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2013Seriously beautiful - and plentiful - patterned Japanese manhole covers!
2013
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2016Light-hearted and distinctive work by Japanese designer Toru Kase
2016
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2012Data becomes alchemy in Japanese maestro Ryoji Ikeda's jaw-dropping new Berlin installation
2012
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2013Danny Sangra's awesome illustrated interviews for new Tokyo show are a thrill
2013
Publication
2014Graphic Design: Japanese designer Shun Sasaki turns typography on its head!
2014
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2018Catching up with Charlotte Trounce while on a residency in Japan
2018
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2012Here's some super clean, crisp, colourful Japanese graphic design
2012
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2010WIN: Tokyo Bike
2010
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2012Check out the mid-century stylings of Japanese illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto
2012
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2013A Week On Monday: Lawrence Zeegen on 80s pop and Japanese junk
2013
Publication
2019Japanese typography is at the core of Tokyo-based design studio Laboratories
2019
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2018Shun Ishizuka's designs combine Western design influences for a Japanese context
2018
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2014Miscellaneous: Behind the scenes of the 1956 Japanese Godzilla
2014
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2018Ailsa Johnson’s illustrations draw on the everyday magic of Japanese culture
2018
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2012Traditional Japanese woodblock carvings give Nintendo a newfound gravitas
2012
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2015Japanese studio who sent a bonsai to space's Encyclopaedia of Flowers
2015
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2013Art: Henrique Oliveira's installation is taking over the Palais de Tokyo
2013
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2012Japanese studio Nendo use the everyday as inspiration for their compact designs
2012
Painting
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 01
2014
Poster
2010Come to Tokyo, travel poster, 1930s
2010
Object
2014Vintage Caravelle Manual Wind Pendant-Pocket Watch By Bulova, Made In Japan, About 1-3-4 Inches In Diameter (14030529516)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Goldtone LED Watch, Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (9633565670)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Electronic LED Wrist Watch With Red Display, Case Made in Japan (11756202854)
2014
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2014Vintage Caravelle Manual-Wind Watch, Made in Japan (11735958495)
2014
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2014Vintage Woman's Silvertone LED Watch by Sharp, Made in Japan (8455582063)
2014
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2015Vintage Frontier E107 Red LED Watch, Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (16674148932)
2015
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2015Vintage Frontier E107 Red LED Watch, Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (16487746000)
2015
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2015Vintage Compu Chron Red LED Pendant Watch, Case Made In Japan, Approximately 2.75 Inches In Diameter, Circa 1970s (16958389092)
2015
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2018Vintage Austin Men's Electronic Digital Watch, Red LED Display, Original Band, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1977 (27556638290)
2018
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Red LED Wrist Watch, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (13036091113)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Women's Red LED Wrist Watch, Made in Japan (11521923005)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Women's Red LED Wrist Watch, Made in Japan (11522012386)
2014
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2014Vintage Man's Silvertone LED Wristwatch by Sharp, NOS, Made in Japan, Great Futuristic Styling (8456597442)
2014
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2015Vintage Citizen Men's New Master Wrist Watch, 21 Jewels, Made In Japan (15760892825)
2015
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2015Vintage Compu Chron Women's Red LED Wrist Watch, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (16058920784)
2015
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2015Vintage Caravelle Men's Watch By Bulova, Manual Wind, Made In Japan (15871776037)
2015
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Original Band, Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (23918003082)
2018
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2014Vintage ChronoSonic 100 Men's LED Goldtone Watch, "The Computer Watch", Circa 1970s, Case Made in Japan, Nice Octagonal Shape (8952372956)
2014
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Original Band, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (25556073151)
2018
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2015Vintage Compu Chron Red LED Pendant Watch, Case Made In Japan, Approximately 1.75 Inches In Diameter, Circa 1970s (16959722625)
2015
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Red LED Display, Original Band, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (25281055589)
2018
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Original Band, Japan, Circa 1970s (23943619151)
