Sonya Dyakova
Sonya Dyakova (born 1975) is an award-winning UK-based Russian graphic designer.
Biography
Born in Ukraine, Dyakova grew up in the city of Novosibirsk, Siberia. After studying at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, California, she moved to London where she began her career as a graphic designer. She has worked for the Vince Frost, London, design firm,[1] and in 2005 she joined Phaidon Press, where she worked closely with art director Alan Fletcher. At Phaidon Dyakova was responsible for the design of a wide range of books, from contemporary art and design to architecture and photography projects. Specialising in typography, she creates bespoke typefaces, such as Paper Alphabet, which has gathered international recognition and numerous awards. Her approach to book design is strongly rooted in attention to conceptual and tactile details, as well as typographic experimentation developed through extensive research. She runs her own practice in London and is a former Art Director at frieze magazine. Her Paper Alphabet, a bespoke typeface designed for a book project Sculpture Today, was displayed at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Blink, Cut + Repeat: joined show with Victoria Bean, Asli Kal, Sam Messenger, Sam Winston and Ian Wright.
Awards
- 2006 - Art Directors Club of New York -- Nobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death
- 2006 - American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2005 -- Nobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death
- 2007 - Print Magazine Annual Awards -- Story of Art, Pocket Edition
- 2007 - Art Director's Club Silver -- Sculpture Today
- 2007 - AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers -- Sculpture Today
- 2008 - Tokyo Type Directors Club, annual -- Ice Cream
- 2008 - Type Directors Club, New York -- Ice Cream and Sculpture Today
- 2008 - Wallpaper Annual Awards -- Paper Alphabet
- 2008 - AIGA 365 -- Paper Alphabet
- 2010 - Creative Review Annual, Best in Book -- Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory
- 2010 - Tokyo Art Director’s Club -- Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory
- 2010 - Type Directors Club, NY -- Painting Today
- 2010 - Grafik Magazine Award -- Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory
- 2010 - D&AD in book -- Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory
- 2010 - AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers -- I know how to Cook
- 2010 - Tokyo Type Directors Club, Grand Prix -- Creamier
Publications
- IDEA Magazine, Japan 2001
- The Power of Paper in Graphic Design, Rockport Publishers 2002
- Creative Review, London 2002
- Graphics International, London 2002
- Shtab-Kvartira Magazine, Moscow, 2002
- The Graphic Book, D&AD, London 2002
- D&AD Annual 2007 -- Story of Art, Pocket Edition
- Grafik Magazine 2007 -- Story of Art, Pocket Edition, Ice Cream, Yesterday’s Sandwich
- Creative Review, December 2007 -- Sculpture Today
- Wallpaper Annual Design Awards, February 2008—Best Typeface Award for Paper Alphabet
- Grafik Magazine, December 2008 -- Lewis Carroll
- Grafik Magazine, July 2009 -- Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory
- Art Directing Projects for Print, RotoVision, Fall 2009
External links
- Phaidon Press
- Wallpaper* - Design Awards 2008 Paper Alphabet awarded 'Best Typeface'
- Blink, Cut + Repeat
- Wallpaper* Sex Issue: Type Tart Cards
- I Know How to Cook Russian graphic design magazine, Kak
- Sculpture Today Russian graphic design magazine, Kak
- Book review Recipes from an Italian Summer, Grafik Magazine
- Tokyo Type Directors Club 2010
References
- ↑ "great britain". PRINT. 57 (3): 89. May–June 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- Art Directing Projects for Print: Solutions and Strategies for Creative Success by Tony Seddon, Luke Herriott, Rotovision, 2009
- アイデア: 世界のデザイン誌, Issues 275-277 Seibundō Shinkōsha = 誠文堂新光社, 1999
- Art Directors Annual 85
- Creative Review Annual 2010
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