January 2, 2018 POSTED BY Nao Suzuki CATEGORY BrandingFine ArtsTypography Visual Identity for Yayoi Kusama Museum I wrote an article about the new museum for famed Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama recently. This time, I would like to elaborate on the museum’s visual identity system designed by Japanese design firm Nippon Design Center. According to the Art Director Irobe…Continue reading
December 13, 2017 POSTED BY Nao Suzuki CATEGORY AdvertisingFashionFilm & TVPosters PARCO’s Christmas Campaign Parco, a chain of Japanese department stores, is one of the leaders in advertising during Christmas time. In the past, they have employed top-notch creators such as Viviane Sassen and German artist Juergen Teller to create…Continue reading
December 5, 2017 POSTED BY Nao Suzuki CATEGORY ExperimentsSocial Impact Over 100 Postcards for Post-Brexit Britain London-based Designers Nathan Smith and Sam T. Smith’s postcard project ME & EU was prompted by last year’s Brexit vote. In reaction to the result in the UK/EU referendum, they worked together with artists, graphic…Continue reading
November 28, 2017 POSTED BY Nao Suzuki CATEGORY PostersTypography See/Hear: First All-Type Swissted Poster Exhibit in Type Directors Club New York City Designer Mike Joyce is kind of obsessed with punk rock and modern Swiss-type. “Swissted” is his new exhibition that reimagines vintage punk, hardcore, new wave, and indie rock show flyers into the…Continue reading
October 9, 2017 POSTED BY Nao Suzuki CATEGORY AnimationFine ArtsIllustration Miyazaki Art Show by New York City Gallery, Spoke Art New York City gallery, Spoke Art, presented the art-work show dedicated to the legendary Japanese animator, Hayao Miyazaki on September 29. The exhibition featured art pieces inspired by Miyakazi’s cult Studio Ghibli films such as…Continue reading
September 26, 2017 POSTED BY Nao Suzuki CATEGORY HappeningsLiteraturePublication Design NY Art Book Fair 2017 If you are fed up with digital books or common best-seller books, the NY Art Book Fair is the right place for you to find that hidden gem. This past weekend, Printed Matter hosted the…Continue reading
September 19, 2017 POSTED BY Nao Suzuki CATEGORY AdvertisingAnimationBrandingIllustration “365 FLOWERS” Animation for Brewing Company’s Campaign The Japanese brewing company Kirin collaborated with French illustrator Paul Cox, releasing a new web advertising campaign. This campaign is an animation of characters wearing costumes representing the 365 days of the year and their…Continue reading
September 12, 2017 POSTED BY Nao Suzuki CATEGORY BrandingCrafts Japanese Traditional Confection × Scandinavian Design The Japanese gallery and cafe, MUSTAKIVI, collaborated with old Japanese confectionery, Nakano Hompo. Together, they released a pretty amazing makeover of the traditional Japanese confection, Yokan. This makeover a twist of Scandinavian graphic design. Fujiwo Ishimoto, a Helsinki-based Japanese…Continue reading
September 3, 2017 POSTED BY Nao Suzuki CATEGORY AdvertisingIllustrationPosters Famous Japanese Comic Book Poster for Each of Tokyo Metro’s 171 Stations In Japan, every kid must grow up with their own favorite manga (comics) magazine. We Japanese can’t live without manga. No manga, no life. Shonen Jump, the magazine which is a weekly manga anthology published…Continue reading
August 30, 2017 POSTED BY Nao Suzuki CATEGORY AnimationCraftsFilm & TV The Stop-Motion Animation of the Rush Hour in Tokyo “1/100 TRAIN Station” If you are planning to travel to Tokyo, I would advise you to avoid using train early in morning around 8am. The commuter rush was terrible. Crowds of people living around Tokyo commute there simultaneously…Continue reading
