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Atelier Dyakova is a multi-disciplinary design studio based in London, founded by a Russian graphic designer, Sonya Dyakova (born 1975).

After studying in San Francisco, Sonya moved to London, working with Vince Frost and Kerr|Noble, before joining Phaidon Press in 2005, where she worked closely with Alan Fletcher. As a design director she was responsible for commissioning, art direction and design of books on contemporary and fine art, design, architecture and photography.

She has designed titles for iconic artists such as Nobuyoshi Araki, Boris Mikhailov and Carl Andre. Books like Story of Art, E.H. Gombrich (Pocket Edition) and Sculpture Today has brought her international recognition.

In 2011 Sonya was appointed as the art director of Frieze magazine and has been commissioned to re-design it. She has created a new magazine for Frieze Masters in 2012.

Specialising in typography, magazine and book design, she creates bespoke typefaces, such as Paper Alphabet. Her approach is strongly rooted in conceptual and tactile details, as well as typographic experimentation developed through research.

Sonya's work has been awarded by the Art Directors Club, Type Directors Club in New York, AIGA and nominated by D&AD. In 2011 she received Grand Prix from the Tokyo Type Directors Club for the art book Creamier. Read Less

2006

— Art Directors Club, NY — Nobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death
— AIGA 50 Books /50 Covers of 2005 — Nobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death

2007

— Print Magazine Annual Awards — Story of Art, E.H. Gombrich (Pocket Edition)
— D&AD pencil nomination — Story of Art, E.H. Gombrich (Pocket Edition)
— Art Directors Club, NY Silver — Sculpture Today
— AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers — Sculpture Today

2008

— Tokyo Type Directors Club, Annual— Ice Cream
— Type Directors Club, NY — Ice Cream and Sculpture Today
— Wallpaper* Annual Awards — Paper Alphabet
— AIGA 365 — Paper Alphabet

2010

— Type Directors Club, NY — Painting Today
— Creative Review Annual, Best in Book — Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory
— Tokyo Art Directors Club — Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory
— Grafik Magazine Awards — Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory
— AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers — I Know How to Cook
— D&AD Annual, In Book — Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory

2011

— Tokyo Type Directors Club, Grand Prix winner — Creamier Read Less

— IDEA Magazine Issues 275 – 277 Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1999
— 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, E.H. Gombrich (Pocket Edition)
— Grafik Magazine 2007 — Story of Art, Ice Cream, Yesterday’s Sandwich
— Creative Review, December 2007 — Sculpture Today
— Wallpaper* Annual Design Awards, 2008 — Best Typeface, Paper Alphabet
— Grafik Magazine, December 2008 — Lewis Carroll
— Grafik Magazine, July 2009 — Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory
— Art Directing Projects for Print, RotoVision, 2009
— Art Directors Annual 85
— Creative Review Annual 2010
— D&AD Annual 2010
— Grafik Magazine Awards issue, June 2010, Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory
— Elephant magazine, February 2011, Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Women in Design
— Monocle, May 2012, The Review Read Less