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 […]
Thanks to TheDieline for some more Japanese packaging design.
This is done by Takashi Murakami, a Japanese designer who recently presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. His other work can be seen here. I try to keep from posting about Japanese design because the topic is extremely vast, but it is also a neighboring country and influence on China’s scene. […]
Book covers from all around the world for the best selling Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.
I’m a big fan of Google and use their customizable homepage iGoogle religiously. Google Japan just released nine themes by well known designers and artists including Airside and NIGO for use on your iGoogle page. You can check them out here, and yes, you can use them even if you aren’t in Japan. Just make […]
Qoo is a juice drink produced by Coca Cola and is found in most of Asia. Pictures after the jump.
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” […]