The 1995 screenprint on paper features a white background with a black “NO.” The n and o are distinctly different fonts, with the n taking side stage off to the lower left of the dominating o. The edges of the n resemble a sans serif font while the o has more qualities of a serif…
This poster was designed by Mitsuo Katsui in 1996 for the GALA. Katsui’s work featured in an exhibition of seven independent contemporary artists as part of a series called ‘Global Brain.’ There is little information to be found on this event and the poster itself. If one were to google search ‘GALA Yuzawa,’ a website…
The MYU or Miyagi University poster by Mitsuo Katsui was designed in 1977 for an operation called Kentaro Ota Miyagi University. It was later used for the 12th Tokyo International Trade Fair. Miyagi University is a small college that has a department for project design who collaborated with the Tokyo Trade Fair and Katsui in…
My first impression of the Jakuchū Goja is from far away, where I see simple shapes against a black background. When I come closer, I notice the incredible detail on the designs, and I am suddenly drawn in, almost like hypnosis, seeking out every minute detail of the flowers on the page I see. Then, I…