Japanese design
- Started
- Last post
- 45 Responses
- muidlatif0
some of Japanese influence I like is from www.redrabit.com :P
- Peter0
Thank you all,
and
I give up.
Perhaps I wasn't to clear on this, even though I wrote it a bunch of times over and over again. Probably it's my lack of English ability, being a non-native speaker and all:
All I wanted was an answer to "What makes Japanese design unique seen in the point of view from a person outside Japan? (you)"Not examples, not books on where "I could learn". Jesus christ. As posted in the first thread, I tried to make sure I was starting on soemthing for a thing I'm doing at work.
the_user typed:
"I don't think a damn thing other than some people find kanji exotic"...which was exactl one of the answers I was looking for.
Answers like "It's the little extra sparkle of service towards the reciever" or whateverelsereasonitmighthavebee... that I was looking for.Anyways, the job is wrapped up now. Asked some foreigners on the streets here instead.
But thanks to those who contributed with something here.
Moderator, it's safe to delete this thread now.
- Blofeldt0
I don't know a vast amount about the wood cut stuff.
There's two good chapters about Asian (including Japanese) design in P Meggs the History of Graphic Design. Search for Ukiyo-e in Google. You'll find loads of stuff. It was a style called vision of the floating earth or something.
- xovi0
- xovi0
i like this one, its so clean ^^
- xovi0
here are some japanese work,
i find japanese designs very clean, simple, detail, and made with passion to perfection almost.http://purepulse.co.kr/ (korean)
- the_user0
what makes it unique to a foreigner? I don't think a damn thing other than some people find kanji exotic.
What makes it unique is the cultural and socialogical paradigms that drive visual and aural presentations in japan. Once you're able to see Japanese design from within the Japanese cultural perspective, that's when things really get interesting. Far too complex a concept for this little text box though.
just an opinion.
- Peter0
"The culture (now) there is anything goes"
Zeroblade, I would disagree, but that's for another thread.
"Look beyond the big-eyed anime and the plastic neon-lights and maybe you'll see some soul and not just some photoshop effect. "
Again, I'm not looking for the big-eyed anime you speak of, or Japanese design at all actually. I'm looking for foreign views on it, as mentioned in just about every post from me in this thread.
Photoshop effects? What are you talking about?Ok, skip the first question "what is Japanese design". Please reply only on what makes Japanese design unique seen in the point of view from a person outside Japan?
- Peter0
"not sure what you were referring to exactly"
Again, I'm not refering to any specific design.
I see a lot of people here saying how they love Japanese design.
So I'm simply asking;
- what is it that you like about it?
- and how is it different from the equalent of where you are from?That is, what makes that design unique from a foreigners point of view? (foreigner being person outside Japan)
- JazX0
there were some nicely designed Japanese Tee's over at http://www.threadless.com that were in the running for being produced, but not sure what you were referring to exactly.
- zeroblade0
" zeroblade, could you please explain a bit more? Some more on the difference from where you are from? "
Where I'm from has been influenced by the JP long before the US was... I may be wrong but I think the anime craze began from Dragonball-Z.
Culture makes a world of difference and the world different.
The culture (now) there is anything goes, hence you see a lot of trash designs that are well accepted, as well as those which stem from the deep history that they have (beyond just the samurais and ninjas that are often misintepreted).
Look beyond the big-eyed anime and the plastic neon-lights and maybe you'll see some soul and not just some photoshop effect.
No, I'm not Japanese. Can't speak ten words with it.
- Peter0
Zeroblade, could you please explain a bit more? Some more on the difference from where you are from?
donal, thanks for the links, but I'm looking for opinions from a foreigners point of view.
SP0RTYTHI3F, thanks, but again, I am not looking to hear Japanese views, nor example pages as stated in the previous post. I want to hear your opinion.
Blofeldt, If you know a lot about Japanese wood cut please give me your take. It is in the sphere of design, it attracted you, and that's what I want to hear more about.
Skylark, imagen that I am a Swede in Japan. :)
steak&liquor, what's "surface blah"?
- steak&liquor0
Oh yeah also -
Those pencil holders that pop shit out like a swiss army knife are fucking dope.
- steak&liquor0
Japanese internet design is crap.
Japanese advertising is either surface blah or cute.
Japan is a stupid filter. Take anything lame from another country populartize it there and bam you have something cool and kitchy.
- chokethefat0
hehe
nya nya :D
- PikoPiko0
dokusoteki
http://www.everydayicons.jp/
- PikoPiko0
Begaku
- PikoPiko0
???????????
- chokethefat0
tres joli..joli..daisuki