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Graphic Design: Japanese designer Shun Sasaki turns typography on its head!

Graphic Design: Japanese designer Shun Sasaki turns typography on its head!

Japanese typography is at the core of Tokyo-based design studio Laboratories

Japanese typography is at the core of Tokyo-based design studio Laboratories

Eric Hu's book features 1,000 unique Chinese character illustrations

Eric Hu's book features 1,000 unique Chinese character illustrations

Explore North Korean graphic ephemera in Phaidon’s new book

Explore North Korean graphic ephemera in Phaidon’s new book

Advertisement in guide book of Formosan restaurants 1942

Advertisement in guide book of Formosan restaurants 1942

"Chinese Emperor Standing in Pavilion", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru

"Chinese Emperor Standing in Pavilion", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru

Chilins (Chinese Chimerical Creatures) Fighting with a Dragon

Chilins (Chinese Chimerical Creatures) Fighting with a Dragon

3rd Central Star Ferry Pier - Magazine Store

3rd Central Star Ferry Pier - Magazine Store

Seiei: A Design Book 精英

Seiei: A Design Book 精英

A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡

A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡

Precepts for Women (Ehon Onna imagawa) 絵本女今川

Precepts for Women (Ehon Onna imagawa) 絵本女今川

Designer Can Yang's book visually presents ancient Chinese elixir recipes

Designer Can Yang's book visually presents ancient Chinese elixir recipes

Genre-bending, era-defining graphics in a book of 20th century Chinese design

Genre-bending, era-defining graphics in a book of 20th century Chinese design

Discover Antwan Horfee’s collection of Japanese playing cards

Discover Antwan Horfee’s collection of Japanese playing cards

This is Real Art release first book and it's a gorgeous study of Tokyo commuters by Adam Hinton

This is Real Art release first book and it's a gorgeous study of Tokyo commuters by Adam Hinton

Helmo studio’s Thomas Couderc designs an aesthetically pleasing book on Japanese manhole covers

Helmo studio’s Thomas Couderc designs an aesthetically pleasing book on Japanese manhole covers

Publication: Granta's new Japanese-themed issue is a stunning collection of words and pictures

Publication: Granta's new Japanese-themed issue is a stunning collection of words and pictures

Flip phones, vintage selfies and kitschy graphic design: Meet 1413 magazine, a “tickle fight” with Chinese culture

Flip phones, vintage selfies and kitschy graphic design: Meet 1413 magazine, a “tickle fight” with Chinese culture

Graphic Design: gu&em studio produce some of Seoul's nicest artist books

Graphic Design: gu&em studio produce some of Seoul's nicest artist books

The Type covers the history, development, conventions and transcultural contexts of Chinese typography in three new volumes

The Type covers the history, development, conventions and transcultural contexts of Chinese typography in three new volumes

This collection of “ghost signs” shows how the Chinese written language has changed over the last century

This collection of “ghost signs” shows how the Chinese written language has changed over the last century

Grace Helmer's intricate paintings and sketchbook pages from a trip to Japan and Taiwan

Grace Helmer's intricate paintings and sketchbook pages from a trip to Japan and Taiwan

South Korean designer Haein Song on the craft of bookbinding

South Korean designer Haein Song on the craft of bookbinding

Taiwan-based designer Peter Chang’s book jackets are “bold, clear and a little bit elegant”

Taiwan-based designer Peter Chang’s book jackets are “bold, clear and a little bit elegant”

XXL Studio is an iconic Chinese graphic design studio producing exceptional book design

XXL Studio is an iconic Chinese graphic design studio producing exceptional book design

Illustration: Amazing editorial illustration from Kyoto's Studio Takeuma

Illustration: Amazing editorial illustration from Kyoto's Studio Takeuma

Rooted in Japanese-Brazilian culture, Inari Type aims to further understand its heritage

Rooted in Japanese-Brazilian culture, Inari Type aims to further understand its heritage

Charlie Engman's eclectic bookshelf includes Japanese display design, London barber shops and bugs

Charlie Engman's eclectic bookshelf includes Japanese display design, London barber shops and bugs

This book is an intricate visual history of Japan’s boom in commercial design

This book is an intricate visual history of Japan’s boom in commercial design

Okuyama Taiki became interested in design while running a free bookshop in Tokyo

Okuyama Taiki became interested in design while running a free bookshop in Tokyo

Hyejin Song’s sushi utensils book archives the tools behind Tokyo’s most famous kitchen

Hyejin Song’s sushi utensils book archives the tools behind Tokyo’s most famous kitchen

Design with Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters explored in new book

Design with Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters explored in new book

Taschen’s new publication traces the exquisite history of Japanese woodblock printing

Taschen’s new publication traces the exquisite history of Japanese woodblock printing

An innovative approach to football mag design for Japanese publication Shukyu

An innovative approach to football mag design for Japanese publication Shukyu

Lost Magazine explores global travel from a uniquely Chinese perspective

Lost Magazine explores global travel from a uniquely Chinese perspective

More sharp, strange work from Qiu Yang for T Magazine China

More sharp, strange work from Qiu Yang for T Magazine China

Jaeyou Chung’s rebrand for Beijing’s X Museum features a type inspired by twisted dimensions and chair legs

Jaeyou Chung’s rebrand for Beijing’s X Museum features a type inspired by twisted dimensions and chair legs

Dancing In Utopia captures the trance-like communion of public square dancing in China

Dancing In Utopia captures the trance-like communion of public square dancing in China

New book from Gestalten mirrors the public spaces of North and South Korea

New book from Gestalten mirrors the public spaces of North and South Korea

Designed to mirror a physical experience, Oriental Silk documents the first Chinese silk importing business in the US

Designed to mirror a physical experience, Oriental Silk documents the first Chinese silk importing business in the US

Illustrator Anne Simon's new comic book is a sinister ode to a Chinese Empress

Illustrator Anne Simon's new comic book is a sinister ode to a Chinese Empress

Raysa Fontana imbues her work with the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of wabi-sabi

Raysa Fontana imbues her work with the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of wabi-sabi

Delightful editorial illustration for Japanese magazines by Ryo Takemasa

Delightful editorial illustration for Japanese magazines by Ryo Takemasa

Subculture, art and fashion in Anglo-Japanese publication Mother

Subculture, art and fashion in Anglo-Japanese publication Mother

Google Fonts Korean becomes interactive by manipulating path data

Google Fonts Korean becomes interactive by manipulating path data

The Shanghai Art Book Fair 2019 welcomed the creative industry’s big-wigs this weekend

The Shanghai Art Book Fair 2019 welcomed the creative industry’s big-wigs this weekend

Martina Paukova's Bookshelf features childrens' illustrations of Japan's most-wanted criminals and more

Martina Paukova's Bookshelf features childrens' illustrations of Japan's most-wanted criminals and more

Xiaopeng Yuan reinterprets the Chinese fable, The Butterfly Lovers, in a series for Télévision magazine

Xiaopeng Yuan reinterprets the Chinese fable, The Butterfly Lovers, in a series for Télévision magazine