Arata Maruyama
- Design director
- Japan
- Member since 2021
Arata Maruyama is a designer and the founder of the visual communication design studio &Form, a design firm based in Tokyo, Japan.
Arata was born in Japan in 1978 and moved to Treviso, Italy in 2001 to be a researcher at Fabrica. He then enrolled in Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design to study under typographer Phil Baines, and received a BA degree (Hons) in Graphic Communication Design. Following his graduation in 2004, he gained work experience at Hans Dieter Reichert Design in the UK.
In 2006, Arata moved to southern Switzerland to work as art director of the m.a.x. museo, part of a major culture facility in the city of Chiasso. During the next five years, he was engaged in the curating, planning and designing of numerous exhibitions and their promotional materials in Switzerland and overseas. He established &Form, a design studio, in 2012, and a separate design research project called Form in 2020, both in Japan.
Arata’s work has been recognized by notable awards, including the D&AD “Wood Pencil,” Award360° “Best 100,” the Type Directors Club of New York “Typographic Excellence Award,” Lahti Poster Biennale “Finalist,” Premio Mobius “First Prize,” and the Japan Typography Association “Best Work of the Year.”
Arata has also served as a part-time lecturer at Keio University SFC since 2023, and was International Business Advisor, SME for the Japanese Ministry of Economy from 2012 to 2018.
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