2018
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2014Vintage ChronoSonic 100 Red LED Watch, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (14513739315)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Men's Silvertone LED Watch, Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (8973291878)
2014
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2018Vintage Sanyo Women's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Red LED Display, Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (25021526784)
2018
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2018Vintage Sanyo Women's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (25625829196)
2018
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2017Vintage Ricoh Men's Automatic Wrist Watch, 21 Jewels, Made In Japan, Circa 1980s (32112504766)
2017
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2014Vintage LeGant QS, Sold by Montgomery Ward, Automatic (Self-Winding) Wrist Watch, Made in Japan (11756267656)
2014
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Case Made In Japan, Module Dated January 1976 (32687791620)
2018
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2014Vintage Men's Silvertone Compu-Chron Digital LED Watch, Red Dial Face, Case Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (8597989987)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Red LED Wrist Watch, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (13036362224)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Goldtone LED Watch, Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (9633146458)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Silvertone Men's LED Watch, Case Made in Japan, Original Band, Circa 1970s (9629365745)
2014
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2015Vintage Austin Red LED Digital Watch, Original Band, Case Made In Japan, Dated 1976 On The Inside Of The Case (19027445555)
2015
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 15
2014
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 06
2014
Object
2014Vintage Phasar 2000 Men's Electronic LED Watch, Red Face, Sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co., Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (10598565373)
2014
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 12
2014
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 14
2014
Poster
2016The Tokyo Peace Exhibition 1922 event poster
2016
Poster
2019The poster for 1936 Japanese general election
2019
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 18
2014
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 04
2014
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Case Made In Japan, Module Dated January 1976 (32254157573)
2018
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Case Made In Japan, Module Date January 1976 (32913528342)
2018
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2014Vintage Phasar 2000 Men's Electronic LED Watch, Red Face, Sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co., Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (10598542723)
2014
Poster
2012Anti-Japan poster in Shanghai circa 1930
2012
Object
2015Vintage Compu Chron Women's Red LED Wrist Watch, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (16493865970)
2015
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2018Volume presents a long-overdue monograph on Japanese type master Takenobu Igarashi
2018
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2016Dutch artist Tymen Visser paints life in Tokyo
2016
Identity
2016KittoKatsu develops a speculative identity for Dusseldorf’s Japanese Quarter
2016
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2017Karifurav Caihua’s weirdly erotic Japanese-inspired illustrations
2017
Object
2015Vintage Austin Red LED Digital Watch, Original Band, Case Made In Japan, Dated 1976 On The Inside Of The Case (18841331379)
2015
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 17
2014
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2019Alice Tye's new exhibition presents the everyday details from a trip to Japan
2019
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2012Best of Japanese design scene in Berlin via the Tokyo Art Directors Club
2012
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2015Nuanced and deliciously strange illustration from Japanese artist Yu Fukugawa
2015
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2015UNIQLO's new Kabuki range takes inspiration from Japanese theatre
2015
Publication
2012This is Real Art release first book and it's a gorgeous study of Tokyo commuters by Adam Hinton
2012
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2015Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke is back with his charmingly naughty gifs
2015
Publication
2014Publication: Granta's new Japanese-themed issue is a stunning collection of words and pictures
2014
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2011WassinkLundgren: Tokyo Tokyo
2011
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2017Varied, playful and slightly odd drawings from Japanese illustrator Summer House
2017
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2013Photography: Nissan offer photographers the chance to go to Tokyo
2013
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 05
2014
Poster
2015Japanese Defense Agency 1954
2015
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2013Japanese photographer Takeshi Suga turns his talents to snow-bound serenity
2013
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2019Illustrative painter Alice Tye on capturing the natural beauty of Japan
2019
Garment
2013The Weekender: Sega, fashion week, Japanese crabs and roast pork. Greetings, Weekender!
