Comments on: Gurafiku - Japanese graphic art and design

Gurafiku - Japanese graphic art and design

nickyskye — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:21:23 -0800

Visually sumptuous, Gurafiku is a collection of visual research pertaining to Japanese graphic design. Assembled by the designer abroad; Ryan Hageman. Some of the categories: Ukiyo-e | Illustration | Typography |Manga | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's |1990's.

A fun image. If you click on a specific image, like the Japanese Ukiyo-e: Golden Pavilion. Hiroshi Yoshida. 1933 it shows who reblogged this, which often leads to other visually exciting sites, like spacehelmet, error888 etc.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:20:20 -0800

This is like a window into another world.

By: carter

carter — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:22:24 -0800

Lovely - thanks for posting!

By: everichon

everichon — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:24:43 -0800

Killer find, thank you!

By: stagewhisper

stagewhisper — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:24:52 -0800

Great post as usual, ns.

By: charlie don't surf

charlie don't surf — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:51:13 -0800

Oh yeah. This was my trade secret when I was working in graphic design, I'd subscribe to some very expensive Japanese graphics magazines. Some of them had very complex how-to series in Illustrator and Photoshop, leagues of complexity beyond anything being done anywhere else in the world at that time. So since I knew how to read Japanese and hardly anyone else did (let alone ready these magazines) I was always years ahead of my colleagues. It usually took 2 or 3 years before those Japanese graphic styles were in use in the US.

By: jet_manifesto

jet_manifesto — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:36:15 -0800

Excellent!