Bon Vivant 资讯杂志 by Kiyoka Yamazuki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 银奖 in 平面、插画与视觉传达设计 Competition Category.

银平面· 2025

Bon Vivant 资讯杂志

by Kiyoka Yamazuki

Client: Bon Vivant / Credit union

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About Bon Vivant 资讯杂志

这本资讯杂志由全国各地的信金银行发行，便于客户随手取阅。其目的是作为信金银行、客户与当地社区之间的沟通工具，宣传各地区的魅力和特产，将人们与地域连接起来。设计师创作了令人忍不住想拿起来翻阅的封面插画。这是一幅色彩鲜艳、令人印象深刻的手绘插画。读者们表示，这本杂志唤起了他们对季节和家乡的怀旧回忆。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Bon Vivant 资讯杂志是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Bon Vivant 资讯杂志将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Bon Vivant 资讯杂志是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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.
Dimensions & Packaging: 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.
Tags: #142430 Graphic, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Category Silver Award / Kumano Kodo
Production 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.
Design 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.
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.
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.
Project Duration: 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.
Operation Flow: 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.
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