Nigel Aono-Billson is a graphic designer, author and design educator. He has run his own design studio, been a partner in another, and worked for a number of established design studios/consultancies with National and International clients. In the early 90s, he worked as a staff designer at the seminal Dutch design studio, Hard Werken, in the Netherlands.

Alongside his design career, Nigel has taught on a number of BA and MA level, Graphic Design and Visual Communication courses in the UK, America, Finland and Thailand. Plus, contributed to the establishment and validation of several Graphic Design and Digital Design Undergraduate courses within the UK and given talks on his creative practice.

He continues to work with a small range of client/commissioners working primarily within publishing and visual identity sectors, here in the UK and Japan. His current clients include Strangers Press and The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures.