Poster Monday: Hope for Japan

Poster Monday: Hope for Japan

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Poster Monday: Hope for Japan

Matias Fuentes from Santa Lucia in Uruguay is in our second Poster Monday spot of April for the poster “Hope for Japan”. Matias studied in the school of design and in the University of Fine Arts and work in advertising agency Cardinal, and work as a freelance designer too with web development. “The poster design is my passion because is the most significant medium to communicate things and stay in the memory of the people with a few elements. Is about to connect things and make a powerful message. I’m a graphic designer and web developer but the thing i love and is my passion is the poster designs and identity design” tell us Matias.

In 2011 Japan had a terrible tsunami and 22.000 citizens died, this was a terrible disaster for this country and the rest of the world was shocked. The poster “Hope for Japan” was made for an exhibition of posters to give a message of hope to the country and many designers made a great posters. “I try to transmit clearly with a few elements and high contrast, the situation of the country, represents with the silhouette of a sad person with a tear of blood, and in the same time this silhouette represents the tsunami entering to the country. I think the design poster help people to never forget this tragedy and to transmit a message of hope” says Matias.
Remember to submit your poster for the next edition of Poster Monday. Find all the info you need in our submissions page, and facebook. If you would like to see more projects from Matias Fuentes visit his website and his personal behance page.

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Poster Monday: Troy

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Poster Monday: Troy

For the last Poster Monday spot of November we present the poster “Troy” by Chikako Oguma form Tokio Japan. She studied fine art at Nihon University College of Art. While studying art, and was also interested in design, the one who learned at work and self-study, and now work as an art director and graphic designer, Chikako  is involved in a wide range of designs such as books, logos, posters, and signatures. Participated in poster exhibitions around the world and won the Platinum Award at Graphis Poster Annual 2018. Since 2017, she has been working on books such as the publication of zine as a little book label “YOU ARE HERE” and participation in the art book fair.

This poster was created for the “Poster of Troy 2018” 20th anniversary commemorative poster exhibition after Troy Ruins was selected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; this exhibition was organized from Governorship of Canakkale in Canakkale, Turkey, from 26th November to 6th December 2018. “In the middle of the year I was invited by Didem Çatal to participate in the exhibition and I feel romance that the “Trojan Horse”, which was thought to be the story of the mythical world, is a real historical fact. So we created a visual that included various images with the motif of a horse from a Trojan horse” says Chikako.

Visit Chikako’s web page to learn more about his work, and remember that if you would like to see your work featured on Poster Monday visit our submissions page and send us your work.

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Exhibition: Colorful Japan

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Exhibition: Colorful Japan

Colorful Japan is a poster and design exhibition being held at Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. The show pays tribute to Japanese designer Shigeru Watano (1937-2012). Through the help of Watano, the Stedelijk Museum aquired many great posters from Japanese designers that were generously donated over the years. The current exhibition features 226 Japanese posters from artists including Ikko Tanaka, Kazumasa Nagai, Mitsuo Katsui, Hiroshi Ochi,  Yusaku Kamekura, Shigeo Fukuda.

Exhibition location: Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

For more details about this exhibition click here.

For more more news and information about posters please visit our news page here.

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Exhibition: Tadanori Yokoo

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Exhibition: Tadanori Yokoo

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A very exciting exhibition is currently being held that is showing the work of one of Japan’s most influential graphic designers. The exhibition titled Hanga Jungle, is a compilation of over 250 works created by Tadanori Yokoo. The show features a collection of beautiful designs from the 1960’s leading up to the artist’s most recent creations. The use of “Hanga” (hyper prints) combined with the distinct use of “Jungle” images are the basis for the theme of this collection. The exhibition is on display at the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts in Tokyo, Japan.

Exhibition Schedule:
22nd April – 18th June 2017

If you would like further details about this event check the website.

To see more of Tadanori Yokoo’s artwork, take a look at his portfolio here.

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Poster Monday: Born to Yog

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Poster Monday: Born to Yog

The second Poster Monday spot of June belongs to Kazuhiro Aihara from Japan for his poster entitled “Born to Yog”. Kazuhiro was born in Saitama, Japan. He graduated from Meiji-Gakuin University, Department of Economics and self-taught himself graphic design; he worked for several Fashion, Interior, and Advertising agencies and established his own design studio SHUNTO-SHA in 2010.

