Loading…
A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
457 works match
Project
2016Light-hearted and distinctive work by Japanese designer Toru Kase
2016
Project
2012Parisian studio Untitled impress with some quietly confident graphic work
2012
Project
2016Emiliano Granado’s new zine puts a fresh spin on Tour de France fandom
2016
Project
2013Seriously beautiful - and plentiful - patterned Japanese manhole covers!
2013
Project
2014More banging work from French design studio Alles Gut
2014
Project
2009James Gilpin (In Tokyo)
2009
Project
2009Lost In A Moment - Tokyo
2009
Project
2014Go dancing in the street with brilliant French illustrator Yann Kebbi
2014
Project
2015Zut alors! A bunch of brilliant work from French agency Zoo
2015
Project
2012Data becomes alchemy in Japanese maestro Ryoji Ikeda's jaw-dropping new Berlin installation
2012
Identity
2016Violaine & Jérémy’s elegant identity for a Paris exhibition
2016
Poster
2013Spectacular new poster series from the French wonder, Camille Lavaud
2013
Publication
2014Graphic Design: Japanese designer Shun Sasaki turns typography on its head!
2014
Project
2015Paris-based studio Twice presents a bundle of crisp, textural new design
2015
Project
2013Danny Sangra's awesome illustrated interviews for new Tokyo show are a thrill
2013
Project
2018Catching up with Charlotte Trounce while on a residency in Japan
2018
Project
2016Laurent Kronental photographs the forgotten elders of Paris
2016
Project
2012Here's some super clean, crisp, colourful Japanese graphic design
2012
Project
2017The comical content of French illustrator Roxane Lumeret
2017
Project
2019Cépé's illustrations capture the colours of southern France
2019
Project
2010WIN: Tokyo Bike
2010
Publication
2013Illustration: New work from French book magicians, Icinori
2013
Motion
2012Beautifully-shot promotional street basketball film from Paris boutique Pigalle
2012
Project
2018Shun Ishizuka's designs combine Western design influences for a Japanese context
2018
Project
2014Illustration: Vincent Mahe's excellent drawings of his Parisian neighbours
2014
Project
2019Samantha French’s dazzling underwater paintings hark back to childhood summers
2019
Project
2014Miscellaneous: Behind the scenes of the 1956 Japanese Godzilla
2014
Identity
2015Julien Lelièvre's type-led identity work for the Musée Picasso Paris
2015
Project
2012Check out the mid-century stylings of Japanese illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto
2012
Publication
2019Japanese typography is at the core of Tokyo-based design studio Laboratories
2019
Project
2018Ailsa Johnson’s illustrations draw on the everyday magic of Japanese culture
2018
Project
2013A Week On Monday: Lawrence Zeegen on 80s pop and Japanese junk
2013
Motion
2014This stunning film documents JR's recent project in a French port
2014
Identity
2020Motoi Shito designs fresh and unexpected packaging for a Japanese confectionary company
2020
Project
2017Two new projects from Korean-French publisher Animal Press
2017
Publication
2015Neat, clean designs and unusual typography from French designer Romain Baro
2015
Project
2016From Mile End to Paris: the rise of photographer Pani Paul
2016
Project
2015Jean-Michel Tixier’s fantastic illustrations for French mag M Le Monde
2015
Project
2016Design de vivre: Paris as told by graphic designers
2016
Identity
2016French studio My Name Is designs one identity for three museums
2016
Poster
202013 Franco-Japanese designers and illustrators respond to the philosophy of Emanuele Coccia in a new poster exhibition
2020
Motion
2012Marvel at this painfully cool French animated music video for Odezenne
2012
Project
2023Ophélie Paris balances fantasy and existentialism in her illustrations
2023
Project
2012Japanese studio Nendo use the everyday as inspiration for their compact designs
2012
Project
2015Japanese studio who sent a bonsai to space's Encyclopaedia of Flowers
2015
Identity
2018Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe
2018
Project
2016Meet the French illustrator creating part-animal, part-human Frankenmonsters
2016
Project
2008Paris Day
2008
Project
2013Art: Henrique Oliveira's installation is taking over the Palais de Tokyo
2013
Project
2012Traditional Japanese woodblock carvings give Nintendo a newfound gravitas
2012
Project
2020Guillaume Blot documents food and football across the country in L’Autre Tour de France
2020
Identity
2015This must be Laplace: more superb branding from Untitled Paris
2015
Project
2019Graphics studio Brest Brest Brest injects some silliness into French cultural institutions
2019
Project
2014Smashing prints from French surrealist Baptiste Virot
2014
Project
