I’m going to be giving a presentation about typography and type design tools called “Talking Type” at UXTalk in Tokyo on June 25th at 7pm at the Gengo offices. Details should be announced here shortly.

Limited edition English-only booklet of my essay “The Defensible Position” about conceptual approaches to art and design, published in three colored editions for the CalArts X Kookmin workshop at Kookmin University in Seoul, Korea. Bilingual version coming soon.

We just added in a bunch of new projects that we’ve completed over the past year.

We designed the identity, metallic spot color-riddled print collateral and responsive website for Sailors, a new Singapore-based creative communications agency. The website was developed by our good friends over at Nagi, who also introduced us to Sailors and managed the whole project.

A set of ten tour guides of the Kanto region, each by a prominent foreign member of the Tokyo community for Shibaura House. You can read all about it at the project’s home page here! This project was really fun, as it was co-designed with ace hybrid designer/developer, Thien Huynh. Each guide was printed on different colored paper stock using a complementary ink color using Risograph printing.

The tour areas and guides:

・Tour 1：東海道（日本橋～品川）by ルーカス・B.B.
Tokaido by Lucas Badtke-Berkow
・Tour 2：杉並 by ジャレド・ブレイタマン
Suginami by Jared Braiterman
・Tour 3：世田谷 by アレックス・ ソンダレッガー
Setagaya by Alex Sonderegger
・Tour 4：渋谷 by ヴィヴィアン・モレリ
Shibuya by Vivian Morelli
・Tour 5：新島 by スザンナ・ベア
Niijima by Susanna Baer
・Tour 6：横浜 by キム・ミンジョン
Yokohama by Kim Min Jung
・Tour 7：沢井 by クリス・バーテルセン
Sawai by Chris Berthelsen
・Tour 8：有楽町 by ジャン・スノー
Yurakucho by Jean Snow
・Tour 9：港区 by カーレン・クンツ
Minato City by Kaaren Kunze
・Tour 10：横浜 by プジ・ナタジャヤ
Yokohama by Puji Natadjaja

New identity for Portland photographer Bitna Chung.

Identity for Michael Holmes Photography.

A set of 4 collaborative posters created with designer Ed Fella. The set was released in an edition of 100 at our one-night exhibition at 35 Minutes Gallery in Araiyakushimae in Tokyo.

Book design and bilingual typography for illustrator Shin Kondo’s new monograph Live the Magic, published by Magokoro Press.

Identity and print collateral for World Manga Academy, a new manga and anime tutorial web portal aimed at providing the world with drawing skills and enhancing global manga and anime vernaculars. The identity is comprised of assorted modular elements which can be remixed to create application-specific logotypes.