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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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2013Seriously beautiful - and plentiful - patterned Japanese manhole covers!
2013
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2009James Gilpin (In Tokyo)
2009
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2009Lost In A Moment - Tokyo
2009
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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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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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2013Danny Sangra's awesome illustrated interviews for new Tokyo show are a thrill
2013
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2014More excellent work from unstoppable Swedish illustrator Sara Andreasson
2014
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2013Illustration: Swedish illustrator Klara Persson has charm in no small dose
2013
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Never Mind the Object
2012
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2014Miscellaneous: Behind the scenes of the 1956 Japanese Godzilla
2014
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2012Check out the mid-century stylings of Japanese illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto
2012
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2018Ailsa Johnson’s illustrations draw on the everyday magic of Japanese culture
2018
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2018Shun Ishizuka's designs combine Western design influences for a Japanese context
2018
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2014Product Design: Swedish student's system to pay at shops by using vein scanning!
2014
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2013A Week On Monday: Lawrence Zeegen on 80s pop and Japanese junk
2013
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2019Japanese typography is at the core of Tokyo-based design studio Laboratories
2019
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2015Bright, polished and inventive graphic design from Swedish agency Ritator
2015
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2010WIN: Tokyo Bike
2010
Identity
2020Motoi Shito designs fresh and unexpected packaging for a Japanese confectionary company
2020
Poster
2012Illustrators! Take inspiration from these magnificent 1930s Swedish posters
2012
Identity
2018Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe
2018
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2018Swedish design studio Amanda & Erik avoid the tropes of minimalist, Scandinavian design in their practice
2018
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2012Japanese studio Nendo use the everyday as inspiration for their compact designs
2012
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2012Traditional Japanese woodblock carvings give Nintendo a newfound gravitas
2012
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2013Art: Henrique Oliveira's installation is taking over the Palais de Tokyo
2013
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2015Japanese studio who sent a bonsai to space's Encyclopaedia of Flowers
2015
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202013 Franco-Japanese designers and illustrators respond to the philosophy of Emanuele Coccia in a new poster exhibition
2020
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2022Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
2022
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2025Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move
2025
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2012Stockholm Design week 2012: Form us With Love
2012
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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
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2021Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection
2021
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2016KittoKatsu develops a speculative identity for Dusseldorf’s Japanese Quarter
2016
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2019Photographer Maja Daniels explores the ancient language and culture of an isolated Swedish community
2019
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2017Karifurav Caihua’s weirdly erotic Japanese-inspired illustrations
2017
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2025Ana Flores on growing a photographic practice from her Peruvian roots
2025
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2021Celebrating the legacy of Kamekura Yusaku’s iconic Tokyo 1964 Olympics identity
2021
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2022Broken Japanese: Why even a “respectful” homage to a country’s culture can be problematic
2022
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2012A fresh, Swedish graphic design studio for y'all to be inspired by
2012
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2024The View From Tokyo: the fascinating origins, and triumphant resurgence, of Risograph in Japan
2024
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2015Perfect type and considered visual flourishes in Stockholm-based Studio Parasto Backman's graphics
2015
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2020Illustrator Joshua Winston Scurville's inspirations vary from Japanese graphic design to jazz
2020
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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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2016Väg: a new identity for Swedish band “owned” by design agency Snask
2016
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2015Nuanced and deliciously strange illustration from Japanese artist Yu Fukugawa
2015
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2025Athletics’ identity for GOCA references traditional Japanese script and incorporates “infinite” patterns
2025
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2021Maciek Pożoga captures the human-like qualities of Japanese macaques
2021
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2021Art collective Excalibur on using pixel art to blend Japanese myths with reality
2021
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2015UNIQLO's new Kabuki range takes inspiration from Japanese theatre
2015
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2025Discover Antwan Horfee’s collection of Japanese playing cards
2025
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2012This is Real Art release first book and it's a gorgeous study of Tokyo commuters by Adam Hinton
2012
Identity
2020Te Mata: a studio visually adjusting “the still diluted Peruvian identity”
2020
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2013Super-crisp skincare branding from Swedish studio Bedow
2013
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2024The View From Tokyo: why Laforet Harajuku is an epicentre for the city’s alternative creative ideas
2024
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2021Helmo studio’s Thomas Couderc designs an aesthetically pleasing book on Japanese manhole covers
2021
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2015Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke is back with his charmingly naughty gifs
2015
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2012Stockholm Design Lab create smashing new Ikea food packaging
2012
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2014Publication: Granta's new Japanese-themed issue is a stunning collection of words and pictures
2014
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2014Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog
2014
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2011WassinkLundgren: Tokyo Tokyo
2011
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2017Dan Wilton photographs a flock of Swedish birdwatchers for this serenely beautiful book
2017
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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
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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
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012
2012
Garment
2013The Weekender: Sega, fashion week, Japanese crabs and roast pork. Greetings, Weekender!
