I like boring things.
Kiyoshi Awazu
Kiyoshi Awazu (1929-2009), Japanese graphic artist. I love him for his sometimes psychedelic designs and colours mixed with traditional Japanese influences. I’ve been absolutely crazy about Japanese Edo prints for as long as I can remember (or you knew, since my twelfth) and Japanese graphic artists such as Awazu, Tadanoori and Nagai are beautifully influenced [...]
Kazumasa Nagai
Kazumasa Nagai is a Japanese graphic designer born in 1929. I think you can immediately tell why I love this man. Bright colours! Animals! Creative links and solutions! I’m also getting increasingly more interested in bold, simplistic shapes and this man’s work fits right in to this new-found obsession.