“This poster was made for Born to Yog, the yoga method of Japan. A handstand is a basis in this method. It’s very conceptual at the same time. It may be the one by which he who does a handstand is talking with the ground (the earth). “I tried in order to invent the one which exceeds a concept as advertisement of the yoga method. The form that he does a handstand and a unique typography has a very strong influence on us. It’s important to produce an original typography. The typography used for this poster dissolved, reorganized and completed the “SHUEI-TAI” which is a Japanese traditional type face” says Kazuhiro.

If you would like to learn more from Kazuhiro and his work visit his personal web page.
Remember that if you would like to see your work featured on Poster Monday visit our submissions page and send us your work.

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Contemporary Japanese Poster exhibition

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Contemporary Japanese Poster exhibition

The DJ Academy of Design in India organized the exhibition Contemporary Japanese Posters, that ended last month on April 11th. The exhibition showcased 75 high quality posters designed by 15 renowned graphic designers from the Bubble Economy period of Japan. The posters addressed a range of themes, including environment and culture. The artists were chosen as they treated poster as social art. The exhibition was curated by the Japan Foundation and is part of an ongoing initiative by DJ Academy of Design to spread design awareness in the public domain.

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Poster Monday: Lucerne World Japan

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Poster Monday: Lucerne World Japan

Today’s Poster Monday is entitled “Lucerne, World, Japan” and was designed by Luis Rutz. Luis works and lives in Heidelberg, Germany, where he is studying Communication Design at the HS Mannheim. He became interested in typography, after meeting people like Götz Gramlich or Niklaus Troxler. Luis says “Posters currently dominate my work, offering a great medium for unifying art and design”.

This poster was made during a workshop with Anette Lenz at the swiss “Fachklasse” in Lucerne. The topic was “world”. Luis explains: “At this time, there was an exhibition in town, showing the artistic connection between Lucerne and Japan. The intercultural connection is visualized in the writing, tied by swapping the tools. All this is not necessarily visible at first sight, which i like. In the end it is much more important for a poster to cause interest on the surface”.

If you would like to learn more from Luiz visit his web page.

And if you would like to see your work featured on Poster Monday visit our submissions page and send us your work!

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Japanese Vintage Posters on Social and Political Issues

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Japanese Vintage Posters on Social and Political Issues

Maria Papaefstathiou, from Graphic Art News has put together a fantastic selection of vintage Japanese posters presenting political, social and environmental messages. Along it, she poses an interesting reflection: “It is remarkable how we still design and spread exactly the same messages… after decades… One would wonder, if social design does provoke…”

What do you think about this statement? Share your thoughts with us on the comments below!

Via Graphic Art News

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Gurafiku: Japanese Poster Collection

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Gurafiku: Japanese Poster Collection

Whether you are a fan of Japanese design or just someone in need of a source of creative inspiration we are sure you will absolutely fall in love with this page. Gurafiku is a Japanese Graphic Design blog started in 2009 by graphic designer Ryan Hageman. The site is dedicated to the history of Japanese graphic design, seeking to lift the barrier of language, and present the graphic design of Japan to an international audience. Gurafiku’s archive presents an astonishing collection of Japanese posters that is a delight to the eyes. Check it out. We dare you to choose a favourite!

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Now Japan 2014 festival

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Now Japan 2014 festival

Now Japan 2014 is a festival in Lithuania focused on Japanese music, visual arts, kitchen, teather and other things related with cultural, aesthetic and traditional aspects of life in Japan. For its current edition illustrator Karolis Strautniekas made a fresh visual interpretation of quite typical symbols associated with Japan. Her minimal, eye-catching illustrations were used for graphic elements related with this event. In collaboration with Other Peter (animation & direction) and with Sonar (sound) she also created a motion picture, while Džiugas Valančauskas was responsible for the graphic design.

You can see the final animation here. What do you think about this vision of Japanese culture?

Production: wowburo

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