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Design Brouhaha @MoritzBrouhaha@typo.social
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Each year I take some time to dig in Japanese second hands marketplaces to find rare or unavailable stuffs in Europe for my research (and for fun).
I have received the big box today !
Let's go ↓
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Design Brouhaha @MoritzBrouhaha@typo.social
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Yen is low, my appetite is high, and company like are awesome. You can order from Japanese second hands websites, shops and auction website, they put everything in a box and send it to you. Each item doesn't cost much, in between 1 and 20 euros.
The treasure has been verified and displayed on a table, composed of books and items. The cardbox has been destroyed by the dog, good boy.
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Design Brouhaha @MoritzBrouhaha@typo.social
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記号の事典 ( symbols encyclopedia) from 1985. One of the most expensive book, found it on yahoo auction for around 15 euros. The cardboard cover is a little bit damaged around the corner but the book inside is in MINT condition, it still smells fresh from the press. We have almost the same age and I'm not as fresh as this book. I will take care of it Japan, I promise.
Book cover
Book design
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Design Brouhaha @MoritzBrouhaha@typo.social
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What's inside 記号の事典 ?
290 pages of symbol systems and how to represent things. High quality colored print, with international standards but also Japanese symbolics like kimono belts, buddhas design, kamons, kabuki masks...
Dance moves on the left page. Weaving patterns on the right page.
Sign language pictograms.
Pictograms depicting how to use a flag.
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目でみることばの世界
(The world of words seen with your eyes) is more a method for creating pictograms than an encyclopedia. Printed in 1983, the cover is a little bit old but the book inside is in a really good condition. 10 euros. The editor is the Japanese Standards Association. I wanted it because it was co-authored by Yukio Ota 太田幸夫.

cover of the book depicting a world made of pictograms.
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Design Brouhaha @MoritzBrouhaha@typo.social
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what's inside 目でみることばの世界 ? 230 pages for learning what are symbols and pictograms and how to standardize them. One of the example is the Exit Sign ISO symbol with the running stickman. Design documentation, feedback testing and proposals are shown.
Exit Sign candidates
Experimental testing method : Can we read the sign when illuminated, with smoke environment etc... Each pictogram has a rank in each test.
Design morphing from illustration symbols to Chinese characters.
Indian pictorial symbols. You can already read the term 絵文字 (emoji) in the description.
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Design Brouhaha @MoritzBrouhaha@typo.social
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Typographics ti: is the quarterly magazine of the Japan Typography Association. First published in 1980, the publication is still going on today.
Found a set of 10 magazines for 40 euros. I was curious but didn't find any PDF or sample online, so I've decided to give it a try. The content is really different from one another but what a discovery ! If I find a scanner solution, I will try to make them available for everybody.
Pile of magazine with colorful covers.
each magazine is 22 pages long
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Tournesol 🌻 @tournesol@peculiar.florist
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@MoritzBrouhaha they look so so cool ​:nko_whoaa:​
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