Japanese Design

Yasuo Kuroki’s 1973 Sony logo and the 1981 crowd-source competition to replace it.

Oct 8 • Richard Baird

Time, the eternal theme, is our origin

The story behind Rei Yoshimura’s 1986 logo for Seiko I

Sep 14 • Richard Baird

Classic Logo: Meiji Dairies Logo, 1986

Igarashi Studio's 1986 logo for Meiji Dairies Corporation.

Jul 30 • Richard Baird

Classic Logo: Suntory Hall., 1986

Takenobu Igarashi's 1986 logo Tokyo's Suntory Hall.

Jul 13 • Richard Baird

Classic Logo: Shell Concept, 1963

Yusaku Kamekura's 1963 unused logo proposal for Shell

Jun 29 • Richard Baird

Classic Logo: Surbank, 1985

Yusaku Kamekura and PAOS’ 1985 logo and corporate identity for Surbank Setagaya.

Mar 31 • Richard Baird

Classic Logo: Tokio Marine, 1986

Ivan Chermayeff and PAOS' 1986 logo and corporate identity for Tokio Marine.

Mar 24 • Richard Baird

Classic logo: Nortiz, 1984

Takenobu Igarashi & PAOS' 1984 logo for Noritz

Feb 10 • Richard Baird

Yokogawa Logo, 1986

Rei Yoshimura's 1986 logo for Yokogawa.

Oct 21, 2025 • Richard Baird

Kawasaki Shinkin Bank Logo, 1972

Mitsuo Katsui's 1972 logo for Kawasaki Shinkin Bank.

Aug 12, 2025 • Richard Baird

Bridgestone Logo, 1984

PAOS and Masanori Umeda's 1984 logo and CI for Bridgestone.

Aug 5, 2025 • Richard Baird

Ikko Tanaka's 1984 logo for the Iwate Broadcasting Company.

Jul 29, 2025 • Richard Baird

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