2013
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2015Bizarre ad uses synchronised swimmers to advertise Japan’s hot springs
2015
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2012Posthumously introducing the undisputed king of Japanese Graphic design, Shigeo Fukuda
2012
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2012Design rising from destruction – new show focusses on post-tsunami Japanese revival
2012
Motion
2014Takashi Murakami's Japanese Manga music video for Pharrell
2014
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2017Animator and director James Curran’s amusing 30-day Gifathon project in Tokyo
2017
Poster
2019Poster for recruiting immigrants to Manchukuo from Japan
2019
Poster
2018Tokyo 1964 (184023408)
2018
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2014Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke’s adorable and hilariously rude GIFs
2014
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2013HarrimanSteel overhaul Tokyo Fixed in transformation to Kinoko Custom Cycles
2013
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2019A rural fishing village in Japan attempts to overcome its ageing population
2019
Poster
2014Japanese artist Ryo Kuwabara's incredible eye-popping poster design
2014
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2015Yakisoba noodles, cigarettes and Tokyo streets in Monika Mogi’s coming-of-age series
2015
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2017“A small Japanese photographer is on the same page of great photographers!”: Piczo joins WeFolk
2017
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2012Mogwai Japan: Knock for Knock
2012
Poster
2015Beer poster in Japan 2015-06-25
2015
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2017Ten contemporary Manga artists reshaping the eminent Japanese comic scene
2017
Poster
2015Daikoku Design Institute’s poster design for Tokyo art school uses abstract faces in acid shades
2015
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2012Jaw-dropping installation sees 100,000 LEDs float down Tokyo river
2012
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2012The intensely quiet, private moments of Japanese photographer, Go Itami
2012
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2019Koichi and Takeko: A tale of two grandparents and Japan through the 20th Century
2019
Poster
2019A glimpse at the 226 Japanese posters on display at Stedelijk Museum
2019
Publication
2018Grace Helmer's intricate paintings and sketchbook pages from a trip to Japan and Taiwan
2018
Project
2013The Graduates 2013: Luisa Whitton gets deep inside the Japanese robotics industry
2013
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2018Dairy drinks and cigarettes meet in Lucas Reis' illustrative evocations of Japan
2018
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2015Japanese artist Tatsuro Kiuchi is back with more beautifully finished illustrations
2015
Poster
20112011 Japanese power saving poster 03
2011
Poster
2015Refreshingly unexpected posters from Japanese designer Yutaka Satoh
2015
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2016Photographer Zaza Bertrand takes a look inside the Japanese love hotels
2016
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2012Japanese duo Nerhol talk about their triumphant time-lapse cut-away portraits
2012
Motion
2012Jake Davis and K-Swiss Japan ask what style is in this series of great short films
2012
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2017Illustrator Kate Prior works out “how the hell you draw air” for Wired Japan
2017
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2012Meet Sari, the Tokyo tourist photobomber making her hobby into an artform
2012
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2017David Lewandowski’s floppy rubber bodies take over the streets of Japan
2017
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2018Naoya Hatakeyama's photographs of Japan's contemporary topographies embody "the death and rebirth of cities"
2018
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2017Tokyo illustrator Okamura Yuta and his endearing brush-and-ink characters
2017
Publication
2014Illustration: Amazing editorial illustration from Kyoto's Studio Takeuma
2014
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2019Japanese illustrator Sabu is influenced by the nostalgia of old adverts
2019
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2016Tokyo-based illustrator Ryuto Miyake's work is full of warmth and wit
2016
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2012Enormous, breathtaking salt sculptures by Japanese Motoi Yamamoto
2012
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2015Gurafiku founder Ryan Hageman on the wonder of Japanese graphic design
2015
Motion
2017Lacey’s addictive film for Vogue Japan follows skater Hyojoo Ko through an architectural icon
2017
Publication
2018Charlie Engman's eclectic bookshelf includes Japanese display design, London barber shops and bugs
2018
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2018Friday Mixtape: Photographer Laura Lewis makes us a soundtrack for Japanese love hotels
