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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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James Gilpin (In Tokyo)

Seriously beautiful - and plentiful - patterned Japanese manhole covers!

Lost In A Moment - Tokyo

Light-hearted and distinctive work by Japanese designer Toru Kase

Data becomes alchemy in Japanese maestro Ryoji Ikeda's jaw-dropping new Berlin installation

Catching up with Charlotte Trounce while on a residency in Japan

Here's some super clean, crisp, colourful Japanese graphic design

Danny Sangra's awesome illustrated interviews for new Tokyo show are a thrill

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

WIN: Tokyo Bike

Check out the mid-century stylings of Japanese illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto

Shun Ishizuka's designs combine Western design influences for a Japanese context

Miscellaneous: Behind the scenes of the 1956 Japanese Godzilla

Ailsa Johnson’s illustrations draw on the everyday magic of Japanese culture

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

A Week On Monday: Lawrence Zeegen on 80s pop and Japanese junk

Motoi Shito designs fresh and unexpected packaging for a Japanese confectionary company

13 Franco-Japanese designers and illustrators respond to the philosophy of Emanuele Coccia in a new poster exhibition

Japanese studio Nendo use the everyday as inspiration for their compact designs

Japanese studio who sent a bonsai to space's Encyclopaedia of Flowers

Art: Henrique Oliveira's installation is taking over the Palais de Tokyo

Traditional Japanese woodblock carvings give Nintendo a newfound gravitas

Taschen’s monograph features Sebastião Salgado’s powerful photographs of the Kuwaiti oil fires

Volume presents a long-overdue monograph on Japanese type master Takenobu Igarashi

Dutch artist Tymen Visser paints life in Tokyo

KittoKatsu develops a speculative identity for Dusseldorf’s Japanese Quarter

Karifurav Caihua’s weirdly erotic Japanese-inspired illustrations

Celebrating the legacy of Kamekura Yusaku’s iconic Tokyo 1964 Olympics identity

Broken Japanese: Why even a “respectful” homage to a country’s culture can be problematic

The View From Tokyo: the fascinating origins, and triumphant resurgence, of Risograph in Japan

Illustrator Joshua Winston Scurville's inspirations vary from Japanese graphic design to jazz

Alice Tye's new exhibition presents the everyday details from a trip to Japan

Best of Japanese design scene in Berlin via the Tokyo Art Directors Club

Nuanced and deliciously strange illustration from Japanese artist Yu Fukugawa

Athletics’ identity for GOCA references traditional Japanese script and incorporates “infinite” patterns

Maciek Pożoga captures the human-like qualities of Japanese macaques

Art collective Excalibur on using pixel art to blend Japanese myths with reality

UNIQLO's new Kabuki range takes inspiration from Japanese theatre

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

The View From Tokyo: why Laforet Harajuku is an epicentre for the city’s alternative creative ideas

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

Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke is back with his charmingly naughty gifs

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

WassinkLundgren: Tokyo Tokyo

Varied, playful and slightly odd drawings from Japanese illustrator Summer House

Photography: Nissan offer photographers the chance to go to Tokyo

Japanese photographer Takeshi Suga turns his talents to snow-bound serenity

Illustrative painter Alice Tye on capturing the natural beauty of Japan

The Weekender: Sega, fashion week, Japanese crabs and roast pork. Greetings, Weekender!

Jentwo’s sunny, characterful illustrations are inspired by Japanese City Pop and the friendly folk of Kamakura

Bizarre ad uses synchronised swimmers to advertise Japan’s hot springs

Posthumously introducing the undisputed king of Japanese Graphic design, Shigeo Fukuda

Design rising from destruction – new show focusses on post-tsunami Japanese revival

This exhibition showcases the universal language of Japanese pictograms

Takashi Murakami's Japanese Manga music video for Pharrell

Animator and director James Curran’s amusing 30-day Gifathon project in Tokyo

Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke’s adorable and hilariously rude GIFs

Theo Cottle pays tribute to the slow dancing of Japan’s youngest samurais

HarrimanSteel overhaul Tokyo Fixed in transformation to Kinoko Custom Cycles

A rural fishing village in Japan attempts to overcome its ageing population

Japanese artist Ryo Kuwabara's incredible eye-popping poster design

Yakisoba noodles, cigarettes and Tokyo streets in Monika Mogi’s coming-of-age series

“A small Japanese photographer is on the same page of great photographers!”: Piczo joins WeFolk

Seb Agresti tells us about his residency in Japan and the importance of reinventing yourself

Mogwai Japan: Knock for Knock

Ten contemporary Manga artists reshaping the eminent Japanese comic scene

Dinosaurs, UFOs and fairytale castles: A travel diary of Japan’s roadside love hotels

Daikoku Design Institute’s poster design for Tokyo art school uses abstract faces in acid shades

Jaw-dropping installation sees 100,000 LEDs float down Tokyo river

The intensely quiet, private moments of Japanese photographer, Go Itami

Koichi and Takeko: A tale of two grandparents and Japan through the 20th Century

A glimpse at the 226 Japanese posters on display at Stedelijk Museum

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

“I love books!”: How Japanese graphic designer Ikuya Shigezane keeps traditional techniques alive

The Graduates 2013: Luisa Whitton gets deep inside the Japanese robotics industry

Dairy drinks and cigarettes meet in Lucas Reis' illustrative evocations of Japan

Japanese artist Tatsuro Kiuchi is back with more beautifully finished illustrations

Refreshingly unexpected posters from Japanese designer Yutaka Satoh

Photographer Zaza Bertrand takes a look inside the Japanese love hotels