Aisanka 정보 매거진 by Kiyoka Yamazuki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 은상 in 그래픽, 일러스트레이션 및 시각 커뮤니케이션 디자인 Competition Category.

은그래픽· 2025

Aisanka 정보 매거진

by Kiyoka Yamazuki

Client: Aichi Prefectural Government, General Affairs Department, Regional Affairs Division

A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 그래픽 Category

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The Design

About Aisanka 정보 매거진

그녀는 아이치현의 매력(역사, 문화, 산업 등)을 일본 전역과 전 세계에 알리기 위해 아이치현 축제를 주제로 한 표지 일러스트레이션 제작 의뢰를 받았다. 영상 자료와 문헌을 통해 아이치 지역 고유의 축제들을 관찰하고 그 특징을 포착하여, 일러스트레이션을 통해 축제의 즐거움과 독특함을 자신만의 방식으로 표현했다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 은상

Aisanka 정보 매거진, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. Aisanka 정보 매거진, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. Aisanka 정보 매거진, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This information magazine is for promoting Aichi Prefecture. It is a tool to let Aichi residents and people from other prefectures know the good points of Aichi Prefecture, and to remind them that Aichi Prefecture is a rich city with culture, industry, and tradition, and an attractive city that we can be proud of on the world stage.
Dimensions & Packaging: This information magazine is one of the tools to let people know about the appeal of Aichi's traditional culture, industry, and products, encourage participation in vibrant urban development, introduce Aichi to other prefectures, and promote the good things about Aichi.
Height 29.7mm x width 21mm, 18 pages.
It is a quarterly magazine published twice a year, and is also introduced to the Aichi Prefectural Government, each branch office, and other prefectures.
Tags: #142430 Silver A' Design Award for Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Category/Kumanokodou
Production Technology: She didn't have a chance to actually see the festival, but she watched a video of the Aichi festival and was inspired by it to create a hand-drawn illustration (of the fun and splendor of the festival).
Design Challenge: Although she never had the chance to actually go see a festival, she studied videos of festivals in Aichi Prefecture and created illustrations to convey the fun and realism of the festivals. It is unclear whether the magazine achieved its goals, but in 1996 she created and published an illustration of the Tahara Kite Festival, which earned her a letter and a mini kite from the Tahara Kite Preservation Society, and she participated in the kite flying that year.
Research: The purpose of the magazine was to convey the charm of Aichi's traditional culture, industry, and products to people inside and outside the prefecture, and to have them rediscover the good things about Aichi. At the same time, Aichi Prefecture was also working hard to attract the World Expo at the time, so the magazine was globally conscious. The warmth of the hand-drawn illustrations and the unique use of color fascinated people visiting the local traditional festival.
Inspiration: This was an information magazine created at the time to promote Aichi to the people of Aichi and other prefectures, as well as to the world, in order to attract the World Expo to Aichi Prefecture. The cover illustration she created was based on the theme of "festivals," a tradition passed down since ancient times, and promoted the charm of Aichi both within and outside the prefecture.
Project Duration: The project period was from 1994 to 1998. It was a four-year project that was published twice a year, with the focus on Aichi Prefecture and disseminating to the rest of the country.
Operation Flow: At the time, the Aichi Expo was about to be held, and in order to ensure the success of the Expo, the client wanted the people of Aichi to rediscover the good things about the prefecture and promote it not only to other prefectures but also to the world. So she designed the illustration with the hope that people would be able to feel the good things about Aichi through its traditional festivals that are close to them.
Image Credits: ＃162363：Illustrator/Kiyoka Yamazuki 1995
#1:Illustrator/Kiyoka Yamazuki 1995
#2:Illustrator/Kiyoka Yamazuki 1996
#3:Illustrator/Kiyoka Yamazuki 1998
#4:Illustrator/Kiyoka Yamazuki 1996