2018
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2012Tadashi Ueda is perhaps Japan's most enigmatic young designer
2012
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2014Illustration: Striking Japanese scenes from illustrator Yuki Kitazumi
2014
Identity
2015Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic logos unveiled
2015
Motion
2014Film: Japanese woodblock printing exposed in Davin Haukebo-Bol's Sway
2014
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2013Art: Welcome to the psychedelic world of Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami
2013
Poster
20171930s Japan Travel Poster - 20 (cropped, with text)
2017
Poster
2011Recruitment poster for the Tank School of the Imperial Japanese Army
2011
Motion
2016Animator Hoji Tsuchiya's patchwork video for Japanese singer Uri Nakayama
2016
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2016Sean Lotman’s serenely psychedelic photographs of Japan
2016
Publication
2018Okuyama Taiki became interested in design while running a free bookshop in Tokyo
2018
Motion
2013Photography: Here's a series of vintage stills from Japanese film noir
2013
Project
2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2012A fascinating glimpse into the world of the Tokyo businessman by Bruno Quinquet
2012
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2017Japanese graphic designer Ryu Mieno creates type-heavy works fizzing with energy
2017
Poster
2015PanAm Japan Poster (19477934635)
2015
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 07
2014
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2013Graphic Design: Tokyo show brings celebrates 25 years of design brilliance from Why Not Associates
2013
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2012Japanese woodblock printmaker Nishijima Katsuyuki has an incredible craft
2012
Publication
2015Design with Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters explored in new book
2015
Publication
2019Taschen’s new publication traces the exquisite history of Japanese woodblock printing
2019
Poster
2017Japanese Rio 2016 Olympic Paralympic Medalists Parade (32983171881)
2017
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 13
2014
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2016Carl Randall’s detailed paintings depict the frenetic and crowded nature of Japan
2016
Photograph
2019Provoke magazine presents rare and haunting photographs of 1960s Japan
2019
Motion
2016Lufthansa travels to Japan to find the meaning of home for new film
2016
Publication
2015An innovative approach to football mag design for Japanese publication Shukyu
2015
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2014Weird and wonderful Japanese graphic design from Tadashi Ueda
2014
Identity
2015Naonori Yago designs a sophisticated identity for a Japanese department store
2015
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2012Majestic Ukiyo-e inspired illustrations from the gifted Yuko Shimizu
2012
Project
2013Photography: Superbly talented Go Itami beckons us into his own deliciously beautiful Japan
2013
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2013Graphic Design: Sensational Japanese graphics from aptly-named Groovisions
2013
Poster
2010Meiji-Jingu-shrine-Kanji-typeface
2010
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 10
2014
Poster
2016The paper picture show about Tsuburaya Kokich who got the copper medal of the Tokyo Olympic games in 1964 - panoramio
2016
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 11
2014
Identity
2011Logo of the Dela Cruz English Club, Japan
2011
Poster
2017Tokyo 2020 olympics
2017
Poster
2019Aircraft of Japan in art detail, Khabarovsk intervention (cropped)
2019
Project
2018The Art of Shinkansen animated gif series celebrates the Japanese bullet train
2018
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 03
2014
Project
2012Mouthwateringly wonderful Aesop Fables illustrations by Japanese master Takeo Takei
2012
Garment
2018Pugment is an art-fashion label reflecting the realities of modern-day Tokyo
2018
Project
2012Legendary Daido Moriyama's gritty portrayal of ancient Japanese tradition in the modern world
2012
Project
2016NY-based Kendall Henderson distils the visual complexity of Tokyo
2016
Project
2016Yoshinori Mizutani captures the colourful, rain soaked commuters of Tokyo
2016
Project
2017Tokyo-based photographer Yota Yoshida’s “poetic expressions in the everyday”
2017
Poster
20171930s Japan Travel Poster - 20 (cropped)
2017
Identity
2016Tokyo Broadcasting System logo 2007
2016
Identity
2015Logo Qatar National Bank
2015
Poster
2011Japanese Counterintelligence Poster circa 1940
2011
Poster
20142013 平成25年 日本経済産業副大臣松島みどり - 松島綠 State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Midori Matsushima
2014
Poster
2010Karama, a Japanese romance, promotional poster, 1904
2010
Identity
2015My Hero Academia logo in Japan 20150106
2015
Poster
2015Japan Poster (18855449164)
2015
Identity
2011Japan Airlines logo (2002–2011)
2011
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 02
2014
Poster
2013Japan-Meteorological-Agency-01
2013
Identity
2017Logo of Japanese movie High Speed!
