Naoko Aono

Born in Tokyo. Graduated from Waseda University's School of Humanities No. 1. Completed the visual design course at Kuwasawa Design School. Worked at publisher Rikuyosha and did editorial work for the architecture and design magazine "FP" before becoming a freelancer. Writes mainly about architecture, art, and design. Has jointly written books such as "New guide to walks in art areas" published by Nitto Shoin Honsha. Has jointly authored the Pen BOOKS including "We love Yayoi Kusama", "What the Renaissance was about", "What Christianity is about", "The Impressionists - The revolutionaries who changed painting" "Analysis of all the Da Vinci works". Also writes for the PEN magazine and other magazines such as Casa Brutus, Vogue Japan and the web magazine "honeyee.com".