Creative Boom

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Regular Practice explains how it's made Japanese mochi into an upmarket brand. So branding plays a key role. The challenge Mochi is a Japanese delicacy that has existed for centuries. A brand that could work both in the best department stores, as well as their own signature tea rooms in due course."

Travel 458

Travel Textures Brand Branding 458

Creative Market

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Japanese art and design are widely used and celebrated all around the world. From anime and origami to lolita fashion and minimalist interior designs, even in a small way, Japanese culture has become a part of our everyday lives. Their unique styles and motifs make them valuable to brands and graphic designers alike.

Graphic Design 167

Graphic Design Graphic Brand Branding 167

Creative Boom

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Regular Practice explains how it's made Japanese mochi into an upmarket brand. So branding plays a key role. The challenge Mochi is a Japanese delicacy that has existed for centuries. A brand that could work both in the best department stores, as well as their own signature tea rooms in due course."

Travel 400

Travel Textures Brand Branding 400

Creative Boom

AUGUST 9, 2022

If you've ever read and enjoyed Convenience Store Woman by Japanese writer Sayaka Murata, then you'll know why London-based illustrator Lauren Ly shares a gentle curiosity for Asian mini markets. But there's a hint of ukiyo-e, too – the genre of Japanese art that translates to 'pictures of the floating world'. Toadette © Lauren Ly.

Marketing 492

Marketing Marketing Illustration Illustrator 492

Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Meanwhile, releases like Pangram Pangram's Model show how cultural influencesin this case, Japanese model kitscontinue to inspire fresh approaches to type design. Model's modular forms and mechanical precision make it particularly suitable for technical documentation, industrial design, and contemporary branding applications.

Fonts 300

Fonts Typography Inspiration Digital 300

Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 6, 2025

Creating a logo and choosing fonts for logo is a critical step for building a strong brand identity. A well-designed logo can leave a lasting impression on customers and make your brand stand out. The font sets the tone and reflects the personality of your brand, whether its modern, classic, or playful. Region Logo Font 15.

Fonts 246

Fonts Advertising Advertising Arts and Crafts 246

Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

James has created a showreel, website and brand identity to reflect how his direction has evolved. You'll detect Asian influences in his work here and there—from samurai to Japanese-y cute furry creatures, which juxtapose nuance and texture against his more common vector aesthetic. The inspiration is found in his family history. "My

Animation 284

Animation Vectors Theme Client 284

Creative Boom

MARCH 13, 2023

Mamasea is a salmon brand whose branding might remind you of your favourite indie album, and that's no accident. Amsterdam studio Fitzroy explains how they responded to the challenge of creating a "seafood love brand". The ask was "develop a seafood love brand". The icon itself is inspired by Japanese art.

Brand 446

Brand Branding Production Agency 446

Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Made for any professional project branding. It is the best for logos, branding and of course quotes. The font is suitable for any branding project like logo, sport, and many more. This font is suitable for any design like branding, quotes, book title and etc. Every letter has a unique and beautiful touch.

Fonts 246

Fonts Arts and Crafts Adobe Advertising 246

Design Milk

MAY 15, 2025

Furniture made by Japanese artisans, recycled materials given new life, and curated artworks that rotate alongside permanent installations tell a story of thoughtful craftsmanship and quiet, but impactful, environmental stewardship. No two rooms are the same, so every visit feels like a unique experience.

Travel 179

Travel Architecture Gallery Photography 179

Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Whether you are working on branding, advertising, or sleek UI designs, condensed fonts provide versatility and style. Condensed fonts, narrow fonts, and skinny fonts are ideal for branding projects, creating the best logos , and presenting guideline documents. Their unique designs make them stand out, offering precision and elegance.

Fonts 246

Fonts Graphic Design Graphic Arts and Crafts 246

Creative Boom

JANUARY 28, 2025

For brands, that means being ultra transparent about their practices, values, and ethical sourcing while offering unique and personalised experiences. To capture their attention, brands will need to embrace moments that feel human and spark an emotional connection.

Education 243

Education Branding Brand Digital 243

Creative Boom

MAY 1, 2024

Specialising in creating music and multiplatform sound design for video games, DOKI DOKI is named after the Japanese onomatopoeia for a heart-pounding feeling of excitement. We wanted to ensure we found a way to put this at the heart of the brand, so it became obvious how we could do that when we started visualising the name."

