A logo design competition where the subject was to design one new logo for four Art Exhibitions held this year.
The theme was the four elements of nature: Water, Fire, Soil and Wind.

Designed by Akko Terasawa 01

Designed by Akko Terasawa 02

Designed by Alan Paredes 01

Designed by Anne Poon

Designed by Aoi Yamaguchi 01

Designed by Henricus Kusbiantoro 01

Designed by Junko Maegawa 01

Designed by Junko Maegawa 02

Designed by Keiko Moriyama 01

Designed by Keiko Moriyama 02

Designed by Momo Yoshitani 01

Designed by Naomi Hoag 01

Designed by Noa

Designed by Nok Ansuard Korlarpkitkul 01

In my career I have been fortunate to work as a DJ and part of the promotional team for some great UK nightclubs and club events including:

• NY Shushi – Sheffield
• The Republic – Sheffield
• Gatecrasher – Sheffield, UK and worldwide
• Plug – Sheffield
• Sanctuary – Birmingham
• Foundation – Newcastle
• Tokyo Industries – Oldham, Newcastle
• The Arches – Sheffield
• The Unit – Sheffield – now called the Corporation
• Bed – Sheffield
• Atomic – Manchester
• Life – Leeds

please note that some of the events or clubs have now changed names or no longer run!

In this time I have come across many great flyer designs but the ones that still stand out today are the flyers for the Sheffield based club event NY Sushi which was run by Chris Bibby and Dani Sushi. I was fortunate to work with these guys for many years and that had a big impact on the way I now look at design.  Their flyers were designed by Sheffield Design Company ‘The designer Republic’. These flyers still look as fresh as the day they were designed even though some are now more than 9 years old.

Here are just a few of the great designs and promotional items for you to enjoy!

Here are 14 examples of Japanese posters and graphic design work past and present.

Ryuichi Yamashiro, ad for Morisawa Co., early 80s

Seitaro Kuroda, Takashi Nomura, ad for Tokyo Copywriters Club, early 80s

Ikki Shimoda, Chihiro Ishida, ad for Fashion News, 80s

Prayer

Katsuichi Ito, ad for Fuji Xerox, early 80s

Artist unknown, c. 1929-30, ad for a multiple feature including the 1929 release of Dry Martini

Akiteru Nakajima, ad for The Japan Foundation, early 80s

The OrSM poster © KRFX

Tadanori Yokoo poster

Tadanori Yokoo poster, koshimaki-osen (1966)

Mr.Whale is attacking the City of Tokyo.

Toru Kogure , Takashi Tanabe , ‘New Face’ editorial for Fashion News, early 80s

“Kfitzat Haderech”, exhibition poster.

Yoshitaro Isaka, 1966, ad

The guys at Fuel Your Creativity have assembled an amazingly inspirational array of retro wallpapers You can download your favorite and use it for a background. Well worth a look!

20 Amazing Retro Wallpapers

Get inspired for your logo concepts, have a look through this great gallery of logo’s on the  LogoPond Web site.