2017
Poster
2019Art detail, The poster for 1936 Japanese general election (cropped)
2019
Poster
20181959 - Gewerbemuseum Basel - Alte und neue Formen in Japan
2018
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 21
2014
Identity
2012UNIQLO logo (Japanese)
2012
Poster
2010The Illustration of The Siberian War, No. 16. The Japanese Army Occupied Vragaeschensk
2010
Poster
2014Chinese anti-Japanese poster published after the revenge by Koreans
2014
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 16
2014
Poster
20112011 Japanese power saving poster 01
2011
Poster
2010Board of Tourist Industry poster, Japanese Government Railways cropped
2010
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 09
2014
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 20
2014
Poster
2015Tokyo Olympic 2020 Emblem with JAL (20864559060)
2015
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 08
2014
Poster
2011Anti-Japanese World War II propaganda poster war bonds
2011
Poster
20112011 Japanese power saving poster 02
2011
Poster
2010Sugiura Hisui Tokyo Subway 1927 poster
2010
Project
2019Fyre Festival’s digital designer Tokyo tells its story, two years on
2019
Brand
2017New Logo, Identity, and Packaging for Ramón Bilbao by Interbrand
2017
Brand
2014New Logo for Qatar Museums by Wolff Olins
2014
Brand
2016Japan’s Prefecture Icons and Flags
2016
Motion
2017Simon Landrein takes Dan Croll down the rabbit hole in his animated video for Tokyo
2017
Brand
2017Tokyo 2020 Mascot Candidates
2017
Brand
2015Tokyo 2020 Logo is Not Plagiarism
2015
Brand
2015Tokyo 2020 by PreSchoolers
2015
Brand
2019New Logo for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup by UnlockBrands
2019
Project
2017Dan Woodger channels the fun of the beach for McDonald's Japan
2017
Brand
2015Tokyo 2020 Logo gets Pulled
2015
Project
2010Japan Probe
2010
Project
2014Dan Wilton photographed Halloween in Tokyo for Vice
2014
Project
2015Nico Therin photographs Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market
2015
Project
2019Michiyo Yanagihara imbues her post-human photography with Japanese mythology
2019
Brand
2019New Logo and Identity for Doha Debates by e-Types
2019
Project
2014Yoshinori Mizutani's incredible photographs of Tokyo’s parrot infestation
2014
Brand
2015Tokyo 2020: Doomed
2015
Project
2012Six artists customise six cycles as part of Tokyo Bike's east London launch
2012
Project
2019Shiori Fujioka illustrates the unseen tranquility of Tokyo
2019
Brand
2016Curated Japanese Trademarks
2016
Project
2018Fish by Osma Harvilahti is a romantic interpretation of the Japanese fishing industry
2018
Identity
2016Brand Union discusses the merits and pitfalls of the design process behind the Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo
2016
Project
2010Tokyo Bike
2010
Project
2015Simple scenes and surreal poses from Japanese illustrator Noritake
2015
Brand
2016Tokyo 2020 Final Logo
2016
Project
2017Kobayashi Ikki’s striking hand-crafted designs are inspired by Japanese graffiti
2017
Brand
2015Tokyo 2020 Logo Contest
2015
Publication
2015Delightful editorial illustration for Japanese magazines by Ryo Takemasa
2015
Brand
2019New Logo for ZIPAIR Tokyo by Six Inc.
2019
Brand
2019Tokyo 2020 Pictograms
2019
Brand
2011The Torch Doha
2011
Brand
2014New Logo and Identity for Qatar National Library by Duffy & Partners
2014
Brand
2017New Logo System for Japan Football Association
2017