This is the first publication of Isao Makino’s illustration works.  You can see around 1,000 works from his 30 years career on this 896 pages archives.

AD: Tatsuya Ariyama  Design: Tatsuya Ariyama + Chiharu Nakamoto (Ariyama Design Store)

【Biography】
Isao Makino
Isao Makino is an artist who was born in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture in 1964. After graduating from the Graphic Design Department of Tama Art University, he joined Sun-Ad, an advertising company, as a graphic designer. He left the company in 1992 to start his art career. Since then, he has been active in illustrations for books, magazines and advertisements for over thirty years. He has held many solo exhibitions at HB Gallery in Aoyama, Gekkoso Art Studio in Ginza, etc., won the Tokyo ADC Award in 2012, 2013 and 2017, and launched the art coterie magazine “April and October” in 1999. He is an Editor-in-chief of  “Kumo no ue” (Above the Clouds), an information magazine about Kitakyushu City, his hometown, and “Hida”, a public relations magazine about the Hida Sangyo Co. His recent books include “Kabocha wo shio de niru” (Simmering Pumpkin with Salt; Gentosha), “Gaka no muda aruki” (Painters’ Unnecessary Walk; Chuo Koron Shinsha), “Boku wa Taiyo wo Nomu” (I’ll Swallow the Sun; Minatono Hito). He loves drinking, bathing and cooking.

【Book information】
Title: Isao Makino: Illustration works and experience note 1987-2019 Palm tree and whiskey, nostalgia
Author: Isao Makino
Price: 13000JPY＋tax
B5 Size, Soft cover, 896 pages
ISBN978-4-416-71840-7