2016Art editor of The Paris Review, Charlotte Strick on her most-treasured tomes
2016
Motion
2022Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
2022
Project
2017French illustrator Damien Filliatre's “trashy and cynical” universe
2017
Project
2019Maciek Pożoga captures Paris Nord “in a mode close to pickpocketing or police work”
2019
Identity
2025Bubble and toil: Inside Hanna Karraby and James Paris’ eerie branding for a horror-inspired coffee shop
2025
Project
2013Art: Leandro Erlich's installation floats above the French city of Nantes
2013
Project
2018Volume presents a long-overdue monograph on Japanese type master Takenobu Igarashi
2018
Project
2016Dutch artist Tymen Visser paints life in Tokyo
2016
Poster
2021Explore the women of Soviet Art through this carefully curated poster collection
2021
Project
2018The mesmerising visual fairytales of French illustrator Chloé Bertron
2018
Identity
2016KittoKatsu develops a speculative identity for Dusseldorf’s Japanese Quarter
2016
Publication
2016Inside Alasdair McLellan’s new book, designed by M/M (Paris)
2016
Project
2017Karifurav Caihua’s weirdly erotic Japanese-inspired illustrations
2017
Poster
2015Paris designer Jimbo Barbu creates cool experimental posters for club nights and exhibitions
2015
Project
2021Celebrating the legacy of Kamekura Yusaku’s iconic Tokyo 1964 Olympics identity
2021
Project
2022Broken Japanese: Why even a “respectful” homage to a country’s culture can be problematic
2022
Project
2009Paul Smith in Paris
2009
Project
2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Project
2013Graphic Design: French studio A is a name are bastions of excellent simplicity
2013
Project
2024The View From Tokyo: the fascinating origins, and triumphant resurgence, of Risograph in Japan
2024
Project
2020Illustrator Joshua Winston Scurville's inspirations vary from Japanese graphic design to jazz
2020
Publication
2012Paris studio Akatre absolutely nail how to show off their typography talents
2012
Project
2019Alice Tye's new exhibition presents the everyday details from a trip to Japan
2019
Project
2012Best of Japanese design scene in Berlin via the Tokyo Art Directors Club
2012
Project
2022Happy campers! Francois Prost photographs France’s dedicated camping community
2022
Project
2015Nuanced and deliciously strange illustration from Japanese artist Yu Fukugawa
2015
Identity
2025Athletics’ identity for GOCA references traditional Japanese script and incorporates “infinite” patterns
2025
Project
2016More swish work from Untitled Paris that mixes the classic with the modern
2016
Publication
2020Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Motion
2014This week we chat Quentin Blake, Tour de France and the controversial Greenpeace video
2014
Project
2013Adverts which are not what they seem by DDB Paris for literacy campaign
2013
Project
2021Maciek Pożoga captures the human-like qualities of Japanese macaques
2021
Project
2021Art collective Excalibur on using pixel art to blend Japanese myths with reality
2021
Project
2015Meet six Parisian illustration-lovers and publishers of Collection Revue
2015
Identity
2015b.a.-ba’s identity proposal echoes French culture centre’s name and programme
2015
Project
2021We catch up with Paris-based studio Zoo on a year evolving and nourishing its practice
2021
Motion
2014Travel filmmakers Jungles in Paris on their favourite music videos
2014
Project
2016Vibrant and bold work from French illustrator Marylou Faure
2016
Identity
2015Des Signes creates "vibrating" identity for Singapore in France festival
2015
Motion
2016Sūqrepubliq looks to French nouvelle vague to inspire film festival identity
2016
Project
2013A new Parisian show from the Bouroullec brothers promises to be a treat
2013
Project
2015UNIQLO's new Kabuki range takes inspiration from Japanese theatre
2015
Project
2014Photography: Mundane France captured with simple beauty by Grégoire Grange
2014
Publication
2025Discover Antwan Horfee’s collection of Japanese playing cards
2025
Identity
2020Effortlessly chic, office_hlc creates pared back designs for the Parisian clientele
2020
Publication
2012This is Real Art release first book and it's a gorgeous study of Tokyo commuters by Adam Hinton
2012
Project
2013Sacré bleu! French design studio Fake Paper is pretty awesome
2013
Project
2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Project
2024The View From Tokyo: why Laforet Harajuku is an epicentre for the city’s alternative creative ideas
2024
Publication
2021Helmo studio’s Thomas Couderc designs an aesthetically pleasing book on Japanese manhole covers
2021
Project
2012Nice, nice and more nice, French design studio Alles Gut are smashing it!