2013
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2021Jentwo’s sunny, characterful illustrations are inspired by Japanese City Pop and the friendly folk of Kamakura
2021
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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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2013Swedish studio PJADAD kick food photography up a gear for new campaign
2013
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2012Design rising from destruction – new show focusses on post-tsunami Japanese revival
2012
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2025This exhibition showcases the universal language of Japanese pictograms
2025
Motion
2014Takashi Murakami's Japanese Manga music video for Pharrell
2014
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2013Things 2013 #8: professional wrestling, Swedish design, youthful shots, 180 shots and the future of illustration.
2013
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2017Animator and director James Curran’s amusing 30-day Gifathon project in Tokyo
2017
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2014Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke’s adorable and hilariously rude GIFs
2014
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2020Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia
2020
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2026Theo Cottle pays tribute to the slow dancing of Japan’s youngest samurais
2026
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2019How do you advertise a Swedish bank? With Snoop Dogg and Afghan hounds
2019
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2014Graphic Design: Peruvian Gabriela Maskrey delights us again with art show catalogue
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
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2014Japanese artist Ryo Kuwabara's incredible eye-popping poster design
2014
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Clemence Seilles
2012
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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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2020Seb Agresti tells us about his residency in Japan and the importance of reinventing yourself
2020
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2012Mogwai Japan: Knock for Knock
2012
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2017Ten contemporary Manga artists reshaping the eminent Japanese comic scene
2017
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2024Dinosaurs, UFOs and fairytale castles: A travel diary of Japan’s roadside love hotels
2024
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2015Daikoku Design Institute’s poster design for Tokyo art school uses abstract faces in acid shades
2015
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: DeisgNu
2012
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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
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2019A glimpse at the 226 Japanese posters on display at Stedelijk Museum
2019
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2012Pipe smoking gets a fresh new look courtesy of Swedish designers Stiff
2012
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2018Grace Helmer's intricate paintings and sketchbook pages from a trip to Japan and Taiwan
2018
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2020“I love books!”: How Japanese graphic designer Ikuya Shigezane keeps traditional techniques alive
2020
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2013Design talks will never be the same again thanks to this pavilion in Sweden
2013
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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
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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
Motion
2020Part fashion film and part documentary, Nobu is a stylised portrait of a Japanese immigrant
2020
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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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
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2014Illustration: Amazing editorial illustration from Kyoto's Studio Takeuma
2014
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2020Rooted in Japanese-Brazilian culture, Inari Type aims to further understand its heritage
2020
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2021In Tokyo, Ichijo Hikaru is looking beyond Japanese beauty standards for her illustrations
2021
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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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2022Broken Japanese: Understanding privilege and cultural appropriation as a creative
2022
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Katrin Greiling
2012
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2015Gurafiku founder Ryan Hageman on the wonder of Japanese graphic design
2015
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2021Stefan Dotter documents the Ama, the “sea women” of Japan
2021
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2017Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations
2017
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2017Pass-the-illustration and an hour of Swedish Progg. It's time for Things!
2017
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2017Lacey’s addictive film for Vogue Japan follows skater Hyojoo Ko through an architectural icon
2017
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2016Understated and beautiful Vitra packaging by Swedish studio BVD
2016
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2015Swedish studio Snask's brilliant handmade letters for Washington Post
2015
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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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2016Summer Studio and 2typer create “multiple poster” exhibition identity for Royal Institute of Art Stockholm
2016
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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
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2024This book is an intricate visual history of Japan’s boom in commercial design
2024
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2015Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic logos unveiled
2015
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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
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2017Architect’s draftsman turned illustrator: Daniel Lima’s colourful version of reality
2017
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2024Joseph Töreki’s juicy renders are inspired by “perfect” pieces of Japanese fruit
2024
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2012Thomas Brown celebrates shapes in five films for Swedish label NAKKNA
2012
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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
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2015Work in Progress: the DIY zine from Swedish Studio Reko
2015
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2015Another treasure trove of work from Swedish creative Martin Nicolausson
2015
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2018Okuyama Taiki became interested in design while running a free bookshop in Tokyo
2018
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2013Photography: Here's a series of vintage stills from Japanese film noir
2013
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2011Katrin Greiling: Stockholm Furniture Fair
2011
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2014Eclectic graphic skills from Stockholm studio Research and Development
2014
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2026Hyejin Song’s sushi utensils book archives the tools behind Tokyo’s most famous kitchen
2026
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2012A fascinating glimpse into the world of the Tokyo businessman by Bruno Quinquet
2012
Identity
2019Unmaking Democratic Design explores Sweden’s design identity through chairs
2019
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2024The View From Tokyo: embracing imperfection and humour with heta-uma
2024
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2013Ikea in Swedish shows how to pronounce the names of your favourite furnishings
2013
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2017Japanese graphic designer Ryu Mieno creates type-heavy works fizzing with energy
2017
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2013Graphic Design: Tokyo show brings celebrates 25 years of design brilliance from Why Not Associates
2013
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2022Meet Yasuo-range, the Tokyo illustrator using geometric expressions to transform the nondescript
2022
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2012Japanese woodblock printmaker Nishijima Katsuyuki has an incredible craft
2012
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2017Swedish artist Ekta reconsiders simple geometric shapes
2017
Poster
2017New publication chronicles Soviet anti-alcohol posters throughout the ages
2017
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2013Here's mysterious, Swedish magic carpet makers Oyyo and their beautiful rugs. Thanks Wednesday!
