Sono colorati, stupendi, abbacinanti, patriottici e tutti in lingua originale.
Il design giapponese è una delle costanti che lega la tradizione alla modernità di un paese che ha saputo sfruttare, da sempre, i colori per comunicare il proprio stato d’animo.
Ryan Hageman, graphic designer, ha stilato una lista con i migliori lavori nipponici dagli albori dell’arte grafica fino ai giorni nostri; frutto di uno studio intenso venuto alla luce durante uno stage presso il Sozosha College di Osaka nel 2010. Ryan, attraverso lo studio e la conoscenza delle opere grafiche, ha creato un blog su Tumblr che si impone come establishment virtuale e permanente che promuove l’opera nipponica in tutto il suo splendore e, parallelamente, ha messo in luce anche le sue capacità artistiche, visibili sul suo spazio dedicato.
Questa è una selezione delle opere raccolte da Ryan.

Japanese Advertisement: Stomach cramp medication. 1920

Japanese Advertising: Doral. Makes you cute. 2004.

Japanese Illustration: Year of the Dragon. Jun Oson. 2012

Japanese Typography: The Hero's Name - Takuya Hagihara, 2011

Poster: Camera Japan Festival. Gregor Koerting. 2011

Japanese Album Cover: Mikeneko Homeless. Shunsuke Sugiyama. 2009

Japanese Poster: Earthquake Japan, Tsunami. Takashi Akiyama. 2010

Japanese Trading Card: The Giant Monster Daigoras. 1968

Japanese Art: Buddha and the tumor twin. Ukiyo-e. Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

Japanese Ukiyo-e: Miyajima in Snow. Hasui Kawase. 1929

Japanese Illustration: Constructivist telephone poles.

Japanese Poster: 4+1 Poster Exhibition. Takashi Akiyama. 1981

Japanese Magazine Cover: The Golden Raspberry. Macoto Takahashi. 1969

Japanese Magazine Cover: Cap and monocle. 1934.

Japanese Poster: Miyazaki Spirits. 2011

Japanese Art: Launching Ceremony. Hide Kawanishi. 1962

Japanese Art: Chrysanthemum. Kisho Tsukuda. 1998

Japanese Poster: Nagauta Shamisen. Keisuke Nagatomo. 1980

Japanese Poster: Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition. 1937.

Japanese Book Cover: World Expo. 1970.

Japanese Art: Nozaki Village: Osame. Kisho Tsukuda. 2005
L’immagine di copertina e’ Ukiyo-e. Whirlpool. Ichiryusai Hiroshige. 1855.

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