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Kura Sushi Brand Guidelines: Sakai’s Conveyor-Sushi Chain, Bikkura Pon and Kura Sushi USA
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Sushiro Brand Guidelines: The Osaka Conveyor-Sushi Chain From Sushitaro to Times Square
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Sushiro Brand Guidelines The Osaka conveyor-sushi chain that went from Sushitaro to Times…
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Matsuya Brand Guidelines: The Ekoda Gyumeshi Shop and a Tray-and-Bowl Mark
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Sukiya Brand Guidelines: Zensho’s Beef-Bowl Chain From a 1982 Yokohama Lunchbox Shop
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Komeda Brand Guidelines: Nagoya’s Franchised Kissaten With a Calligraphed Sign
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Doutor Brand Guidelines: The Tokyo Roaster Named After a São Paulo Street
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From the Museum
Design guides to art movements and great artists, illustrated with public-domain works — what to look at, and how to borrow it for your own work.
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Rien Poortvliet: Field Sketches, Gnomes and Storytelling
Quick answerRien Poortvliet (1932–1995) was a Dutch illustrator and painter, known for the 1976 book Leven en werken…
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Jean-Michel Folon: Watercolour Skies and Quiet Symbols
Quick answerJean-Michel Folon (1934–2005) was a Belgian illustrator, painter and sculptor whose watercolours, aquatints and posters show a…
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Marc Riboud: Frames, Signs and Street Geometry
Quick answerMarc Riboud (1923–2016) was a French Magnum photographer known for his 1953 picture of a painter on…
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Felix Nussbaum: Symbols, Walls and the Painted Self
Quick answerFelix Nussbaum (1904–1944) was a German-Jewish painter from Osnabrück who worked in exile in Italy and Belgium…
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Wang Xizhi: Brush Rhythm, Rubbings and Lettering Ideas
Quick answerWang Xizhi (303–361) was a Jin-dynasty Chinese calligrapher whose letters and texts became models for later writers.…
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Pavel Fedotov: Visual Storytelling in a Single Frame
Quick answerPavel Fedotov (1815–1852) was a Russian painter and former guards officer whose small, satirical scenes of St…
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