If you recognize the slippers above it may give you a feeling of nostalgia, at least it does for me. They are the famous Taiwanese 藍白拖 that are so important they have a Wikipedia entry in Chinese. Now that summer is here and school is out I can once again wear them, and get […]

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From the Wall Street Journal

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Wired.com has a short gallery on Lenovo’s Olympics torch design here.

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Ken & Lau Design Consultants is a firm based in Hong Kong that does work for sectors ranging from transportation to government and public affairs. Check out their site for some case studies.
I’ve decided to start a new category especially for Hong Kong based on the fact that it’s graphic design history is slightly […]

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I’ve just put up a new page that you can find in the navigation menu or if your lazy you can simply click here. What it is is a collection of websites, blogs, books, and articles that I consider good resources for learning more about Chinese graphic design, typography, advertising, and more. If you have […]

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Check out some photos of signs in Japan taken by Scott Hansen over at ISO50 here and here. There are some great typographic samples for your viewing pleasure. Whenever I come across a gallery like this I immediately start dragging them onto my desktop and then putting them into a folder I call “Digital Inspiration” […]

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