Found this on a great vintage design & illustration blog - pictured is 'Erasurehead vs Protractorhead' in a 1971 book by Kiyoshi Awazu http://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/2010/01/eraserhead-vs-protractorhead... - this blog has some other great collections too...
Blown away by Japanese graphic designer Kiyoshi Awazu (1929 – 2009)
http://www.kiyoshiawazu.com/en/profile.html
http://butdoesitfloat.com/118359/The-creative-exuberance-of-the-mind-liberate...
The labels date around the 1920s-40s and are soooo gorgeous - they feel really fresh & have a timeless style - go look at the flickr gallery for loads more of them, mmm / http://www.flickr.com/photos/maraid/sets/72157604922299315/
Jeong Mee Yoon: "The Pink and Blue Projects were initiated by my five-year-old daughter, who loves the color pink so much that she wanted to wear only pink clothes and play with only pink toys and objects. I discovered that my daughter’s case was not unusual..."
Debate goes on here: Should we not dress girls in pink?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7817496.stm
When I was a little girl there wasn't quite as much pink for sale as today's epidemic pinkage, but I could locate a pink Barbie or Sindy toy-stand like a pink seeking missile. Branding working it's magic it maybe but I grew out of any pink obsession I may/may not have had and don't think it poses as big a problem as is currently being made out (or is that what THEY want me to think??). I still like pink, so sue me.
What is it about Japanese design that makes me want to devour these soooo much, and how much do I want to visit a branch of 'Freshness Burger'.....very much.
Don't forget to look at the gallery for more pics, especially pic 2 'the MOS burger brings all the deliciousness of mountains, oceans and skies to the burger paradigm' which sits in a wrapper with a simple mountain outline on the wrapper - I want me some of that...