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    1950s     Japan     cats     design     illustration     japanese     vintage     ads    
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    more vintage Japanese advertisements The above ad from 1954, featuring a stylized black cat,* is one of Twenty-one More Ads from 1950s Japan posted by 50Watts. This curated group is a follow-up to an equally visually appealing post with more examples of colorful, illustrative, mid-century design from Japan. (via 50Watts, some images found in book 1950: Japanese Graphic Design in the ’50s: The Designer Is Born, others from mega Japanese resource for scanned vintage magazine ads, Retromaniagogo) *please leave a note if you have more info on origin of this design along with name of the designer behind this black cat with red eyes holding “Modanpasu” sign. 

    more vintage Japanese advertisements

    The above ad from 1954, featuring a stylized black cat,* is one of Twenty-one More Ads from 1950s Japan posted by 50Watts. This curated group is a follow-up to an equally visually appealing post with more examples of colorful, illustrative, mid-century design from Japan.

    (via 50Watts, some images found in book 1950: Japanese Graphic Design in the ’50s: The Designer Is Born, others from mega Japanese resource for scanned vintage magazine ads, Retromaniagogo)

    *please leave a note if you have more info on origin of this design along with name of the designer behind this black cat with red eyes holding “Modanpasu” sign. 

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