2012
Project
2015Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke is back with his charmingly naughty gifs
2015
Project
2015Jarvis Cocker designs "gold" records for Paris show
2015
Publication
2014Publication: Granta's new Japanese-themed issue is a stunning collection of words and pictures
2014
Identity
2015Great photography festival identity design by French agency Studio ABM
2015
Publication
2014Illustration: Owen Davey's latest book is about Laika the Soviet Spacedog
2014
Motion
2017Parisian studio Akatre on their music video for Grand Yellow
2017
Publication
2013French studio Cercle introduce their new annual magazine and it's magnifique
2013
Project
2011WassinkLundgren: Tokyo Tokyo
2011
Project
2017Varied, playful and slightly odd drawings from Japanese illustrator Summer House
2017
Project
2013Photography: Nissan offer photographers the chance to go to Tokyo
2013
Project
2017French graphic designer Jeremy Piningre and his Hans Arp-inspired visuals
2017
Project
2013Japanese photographer Takeshi Suga turns his talents to snow-bound serenity
2013
Project
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
Poster
2010A Dozen Posters (Paris, May '68)
2010
Project
2017Santa France, the multimedia artist illustrating a futuristic interior frenzy
2017
Project
2012Humble, friendly photography of French artists in their studios by Jean-Marc Pau
2012
Project
2015Impressive portfolio from French design student Pauline Le Pape
2015
Project
2014M/M Paris and Viviane Sassen's extraordinary campaign for Missoni
2014
Project
2021Jentwo’s sunny, characterful illustrations are inspired by Japanese City Pop and the friendly folk of Kamakura
2021
Project
2015Bizarre ad uses synchronised swimmers to advertise Japan’s hot springs
2015
Project
2013Art: A new series of nudes from French painter Etienne Gros
2013
Project
2012Acute architectural renderings of grand French buildings by Thibaud Herem
2012
Project
2012Posthumously introducing the undisputed king of Japanese Graphic design, Shigeo Fukuda
2012
Project
2019French illustrator Nicolas Ridou makes “the atmosphere the story” in his hypnotic works
2019
Project
2013Art: Cosmic, detailed paintings from French artist Jules de Balincourt
2013
Project
2014Illustration: French illustrator Alain Pilon wins us over with his snapshots of daily life
2014
Project
2011Sixpack France
2011
Publication
2015Matthew Brookes’ new book spotlights the male ballet dancers of Paris
2015
Project
2014Organic meets digital in Bonsoir Paris' latest installation in Amsterdam
2014
Project
2014Introducing Parisian design studio La Mouche et la Cloche, and their portfolio
2014
Project
2012Design rising from destruction – new show focusses on post-tsunami Japanese revival
2012
Project
2015French illustration duo Icinori have just published a heap of new work
2015
Project
2025This exhibition showcases the universal language of Japanese pictograms
2025
Motion
2014Takashi Murakami's Japanese Manga music video for Pharrell
2014
Project
2015Sweet, surreal still lifes by Paris-based Clotilde Viannay
2015
Project
2019Through archival imagery, Revers sheds a light on 50 years of diverse communities in France
2019
Project
2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
Project
2017Animator and director James Curran’s amusing 30-day Gifathon project in Tokyo
2017
Project
2014Sam Lyon's amazing Jelly Gummies GIFs!
