(INTRO)Hi, I’m Ayaka. I’m based in New York City and Tokyo, and I create brand identities, books & magazines, typefaces, and illustrations in the fields of art, lifestyle, fashion, and beauty.

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Jasmine Display:
Delicate, modern serif typeface with spiky inscriptional qualities.

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Stone And Strand:
Brand refresh with a custom typeface for the New York-based jewelry label.

(BRANDING) (CUSTOM TYPEFACE)

Cometeer:
Coming Soon.

(AGENCY: CREECH). (BRANDING). (PACKAGING).

Juna:
Packaging for a plant-based formula for the mind, body, and mood.

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Flora Display:
Razor-sharp serif typeface with high stroke contrast and fun ligatures.

(CUSTOM TYPEFACE)

Free Magazine:
Designing a Japanese
fashion magazine that redefines cultural boundaries.

(AGENCY: NR2154). (BRANDING) (EDITORIAL DESIGN)

Creative Blood:
Identity and website for the London-based still and video production studio.

(AGENCY: NR2154) (BRANDING) (WEBSITE)

Luna Text:
A typeface inspired by astrology and classical Roman inscriptions with a sense of modernity.

(CUSTOM TYPEFACE)

Yvonne Koné:
Creating a brand that blends Ivory Coast heritage with Danish minimalism.

(AGENCY:NR2154) (BRANDING) (PACKAGING) (WEBSITE)

Résai:
Brand identity and typeface for a Japanese flower market.

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Rizzoli:
Book design for the legendary sculpture artists, Les Lalanne.

(AGENCY: NR2154) (EDITORIAL DESIGN) (CUSTOM TYPEFACE)

Kafeteria:
Infusing Japanese wabi-sabi into the classical Danish café in Copenhagen.

(AGENCY: NR2154) (BRANDING) (CUSTOM TYPEFACE)

Drunken Meadow:
Reinventing Taiwanese tea for the Brooklyn-based company.

(BRANDING) (ILLUSTRATION) (PACKAGING)

Yunjac:
Brand identity and packaging for Korean skincare line.

(AGENCY: NR2154) (BRANDING) (PACKAGING)

August Journal:
Custom typeface for Issue 5: Copenhagen.

(AGENCY: NR2154) (CUSTOM TYPEFACE)

Info —

(PROFILE) I’m Aya, an independent Creative Director based in New York City and Tokyo, specializing in type-driven brand identities, editorial design, illustrations, and typefaces for clients in the fields of art, hospitality, lifestyle, fashion, and beauty.

Over 15 years I have worked across brand identity, editorial design, and custom type for fashion and lifestyle clients including Rizzoli, Condé Nast, Tiffany & Co., Le Labo, and Gohar World. My type education runs from Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Visual Arts, Type@Cooper's Condensed / Extended Programs, to my master's at TypeMedia in The Hague. My practice draws equally from Latin and Japanese letterforms, and I am always in pursuit of making things beautiful.

Let’s work together. email@ayakaito.com

(CONTACT)

For new project inquiries, please tell me a little bit about you and your project upfront, including a rough timeline and budget. That way, I can get back to you as soon as possible whether if it's something I can take on.

Please reach out inquiries, collaborations, and questions to:

email@ayakaito.com

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LinkedIn
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(SERVICES)

Branding & Identity
Typeface Design
Publication Design
Packaging Design
Art Direction
Illustration
Website Design
Print Design
Signage

(EXPERIENCE)

Over the past 15+ years, I’ve worked with an array of international studios and clients, including:

Anteism Books
Condé Nast
Deux Cranes
Dims
Airbnb
Gohar
Google
Gossamer
Juna
Le Labo
Overheard
Ready To Hang
Stone And Strand
Studio Proba
The North Face Japan
Tower 28
Veuve Clicquot
—2018–Present

AG1 / Athletic Greens
Bloomscape
Book of the Month
Cometeer
Daring.
Eleven Madison Home
PAX
Seremoni
—creech, 2019–22

Museum of Ice Cream
Oula
—The Working Assembly, 2019

August Journal
Frederik Bille Brahe
Kjaer Weis
LVMH
Studio Formichetti
Oscar de la Renta
Rizzoli
Shinsegae
Tiffany & Co.
Uniqlo
Yvonne Koné
—NR2154, 2014–19

Bobbi Brown
Loeffler Randall
Gabriela Hearst
Moda Operandi
Shiseido
—RoAndCo, 2011–14

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(IMPRINT)

The serif typeface used on this website is currently being developed together with Flavia Zimbardi, and the work-in-progress family is available on flaviazim.com

Japanese translations by Saori Tanabe.

LOOKING TO COLLABORATE?

EMAIL(AT)AYAKAITO.COM

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(PROFILE) I’m Aya, an independent Creative Director based in New York City and Tokyo, specializing in type-driven brand identities, editorial design, illustrations, and typefaces for clients in the fields of art, hospitality, lifestyle, fashion, and beauty.

(CONTACT)

(SERVICES)

(EXPERIENCE)

(JOIN THE WAITLIST)

(IMPRINT)

Cometeer:
Coming Soon.

(CUSTOM TYPEFACE)

(AGENCY: NR2154). (BRANDING) (EDITORIAL DESIGN)

(AGENCY: NR2154) (BRANDING) (WEBSITE)

(CUSTOM TYPEFACE)

(AGENCY:NR2154) (BRANDING) (PACKAGING) (WEBSITE)

(AGENCY: NR2154) (EDITORIAL DESIGN) (CUSTOM TYPEFACE)

(AGENCY: NR2154) (BRANDING) (CUSTOM TYPEFACE)

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