This is the third iteration of the essay Japanese Graphic Design: Not in Production. The first appeared in the German typography magazine Slanted in 2012. The second version appeared on (…) Read more
Posts in Category ‘Typography’
Candid Thoughts on the 2020 Olympic Logo
Train ads and posters are popping up in Tokyo advertising the city’s aspiration to host the 2020 Olympic Games*. Adorning the posters is one of the most unimaginative logo designs (…) Read more
Why Japanese Web Design Is So… Different
In the mind’s eye of many people Japan is a land of tranquil Zen gardens, serene temples, and exquisite tea ceremonies. Both traditional and contemporary Japanese architecture, books and magazines are the envy of (…) Read more
GIF-ted
For some reason GIFs keep coming up this February 2014. For example, Tokyo based Loftworks Inc. is organising an animated GIF contest called 3 Seconds Magic. Loftwork is an interesting entity (…) Read more
Helvetica for your nose. Eyeglasses inspired by Type.
New Japanese eyewear brand Type is turning two of the most famous fonts in history into spectacle frames: Helvetica and Garamond. Type is a collaboration effort of Oh My Glasses with Tokyo based advertising (…) Read more
Noramoji Project
We can find a lot of font in old towns. Those may not be so sophisticated but have a unique charm. In this project, we named such characters “NORAMOJI”. We (…) Read more
