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.

We just picked up an amazing book that we are carrying over at Wordshape—the very best book on the work of Jan Tschichold to date!

The most comprehensive showing to date of the work of typography master Jan Tschichold—the father of New Typography. Published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of Tschichold’s work at Ginza Graphic Gallery in 2013, this beautifully designed and printed book covers an immense amount of his output. Included are type designs, book covers from all stages of his career, poster designs, interior typographic layouts, and hundreds of rare Tschichold works—all photographed beautifully.

The book also contains a new essay on the work of Tschichold by his biographer Christopher Burke, as well as an excellent essay on Tschichold’s interest and focus on Japan and Japanese aesthetics by Taro Yamamoto.

This title is highly recommended and is one of the most beautiful books we have ever carried, both in terms of content and design. 148 pages, beautifully written, photographed, designed and printed. You can, and you should, pick it up here.

I’m going to be doing a set of lectures and workshops in Seoul at Hongik University alongside my VCFA compadres Ziddi Msangi and Yoon Soo Lee, as well as with Apple designer Min Bon and Hongik faculty Chris Ro next month. Some amazing posters for the event: this one by Chae Jeongun.

This one by Seungtae Kim.

This poster by Daekeon Kim.

This one by Hong Aerin.

…and finally this one by Jaekook Han. Really awesome set of posters!

While in Korea recently, I was asked who my favorite comic artist was after explaining to a bunch of grad students why they should really read Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, even after it was assigned to them and they still hadn’t read it.

My answer: Jonathan Chandler.

Logo design for Tokyo hardcore band R.O.I.D.S.