Japan Style

Ikko Tanaka, 1978

First of all, a very heartfelt thanks to all the readers who have been moved

by our little Emma's illness to comment, write letters and make donations, 

it's incredibly comforting to receive such wonderful expressions 

of warmth and affection! Hopefully I'll manage to somehow 

thank all of you individually in the near future...

Ikko Tanaka

Those who have been following Animalarium for a while are surely

aware of my fondness of Japanese art and design. To make up for

 the deplorable absence of Japanese artworks in recent months,

I have assembled a little hors d'oeuvre of highly stylized and refined 

posters from the crème de la crème of Japanese graphic design.

Bon Appétit! 

Yusaku Kamekura award 1999-2010, thanks to Gurafiku

Ken Miki

Shigeo Fukuda

Ryohei Kojima, thanks to Grain Edit

Hisami Kunitake, from Graphis 1969-70, thanks to Sandi Vincent

Ryohei Kojima

Kazumasa Nagai, 1991, thanks to I Desire Vintage Posters

Kiyoshi Awazu, 1984

Kenya Hara, 2005

Ukichi Matsomoto, from Graphis 1967-68, 

thanks again to the very stylish Sandi Vincent

Toshihiro Watanabe

Wishing and Hoping and Thinking and Praying

 Ikko Tanaka, 1987

 Kazumasa Nagai, Hiroshima Appeals 1987

Sato Koichi, Hiroshima Appeals 2006

Norito Shinmura for Muji

Katsuhiko Shibuya and Noriyuki Tanaka posters, thanks to Pink tentacle

 Kazumasa Nagai

 Ryohei Kojima

 Shino Arihara

Itakura Tadanori for Osaka Aquarium

D-Net Co., Lepus from the Silent Zoo series for Narita Airport

 Tatsuro Kiuchi

Please visit tatsurokiuchi.com to buy the high resolution images 

of two beautiful artworks and donate the full price to the Red Cross in Japan

Life is Change

I am very happy to be able to feature more elegant creations from one 

of my favorite artists, the lovely and mysterious Kazumasa Nagai.

These images span a period of almost 30 years, from 1969 to 2007.

Many thanks to Vintage Poster, Pink Tentacle and I Desire Vintage Posters.

Sunday Safari - Striking Stripes

Celestino Piatti, cover of ABC der Tiere, 1964

André François, illustration from Roland, 1958, 

thanks to Le figure di libri

Józef Wilkon, cover of Pan Tip-Top

Russian Circus poster, thanks to Ben Perry's 

fantastic USSR posters collection on flickr

Polish matchbox label, thanks to Maraid's 

wonderful matchbox labels collection on flickr

Jacques Hnizdovsky, 1970

Kazumasa Nagai, Save me

Pep Montserrat, La selva del lenguaje

Swiss poster by Polly Bertram and Daniel Volkart, 1990

David Klein, poster Africa-fly TWA, ca.1967

Peter Clark, Stripe dreams collage

Sebastiano Ranchetti, Zebra print

Mario Mariotti

Matazo Kayama, 1954

Paul Le Mécano