The idea of starting his own art design company first came to him after he joined the Epoch Publicity Agency owned by J. F. Chang. There he was in charge of advertising and art design for publications and posters.
談起當年他創立第五季設計公司的緣由，他說：「離開廣告公司以後，我便進入張任飛先生的『現代關係社』工作，初期也是設計社裡代理的廣告，後來又加上做海報及書刊的美術設計工作。」