AKIHIRO NAKAYAMA - Designer

I'm highly experienced Graphic Designer specialized in book publishing.

I have a postgraduate diploma in Graphic Design from Central St Martins with a specialism in Typography. I am highly proficient in Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark Express and following a background in magazine publishing, I have a broad range of experience covering non-illustrated and illustrated books across all genres, including cookery and adult reference and across trade, co-edition and promotional markets.

Since October 2017 I have been working as a freelance designer. Most recently I have been in-house at Palgrave Macmillan, but I have also been working on projects for Ebury Press, BBC Books, Essential Works, Aurum, Elwin Street and Hachette Children’s Books. I have also been working with a couple of tech companies working on their brand identity and UI.

From 2007 – 2009 I was Art Director, in a newly created role, at Quintessence (Quarto Group) where I worked on several international bestselling projects including the 1001 series and Art: The whole story. Aside from overseeing each title’s development from the layout, to the book jacket to the index, a significant part of my role was managing employees, freelance and external, and commissioning photographers, illustrators, picture editors and administrating budgets.

I specialised in typography in as part of my studies at St Martins and typography remains always the source of inspiration for my work.