Category Archives: Illustration

Stina’s Show

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Aleister

I went to see Stina Fisch‘s opening at the Embassy of Luxembourg last night, then we partied afterward. Her work is great and so is she. Her residency at Youkubo is over but the exhibition is on for some time to come.

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Cute Toast

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Aleister

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 →

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Please Do it Again! Mata Yarou!

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Aleister

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 →

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Musashino Art University Festival 2010

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Aleister

Beautiful, minimal use of space and colour. This piece was fun and playful. Write your worries on the mystery package and smash it. I wrote わかりません。 Monimals. I’m sure these guys are going to be a smash. They have a … Continue reading →

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IC4DESIGN

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Aleister

I saw these illustrations on tokyographics.com. Further research shows that Hirofumi Kamigaki is indeed amazing.

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