Amy Inouye

Current

• Owner at Future Studio
• Book Designer at Future Studio

Past

• graphic design instructor at California State University, Northridge

Education

• Art Center College of Design

Recommended

1 person has recommended Amy

Connections

45 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Company

Amy Inouye’s Summary

I've worked on over 100 book projects--mostly coffee table style--the whole package--cover and interiors. Everything from children's books to cookbooks to guidebooks and lots more. I've gotten pretty good at organizing and teamwork. I would like to branch off into more custom publishing, including corporate histories, yearbooks, and other projects that need to be a wonderful representation of you and your company. Books are a great sales tool but they can be tricky to produce (there are about one million details per book). I work with great people to produce really nice books.

Amy Inouye’s Specialties:

book production and design

Amy Inouye’s Experience

• Owner

  Future Studio

  (Design industry)

  January 1985 — Present (25 years )

  Future Studio is a small graphic design firm located in Los Angeles. We do custom print design work--primarily book design--for publisher clients.

• Book Designer

  Future Studio

  (Design industry)

  January 1985 — Present (25 years )

  Designer of books--covers and interiors--mostly coffee table type (colorful, full of images), sometimes trade titles (mostly text).

• graphic design instructor

  California State University, Northridge

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 1997 — January 2000 (3 years 1 month)

  I taught junior and senior design majors typography in graphic design.

Amy Inouye’s Education

• Art Center College of Design

  BFA , Painting , 1972 — 1975

Additional Information

Amy Inouye’s Websites:

• My Company

Amy Inouye’s Interests:

graphic design (especially book design), pop culture, visual art, performance art, contributing to the community in small but positive ways

Amy Inouye’s Groups:

Arroyo Arts Collective, North Figueroa Association (BID where my office is located), Photo Friends of LAPL, Friends of Chicken Boy, NELA Art Second Saturday Art Walks, Highland Park Ebell Club

Amy Inouye’s Honors:

several of the books we've designed have won awards: Gourmand World Cookbook Award (The Hollywood Cookbook), Southern California Independent Bookstores Association Best of Year (Santa Monica Beach, Río LA), SCIBA nomination (Wilshire Boulevard); LA Commons Uncommon Angel 2008 award (for contributions to the Highland Park community), “Best in Show” award at California Preservation Foundation's 2009 Conference (Three-Minute Success Stories), for our presentation “Chicken Boy's New Roost”

Amy Inouye’s Contact Settings

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