Inspiration 521

Inspiration Client Agency Brand 521

Creative Boom

JANUARY 21, 2024

Brooklyn-based brand studio Athletics has collaborated with content collaboration platform ShareFile to create a personable new brand identity that revolves around its users and play. The brand we developed to tell this new story would put people at the centre," the Athletics team explained.

Animation 487

Animation Photography Brand Branding 487

Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2023

Sticker-obsessed publisher Stickerbomb has turned its attention to the independent beer industry in its latest book celebrating the world's coolest brewery branding. But for its upcoming book, The Craft Beer Sticker Book, Stickerbomb has delved into the best craft beer-related branding the scene has to offer.

Arts and Crafts 545

Arts and Crafts Publishing Publishing Brand 545

Design Milk

JANUARY 20, 2025

The emerging pet brand founded by Taiwanese American designers Lydia Ho and Jacky Huang are proudly declaring No mo! Crafted from premium multi-layer eucalyptus and poplar solid wood, The Leo Beds frame is inspired by Japanese joinery techniques, eliminating the need for screws or tools.

Patterns 288

Patterns Color Brand Branding 288

Design Milk

MAY 2, 2024

The intentional deconstruction – featuring chipped paint, holes in walls, and exposed pipes – came together in a then novel manner that simultaneously represented the brand as a whole while also showcasing the art of Le Labo’s perfumery.

Arts and Crafts 321

Arts and Crafts Travel Architecture Art 321

Design Milk

JUNE 24, 2024

That’s exactly what Japanese furniture brand Ariake facilitated in October 2023 when it led a cohort of notable designers and brands – including Gabriel Tan , Anderssen&Voll , Keiji Ashizawa , Norm Architects , Monica Förster , Naoki Terada , and Christian Haas – through a week-long design workshop in Saga, Japan.

Sculpture 278

Sculpture Inspiration Exhibition Production 278

Creative Boom

JUNE 25, 2024

From text messages to social media posts to brand identities, icons and pictograms have become essential tools for conveying information rapidly and clearly. Icons are more illustrative, often abstract – creating a visual signifier for a sub-branding within an organisation, for example.

Print 516

Print Theme Arts and Crafts Digital 516

Design Milk

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Nothing is quite as kawaii as Japanese stationery and paper paraphernalia, and Hitotoki’s latest offering for KING JIM is proof of that. The stationery brand recently launched Coffret , a collection of peel and stick PET film stickers designed by Japanese artist Smanim that resemble makeup palettes.

Color 364

Color Inspiration Patterns Artist 364

Inkbot Design

AUGUST 24, 2023

Top 10 Best Japanese Logos for Branding Inspiration Logos are more than simple graphic marks – they visually encapsulate a company's ethos, history, and aspirations. This is especially true in Japan, where symbols often draw deeply from cultural iconography and values to create impactful brand identities.

Brand 97

Brand Branding Inspiration Arts and Crafts 97

Creative Boom

MARCH 14, 2023

Previously managing director at Wieden + Kennedy, Paulo Ribeiro's new agency has a sneaker branding project that pays unexpected tribute to the creative world. Because that's exactly what the new sneaker brand Novella is all about. This new premium sneaker brand is built around stories. If you're a creative, probably not.

Sports 468

Sports Agency Artist Branding 468

Creative Boom

JUNE 27, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock A well-crafted brief is the cornerstone of effective branding. Identify the core problem The problem your brand needs to solve might appear obvious at first glance, but it's worth digging a little deeper. But you also need to ask how much the company, organisation or brand wants to transform.

Agency 540

Agency Brand Branding Client 540

Creative Boom

APRIL 20, 2023

Brian in front of a new installation by Suchi Reddy, Shaped by Air, inspired by the Lexus Electrified Sport, on public view at Superstudio Più in Milan The nature of the vehicle is changing, so how does branding for car companies need to evolve? But is it a truly global brand in terms of consistent messaging?

Brand 511

Brand Branding Sports Marketing 511

Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

It's a female-led chocolate brand launched in Richmond in 2022, offering the most delicious chunky dark chocolate bars made with only the finest ingredients. The result is influenced by Japanese aesthetics whilst retaining the traditional techniques and craftsmanship that are central to Kanata's pieces.