2014
Project
2014Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke’s adorable and hilariously rude GIFs
2014
Project
2017Paris-based Lisa Guedel-Dolle’s precise and simple designs
2017
Publication
2020Soviet Space Graphics: a cosmic journey to Cold War-era Russia
2020
Project
2026Theo Cottle pays tribute to the slow dancing of Japan’s youngest samurais
2026
Project
2013HarrimanSteel overhaul Tokyo Fixed in transformation to Kinoko Custom Cycles
2013
Project
2019A rural fishing village in Japan attempts to overcome its ageing population
2019
Project
2017Colette, the trailblazer: creatives pay tribute to the iconic Parisian store and its legacy
2017
Poster
2014Japanese artist Ryo Kuwabara's incredible eye-popping poster design
2014
Poster
2015My Name is Wendy creates beautiful posters celebrating French poet Stéphane Mallarmé
2015
Project
2015Yakisoba noodles, cigarettes and Tokyo streets in Monika Mogi’s coming-of-age series
2015
Project
2017“A small Japanese photographer is on the same page of great photographers!”: Piczo joins WeFolk
2017
Project
2020Seb Agresti tells us about his residency in Japan and the importance of reinventing yourself
2020
Project
2012Mogwai Japan: Knock for Knock
2012
Project
2017Ten contemporary Manga artists reshaping the eminent Japanese comic scene
2017
Project
2014Photography: Stunning portraits from Parisian photographer François Coquerel
2014
Project
2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Project
2014A look at our favourite creative projects from the Tour de France so far
2014
Project
2024Dinosaurs, UFOs and fairytale castles: A travel diary of Japan’s roadside love hotels
2024
Poster
2015Daikoku Design Institute’s poster design for Tokyo art school uses abstract faces in acid shades
2015
Project
2012Jaw-dropping installation sees 100,000 LEDs float down Tokyo river
2012
Project
2012The intensely quiet, private moments of Japanese photographer, Go Itami
2012
Project
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
Project
2016Photographer Edouard Sepulchre captures Paris like you’ve never seen it before
2016
Project
2016The Bardos capture French gymnasts in south France's wild landscapes
2016
Project
2021Arnau Bach’s series Ban-Lieue captures a humanist side of suburban Parisian youth
2021
Motion
2017French producers The Blaze’s self-directed videos take on modern masculinity
2017
Project
2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
Publication
2018Grace Helmer's intricate paintings and sketchbook pages from a trip to Japan and Taiwan
2018
Poster
2020“I love books!”: How Japanese graphic designer Ikuya Shigezane keeps traditional techniques alive
2020
Project
2014Exhibitions: Bondage and Patti Smith in Paris' new Robert Mapplethorpe show
2014
Project
2014Slick work from Lyon-based studio Catalogue
2014
Project
2013The Graduates 2013: Luisa Whitton gets deep inside the Japanese robotics industry
2013
Project
2015Geray Mena photographs two carpenters in their Paris workshop
2015
Project
2018Dairy drinks and cigarettes meet in Lucas Reis' illustrative evocations of Japan
2018
Project
2017Francois Prost captures tourists as "mega stars" in Paris
2017
Project
2015Japanese artist Tatsuro Kiuchi is back with more beautifully finished illustrations
2015
Publication
2015Pure joy! French studio Atelier Bingo share their favourite books
2015
Project
201219th Century French vegetable catalogue paintings reproduced in all their painstaking glory
2012
Project
2020With a mix of subjects that are always composed, Lyndon French approaches photography with variety
2020
Project
2014Fantastique new work from French design duo My Name is Wendy
2014
Motion
2013Michel Gondry takes us on a tour of his favourite Parisian video store
2013
Poster
2015Refreshingly unexpected posters from Japanese designer Yutaka Satoh
2015
Project
2016Photographer Zaza Bertrand takes a look inside the Japanese love hotels
2016
Project
2014The Rapha Continental is the perfect, leisurely introduction to this year's Tour de France
2014
Motion
2020Part fashion film and part documentary, Nobu is a stylised portrait of a Japanese immigrant
2020
Project
2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
Project
2012Japanese duo Nerhol talk about their triumphant time-lapse cut-away portraits
2012
Project
2018Designer Marc Armand on graphically interpreting the French football team’s kit ahead of the World Cup
