Category Archives: Graphics
Go Smoking
It looks like a comedy t-shirt design but it is a bona fide public information graphic from Tokyo NRT.
Cornelia Aquarius Dreams
Amazing new video from my friend Cornelia, directed by Martyn Thomas.
Toilet Graphics
I don’t think I have ever seen a cute public toilet before. Apparently it was nice inside too.
Hong Kong Cigarette Warning
A guest graphic from my friend Gabriel Leigh. This funky pink-shirted skeleton is running on cigarette packets in Hong Kong right now. After the horror of Thai cigarette warnings and various impotency warnings, this guy is almost an affirmation that smoking … Continue reading
Cute Toast
In many stores in Tokyo you find cute hand drawn signs and tags, even in the big chains like Matsumoto Kiyoshi where I found this. It seems like there is normally at least one staff member talented enough. The cute … Continue reading
Tokyo Election Graphics
As with most things in Tokyo, variety seems to be key when it comes to voting. I am keen on the bold, super-heavy typography on these political campaigning posters.
Softbank Pantone Keitai
These are the only mobile phones I have wanted to own since iPhone came in to my life. But I’d probably need them as a set and pick a different one each day to match equivalent Uniqlo socks. Softbank’s Pantone keitai … Continue reading
Please Do it Again! Mata Yarou!
My favourite Tokyo information graphics to date. Getting across a similar point to the London bus manners campaign that I remember from my Brixton days, only with much quirkier sequential illustrations that leave plenty of room for misinterpretation. How did … Continue reading
Japanese Bank Account
I opened an account today and although I am not here to write ex-pat Japan guides (plenty of good conversations online already) I was taken with the bank cards…upon opening an account at this particular bank you are presented with … Continue reading
Happy Friday
Japanese billboard ads aren’t always my favourite items of Japanese design, but you can’t mess with the art direction of this one, which currently adorns the platform at Koenji JR station. The message is clear and I concur. Time for … Continue reading