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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. 

    Japanese     animals     design     jewelry     origami     cute     etsy    
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    bamboo origami Fox /Kitsune brooch by Melanie Gray Augustin (more jewelry inspired by vintage kimono fabric designs)

    bamboo origami Fox /Kitsune brooch by Melanie Gray Augustin

    (more jewelry inspired by vintage kimono fabric designs)

    1960s     Japanese     Tadanori Yokoo     colors     design     posters     Japan    
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    colorful poster designs by Tadanori Yokoo (rediscovered via 50 Watts)

    colorful poster designs by Tadanori Yokoo

    (rediscovered via 50 Watts)

    1970s     design     flickr     illustration     records     vintage     vinyl     Japanese    
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    “Eraserhead vs. Protractorhead,” illustration by Kiyoshi Awazu c. 1971(first discovered via A Journey Round My Skull on flickr)

    “Eraserhead vs. Protractorhead,” illustration by Kiyoshi Awazu c. 1971
    (first discovered via A Journey Round My Skull on flickr)


    books     dogs     cute     japanese     design    
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    “The Graphics of Japanese Dog” by Kazuya Takaoka and Sachiko Kuru (via mattsung)

    “The Graphics of Japanese Dog” by Kazuya Takaoka and Sachiko Kuru 
    (via mattsung)

    books     murakami     publishing     Japanese    
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    Murakami Fans Rejoice: Counting Down to 1Q84 (via The Millions)

    Murakami Fans Rejoice: Counting Down to 1Q84 (via The Millions)

    design     package     alcohol     animals     crane     origami     packaging     drinks     sake     japanese     beautiful    
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    A classy label design for Crane Sake by Argentian based studio Boldrini & Ficcardi (via lovely package)



    A classy label design for Crane Sake by Argentian based studio Boldrini & Ficcardi (via lovely package)

    Israel     Jerusalem     Haruki Murakami     fiction     literature     publishing     books     japanese     Palestinian     conflict     Jerusalem     prize     writing    
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    “Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami last night accepted Israel’s prestigious literary award, the Jerusalem prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society, despite opposition from pro-Palestinian groups…” (via guardian.co.uk)



    “Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami last night accepted Israel’s prestigious literary award, the Jerusalem prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society, despite opposition from pro-Palestinian groups…” (via guardian.co.uk)

    beer     labels     cute     animals     owl     alcohol     graphic design     illustration     sake     Japanese     package design    
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    I discovered this adorably packaged beer a few months ago in a tiny beer store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (wish I remembered the name, but they carried so many beers I’ve never seen before, many with beautiful labels—but I bought one of the Hitachino beers 100% for the label design). I’m happy to see Dieline put together a post with the cute Owl. Hitachino Nest Beer (via TheDieline.com via notcot)



    I discovered this adorably packaged beer a few months ago in a tiny beer store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (wish I remembered the name, but they carried so many beers I’ve never seen before, many with beautiful labels—but I bought one of the Hitachino beers 100% for the label design).

    I’m happy to see Dieline put together a post with the cute Owl.

    Hitachino Nest Beer (via TheDieline.com via notcot)

    wii     games     weird     funny     wii     mii     posters     police     Japan     japanese     art    
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    Police in Japan use Wii to create wanted poster (via CNET News)



    Police in Japan use Wii to create wanted poster
    (via CNET News)

    illustration     imagine     Japanese     flickr     paintings    
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    just discovered the wonderfully imaginative illustration work of Rokuro Taniuchi via A Journey Round My Skull’s newly added flickr images



    just discovered the wonderfully imaginative illustration work of Rokuro Taniuchi via A Journey Round My Skull’s newly added flickr images

    Shigeo Fukuda     graphic design     Japanese     Japan     illusion     optical art     poster desgin     icons     logos     Paul Rand    
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    Remembering Graphic Designer Shigeo Fukuda(1932 – 2009)


    Remembering Graphic Designer Shigeo Fukuda
    (1932 – 2009)