Graphic Japan: From Woodblock and Zen to Manga and KawaiiFrom the kitsch cuteness of Hello Kitty to the cult of manga and anime, Japanese design has long paved the way for the West to follow. Graphic Japan goes beyond this well-known territory to reveal the myriad styles of design produced in Japan today, from packaging to posters, and typography to new media. Contemporary Japanese graphic design is a unique collision of traditional cultural influences and a focused thrust toward modernization on global terms, and the book reflects this marriage of tradition and hypermodernity. Essays on today's innovators are beautifully printed in a simple, elegant manner that is typical of traditional Japanese work, and are combined with bold and colorful visual material which reflects the brash, global commerciality of much new material. This book is an inspirational "must" for designers in the West. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Akio Okumura client Arjo Wiggins art director artists artwork Associates client AT&T Barnbrook book design design Butterfly Stroke Inc cartoon characters color comics create culture cute D-BROS art director/designer Dainippon Type Organization design agency/printer Design Center client design design agency Design Institute/Nippon Design Doraemon eyes gallery Ghost Ranch graphic design haiku Hara Design Institute/Nippon Heiwa Paper Hello Kitty hiragana Hiromura Design Office ibid illustration images Institute/Nippon Design Center Issay Kitagawa Japan Japanese designers Japanese graphic design japanese packaging Japlish kana kanji katakana Katsunori Aoki kawaii Ken Miki Kenya Kenya Hara Kinsella Kodo Laforet logo magazine Maggie Kinser Saiki manga mascot Miki & Associates Mitsukoshi motifs Muji Nagano Nagi Noda Nomade client Noriyuki Tanaka Olympic olympique pachinco packaging design popular poster design agency promotional poster design REGAL REGAL REGAL romaji roppongi hills Ryosuke Uehara Sanrio Satoru Miyata simplicity Takashi Murakami ukiyo-e visual Western wrapping 無印良品