2013
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2015Design with Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters explored in new book
2015
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2020Japanese photographer Hashimoto Shoko looks back to 50 years ago, to his time spent with the Goze
2020
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2019Taschen’s new publication traces the exquisite history of Japanese woodblock printing
2019
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2016Carl Randall’s detailed paintings depict the frenetic and crowded nature of Japan
2016
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
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2020Four illustrators create alternative mascots for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
2020
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2025Angela Kirkwood illustrates a reissue of Magical Athlete – the zany Japanese board game that’s absurd and fun in equal measure
2025
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2019Provoke magazine presents rare and haunting photographs of 1960s Japan
2019
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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
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2012Excellently gauged info-heavy illustration from Swedish illustrator Nils-Petter Ekwall
2012
Identity
2015Naonori Yago designs a sophisticated identity for a Japanese department store
2015
Publication
2021“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture
2021
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2012Majestic Ukiyo-e inspired illustrations from the gifted Yuko Shimizu
2012
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2012Sweden's money gets a beautiful redesign by graphic designer Göran Österlund
2012
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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
Typeface
2021Grilli Type’s latest typeface GT Maru takes inspiration from Japan’s friendly and efficient signage
2021
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2015Bonkers, beardy and very Swedish new Saatchi & Saatchi Rekorderlig ad
2015
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2018The Art of Shinkansen animated gif series celebrates the Japanese bullet train
2018
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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
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2012Legendary Daido Moriyama's gritty portrayal of ancient Japanese tradition in the modern world
2012
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2013Photography: James Chororos enchants with his photographs of Peru
2013
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2016NY-based Kendall Henderson distils the visual complexity of Tokyo
2016
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
Identity
2024Ana Flores sees photography as “an essential tool” to explore her Peruvian roots
2024
Identity
2013Brilliant visual identity for B-B-B-BOOKS by Swedish design studio 1:2:3
2013
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2016Yoshinori Mizutani captures the colourful, rain soaked commuters of Tokyo
2016
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2017Tokyo-based photographer Yota Yoshida’s “poetic expressions in the everyday”
2017
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2019Fyre Festival’s digital designer Tokyo tells its story, two years on
2019
Motion
2017Simon Landrein takes Dan Croll down the rabbit hole in his animated video for Tokyo
2017
Photograph
2020Roberto Badin’s latest series shows the vivid beauty and “underlying loneliness”of Japan
2020
Typeface
2016Grilli Type designs new typeface inspired by Soviet children’s books
2016
Identity
2015Fantastically simple record store branding by Swedish studio Bedow
2015
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2022Broken Japanese: Exploring exoticisation and stereotyping in graphic design
2022
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2021Illustrator Kelly Anna’s Tokyo Olympic series proves she’s not yet done evolving
2021
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2017Dan Woodger channels the fun of the beach for McDonald's Japan
2017
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2010Japan Probe
2010
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2014Dan Wilton photographed Halloween in Tokyo for Vice
2014
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2015Nico Therin photographs Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market
2015
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2019Michiyo Yanagihara imbues her post-human photography with Japanese mythology
2019
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
Typeface
2018These Swedish kids designed a typeface to celebrate their neighbourhood
2018
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2014Yoshinori Mizutani's incredible photographs of Tokyo’s parrot infestation
2014
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2017Swedish illustrator Malin Rosenqvist creates textural works about psychology and powerful women
2017
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2009The Japanese Gallery of Psychiatric Art
2009
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2012Six artists customise six cycles as part of Tokyo Bike's east London launch
2012
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2019Shiori Fujioka illustrates the unseen tranquility of Tokyo
2019
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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
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2010Tokyo Bike
2010
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2015Simple scenes and surreal poses from Japanese illustrator Noritake
2015
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2025Irasutoya: the best-known illustrator in Japan, that you’ve probably never heard of
2025
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2017Kobayashi Ikki’s striking hand-crafted designs are inspired by Japanese graffiti
2017
Publication
2020Raysa Fontana imbues her work with the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of wabi-sabi
2020
Motion
2024Studio Frith brings nostalgia and charm to the visual identity of Swedish hotel Ett Hem
2024
Publication
2015Delightful editorial illustration for Japanese magazines by Ryo Takemasa
2015
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2025How changing tattoo culture reflects a quiet shift in Japan
2025
Typeface
2020Kachi-Buwa is a variable Katakana typeface expressing Japanese onomatopoeic expressions
2020
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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200841% Tokyo 59% Paris
2008
Publication
2015Subculture, art and fashion in Anglo-Japanese publication Mother
2015
Motion
2018Dante Zaballa's animation of Japan morphs through bullet trains and karaoke bars
2018