Preamble:
For your convenience I have listed below all the posts in this series:
Street Graphics of Tokyo - Part I
Street Graphics of Tokyo - Part II
Street Graphics of Tokyo - Part II [1]
There are a number of observations that Europeans have made when visiting Tokyo that encaptulates the feeling of the city. Donald Richie, in 'Tokyo - A Review of the City' (1999), observed that: 'Tokyo's streets do not speak in measured accents of Europe's capitals.'
How true! Who would have thought that the following poster represents the speed and care embodied in the cat logos of their country's courier services. The more you look at the poster the more sense that it makes. The tansport company (the mother cat) views its cargo as precious as if it was one of her children. Who wouldn't trust this company with your household goods!
Poster for a Japanese transport company.
Another observation made in 1897 by American Reverend R.B. Perry was that, 'The Japanese are really without any sense of sin, and have no word in their language to express the idea exactly.'
I wonder if his views would have changed on sighting the poster below. I guess not!
Poster for a street comic store.
Most of the other posters below are more self-evident, even though some stretch the imagination to its limits.
Poster for a foot message.
Poster for clean water.
Restaurant posters, highlighting plastic menu display under each.
Poster for Cake Store (Askusa Market).
Cake packaging (Akusa Market).
Posters (Akusa Market).
Reference:
[1] B. Dawson, Street Graphics Tokyo, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London.
For your convenience I have listed below all the posts in this series:
Street Graphics of Tokyo - Part I
Street Graphics of Tokyo - Part II
Street Graphics of Tokyo - Part II [1]
There are a number of observations that Europeans have made when visiting Tokyo that encaptulates the feeling of the city. Donald Richie, in 'Tokyo - A Review of the City' (1999), observed that: 'Tokyo's streets do not speak in measured accents of Europe's capitals.'
How true! Who would have thought that the following poster represents the speed and care embodied in the cat logos of their country's courier services. The more you look at the poster the more sense that it makes. The tansport company (the mother cat) views its cargo as precious as if it was one of her children. Who wouldn't trust this company with your household goods!
Another observation made in 1897 by American Reverend R.B. Perry was that, 'The Japanese are really without any sense of sin, and have no word in their language to express the idea exactly.'
I wonder if his views would have changed on sighting the poster below. I guess not!
Most of the other posters below are more self-evident, even though some stretch the imagination to its limits.
Reference:
[1] B. Dawson, Street Graphics Tokyo, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London.
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