Sometimes it’s refreshing for any designer to take a look back at old design works done in the past. Pieces not affected by the societies and circumstances around which we live today, but art from different times. One of the coolest things I came across via a creative friend of mine is a blog post featuring Japanese Graphic Design from the ’20s and ’30s. The pieces are just amazing and showcase a new type of creativity from a country going through dramatic societal and industrial changes. “This collection of 50 posters, magazine covers and advertisements offer a glimpse at some of the prevailing tendencies in a society transformed by the growth of modern industry and technology, the popularity of Western art and culture, and the emergence of leftist political thought.” (Pink Tentacle)

The below pictures are just few picks from a massive collection which you can view at pinktentacle.com.

“Fuji Weekly” cover, Oct 1930

“Reijin” sheet music cover, 1930

Cover of “Nippon” magazine issue #2, Jan 1935

Poster design by Shujiro Shimomura, 1928

Nikke coat poster ad by Gihachiro Okayama, 1937

Via Pink Tentacle.