryuhei Nakadai / Mayuka Nambu / Atsushi Nishitarumi / NEWTONE / Kosuke Niwano / Takaaki Nemoto / Sayo Noda / Toru Noritomi / Akika Hashimoto / Yuji Hashimoto / Yurie Hata / Tomoko Hamada / Rikako Hayashi / Harajuku Design Inc. / Reiko Harajyo / Kentaro Harano / Yuji Higuchi / Hidekazu Hirai / Masayuki Hiraoka / Atsushi Hirano / Takuya Hirano / Tatsuro Hirano / Kisen Hirayama / Kosuke Fujisawa / Yoshiko Fujita / Masaomi Fujita / Daisei Fujimoto / Takahiro Furuya / Moe Furuya / Hiroshi Honma / Ryo Honma / Sadanori Maeda / Maeda Takashi/Keigo Masuda/Hiroyuki Masuda/Katsura Matsuzawa)/Hirokazu Matsuda/Miharu Matsunaga HAMI/Yuta Miura/Shino Misawa/Sho Mizui/Utaro Miyake/Yo Miyamae/Masashi Murakami/Ayako Medoki/Shun Morikawa/Kengo Morita/Koichi Yairi / Hideto Yagi / Daisuke Yajima / Keiji Yano / Rita Yamaguchi / Seitaro Yamazaki / Yohei Yamashita / Masakazu Yamanoguchi / Naoya Yoshida / RHYTHM INC. / Whatever Co. / 1DAY IDEA