2018
Project
2012The intimidating landscapes of the Tour de France captured beautifully by Mark Leary
2012
Project
2014Graphic Design: Two speed print treatment by slick Paris-based Studio Dessuant Bone
2014
Motion
2012Jake Davis and K-Swiss Japan ask what style is in this series of great short films
2012
Project
2016Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: Freunde von Freunden meets the first family of French product design
2016
Project
2017Illustrator Kate Prior works out “how the hell you draw air” for Wired Japan
2017
Project
2012Meet Sari, the Tokyo tourist photobomber making her hobby into an artform
2012
Project
2013Set Design: Bonsoir Paris create a pop-up store made of inflatables and marble for Bright Young Things
2013
Project
2018Paris Syndrome: photographer Francois Prost explores a replica city in China
2018
Project
2017David Lewandowski’s floppy rubber bodies take over the streets of Japan
2017
Project
2015Fantastic collages made from mid-century issues of Paris Match and Playboy
2015
Project
2018Naoya Hatakeyama's photographs of Japan's contemporary topographies embody "the death and rebirth of cities"
2018
Project
2013Art: Curious shapes galore at Alberto Biagetti's magnificent Paris show
2013
Project
2017Tokyo illustrator Okamura Yuta and his endearing brush-and-ink characters
2017
Publication
2014Illustration: Amazing editorial illustration from Kyoto's Studio Takeuma
2014
Project
2010The Paris Review
2010
Publication
2020Rooted in Japanese-Brazilian culture, Inari Type aims to further understand its heritage
2020
Project
2012Jean André de Trémontels: the French stranger with a tres cool portfolio
2012
Motion
2012Bookshelf: Super-fun film makers We Are From L.A show us their very French bookshelf!
2012
Project
2021In Tokyo, Ichijo Hikaru is looking beyond Japanese beauty standards for her illustrations
2021
Project
2019Japanese illustrator Sabu is influenced by the nostalgia of old adverts
2019
Project
2011Paris Tetris - Sponge Ideas
2011
Publication
2016Mixed typography in seasonal theatre programmes designed by Paris-based studio Akatre
2016
Project
2016Tokyo-based illustrator Ryuto Miyake's work is full of warmth and wit
2016
Project
2012Enormous, breathtaking salt sculptures by Japanese Motoi Yamamoto
2012
Project
2022Broken Japanese: Understanding privilege and cultural appropriation as a creative
2022
Project
2015Gurafiku founder Ryan Hageman on the wonder of Japanese graphic design
2015
Project
2015A spectacular new French mag about adolescence, L'INCROYABLE
2015
Project
2021Stefan Dotter documents the Ama, the “sea women” of Japan
2021
Motion
2017Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations
2017
Typeface
2023ImageFormat’s sunny new typeface will transport you to the streets of Marseille
2023
Project
2017Lyon-based studio Intercouleur’s portfolio of busy yet communicative designs
2017
Project
2013Illustration: Konstantin Kakanias captures Paris Couture with wit and flair
2013
Project
2012A glimpse into the art of the future courtesy of Paris studio Pleix
2012
Project
2012From autopsy rooms to French palaces, Daniel Ciprian lets us peek where we're not meant to
2012
Motion
2017Lacey’s addictive film for Vogue Japan follows skater Hyojoo Ko through an architectural icon
2017
Project
2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
Project
2019Santa France is fluent in the visual language of computer generated imagery
2019
Project
2018Sam Rock's series Watching the French reimagines sports photography
2018
Project
2023Telling unheard stories from the Parisian suburbs with photographer Wendy Huynh
2023
Publication
2013Illustration: Spectacular new book by French illustrator Marion Fayolle
2013
Project
2015We spoke to M/M (Paris) about designing the Björk Archives
2015
Publication
2018Charlie Engman's eclectic bookshelf includes Japanese display design, London barber shops and bugs
2018
Project
2018Friday Mixtape: Photographer Laura Lewis makes us a soundtrack for Japanese love hotels
2018
Publication
2012Mass Observation and Preston is my Paris' new book highlighting overlooked roadside architecture
2012
Project
2015How illustrators responded to the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris
2015
Project
2017“Sensitive, rigorous” graphic design from Parisian Jérémy Glâtre
2017