Arts and Crafts 544

Arts and Crafts Presentation Print Artist 544

Creative Boom

MAY 2, 2023

Precarious Pangolins – Carnival (Detail) © Sam Wilde In the four years since graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, Sam Wilde has won numerous prestigious awards for his intricate fine art patterns and enjoyed collaborations with brands such as Apple, John Lewis, Liberty and the Turner Contemporary.

Patterns 508

Patterns Animation Art Fine Art 508

BP&O

MARCH 9, 2023

A visual identity just as Instagrammable as the ‘the world’s most Instagrammed cake’ Sydney bakery Black Star Pastry has been on the ascendancy, from local pastry maker to global cult status, racking up millions of views, thousands of loyal followers and generating hype around its ‘original cakes woven together with poetic storytelling’ (..)

Illustrator 218

Illustrator Illustration Brand Branding 218

Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

And it puts your work in front of a panel of 50 designers, spread across 17 countries and four continents and representing brands including Amazon, Estée Lauder, Microsoft, PepsiCo, LEGO, Nestle and Mars Food. Why you should enter Winning a Pentaward is a great achievement for any packaging design agency, brand or student.

Packaging Design 535

Packaging Design Inspiration Production Brand 535

Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Today’s websites are more than online spaces—they’re tools for engagement, branding, and storytelling. These trends go beyond looks; they create memorable user experiences that make brands stand out. Visit Website TELETECH Website Design Teletech is the premiere techno events and apparel brand.

Web Design 264

Web Design Web Design Theme Fonts 264

Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Their lineup of industry-leading illustration talent includes David Doran , an award-winning illustrator based in Falmouth who works with international brands, magazines, newspapers, festivals and publishers creating illustrations of all shapes and sizes. They are based in New York City, with offices in London, Berlin, Shanghai and Sydney.

Artist 505

Artist Illustration Illustrator Arts and Crafts 505

The Design Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In Japanese, ryuko means both “dragon and tiger” which perfectly captures the strong yet complementary personalities of the restaurant’s business partners. Blok designed a flexible visual language that takes on a contemporary approach to traditional Japanese sensibility, textures and imagery.

Brand 98

Brand Branding Textures Print 98

Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

So, it feels like a moment for brands to capitalise on demonstrating a level of altruism whilst showing their identities in a fresh way. And that's because consumers are becoming co-creators of their brand experiences. The custom typeface is a nod to piping icing textures, appropriate for a food colouring brand with lots of flavours.

Fonts 545

Fonts Brand Branding Typography 545

Moo

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Here are the five key design trends to watch in 2025 and how theyre transforming everything from Business Cards to Branded Merch. This resurgence of analog-inspired visuals is now finding its place in branding, with raw, unpolished finishes such as muted paper stocks , photocopied textures, and intentionally imperfect designs.

Brand 98

Brand Branding Textures Business Cards Design 98

Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

Beyond the Horizon The first installation, titled Beyond the Horizon, was created by Japanese designer Hideki Yoshimoto and his studio Tangent. To evoke this concept, the piece uses cutting-edge technology blended with traditional Japanese craftsmanship to create an immersive experience for visitors.

Artist 459

Artist Arts and Crafts Exhibition Sculpture 459

BP&O

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Text by Kazumasa Nagai, 1974 Quarterly Design was a Japanese publication. It shares a lot in common with the renowned and still in print publication IDEA although only in Japanese and broader in terms of design, covering other disciplines such as architecture and […].

Publication 218

Publication Architecture Print Brand 218

Creative Boom

JULY 8, 2024

The brief was for three illustrations – an English country garden, a Japanese garden and a topiary garden, with details including a bridge, pagoda, moss and ponds. There were no mandatories to worry about like a brand, crest or the ABV of the liquid, but the portrait aspect of Molly's first wine labels gave pause for thought. "I

Illustration 525

Illustration Illustrator Magazine Client 525

Design Milk

APRIL 29, 2024

Japanese brand ZitA’s automated trash can is an extension of the Japanese attention to disposing of trash thoughtfully within a traditionally inspired design with a few high tech features.

Publication 305

Publication Textures Brand Branding 305