Tag Archives: #japan

Turbo Pattern and Design

December 11, 2020 12:03 AM \

One of our favorite project as graphic designers is to create surface pattern designs. The patterns shown above are the works of Takuya Tada, designer, director and surface pattern designer for Turbo Pattern and Design.  The artist is based in Osaka, Japan. After working at a design office, he worked at a trading company for design and direction centered on space production graphics.  He also worked as a pattern designer making patterns for 1500 days in a row and this year started activities as Turbo Pattern & Design.

More of his work can be found on his website, Behance and Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Turbo Pattern and Design.

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Aji Project

December 9, 2020 12:03 AM \

In the northeastern part of Shikoku Island in Japan the stone industry has been developing since ancient times. It is in this location that the company, Aji Project, can be found.  The company makes stone products from Aji stone, the hardest of all granite in Japan and is often called a granite diamond.  The texture is fine, and the luster and color are graceful and beautiful.  The household products of Aji Project are created by skilled craftsmen and blends naturally into any interior.  In their website they say this about the material:  

“The first tool people used was stone. Stones have been in nature, very close to us for a long time. People feel the softness of the naturally born roundness, the hardness of the rugged rock surface, and the cool and comfortable temperature by touching it without any special consciousness. A stone product that stands quietly near people.”

More of their product can be viewed on their website, Facebook and Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Aji Project.

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Micao

August 14, 2020 12:03 AM \

Mika Hirasa is an embroidery writer and illustrator based in Kobe, Japan.  She graduated from Kobe University majoring in business administration.  After working at a foreign-affiliated manufacturer, she taught herself dyeing, sewing and drawing with free motion sewing machine embroidery, eventually establishing her artistic career under the artist name, Micao.  Her work is widely used in advertising for major companies, books, magazine cover pictures, and collaboration with major sundry makers.

The artist can be followed on her website, Facebook, Behance and Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Micao.

Posted in: Embroidery, Illustration, Japan \ Tagged: , ,
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