This poster series aims to celebrate some of the most iconic works in the history of Japanese comics, in particular Devilman, Tetsuwan Atom, Doraemon, and Dragon Ball. Stories and characters that occupy a very important place in pop culture not only in Japan, but all around the world.

The colors of the illustrations are a tribute to some of the covers of Bird Land Press, a bi-monthly publication from 1982 to 1987 by Shūeisha and Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump.

For the names, I used Monopol (Latin) and Hiragino Maru Gothic (Japanese). Accompanying text is set in TWK Everett.

See my Behance page for more images as well as a project description in Italian.

Program for an event of artistic performances at the Villa Kujoyama of Kyôto, in Japan.

The Villa Kujoyama is a French artistic residency that welcomes designers and artists of all fields who want to develop projects in a Japanese context for two to six months.

This program has been designed in a collective way by the artists present at the Villa at that time: the graphic designer Alexandru Balgiu, with Flore Falcinelli, Céline Pelcé, and Krikor Kouchian.

Art direction and editorial design for the brand new book of French chef Stéphane Reynaud, whose restaurant Oui Mon Général ! got freshly awarded “Best Parisian bistro” for the third time.

Showcasing more than 200 classic bistro recipes, shots by Marie-Pierre Morel and a lot of focus pages: either elevating not-so-attractive iconic bistro ingredients or revealing some best-kept bistro cuisine tricks.

The book measures 205×260mm and features 480 pages. It was published by Éditions du Chêne.

Hardie Grant—

In Vegan JapanEasy, Tim Anderson taps into Japan’s rich culture of cookery that’s already vegan or very nearly vegan, so there are no sad substitutes and zero shortcomings on taste.

Alias Harbour is used for headline text. See also Alias Harbour used for Tim Anderson’s earlier JapanEasy (2017). The wide capitals are from PP Monument (Pangram Pangram). Japanese texts are set in Hiragino Maru Gothic (from Jiyu-kobo and Screen Graphic Solutions Co.); The sans serifs used for smaller point sizes in the book interior are ABC Monument Grotesk and ABC Monument Grotesk Mono (Dinamo) as well as Knockout (not pictured).

Hawaii: Part II is an album by ミラクルミュージカル (Miracle Musical) which was released on 12/12/12, at 12:12:12 on Bandcamp.

Hiragino Maru Gothic is used for the title, as well as the lyrics, acknowledgements, and other text in the accompanying PDF booklet, both for English and Japanese text. It’s paired with the bold W8 style of the related Hiragino Kaku Gothic for the Japanese band name, which is shown with a rainbow gradient.

Hawaii: Part II has been stated to draw artistic inspiration from the 9/11 attacks. The roman numerals “II” at the end of the title stand a space's width apart on the cover, meant to evoke the silhouette of the twin towers.

Art direction and design by Joe Hawley, with cover artwork by Dan Durda, Joe Hawley, Susan Holoway, and Bora Karaca.