Re: Random Japanese Signs

by **yanpa** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:03 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:"French artist’s Osaka, Kyoto ‘residency’ raises eyebrows."
[url=http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2015/01/14/french-artists-osaka-kyoto-residency-raises-eyebrows/]tokyoreporter.com/2015/01/14/french-artists-osaka-kyoto-residency-raises-eyebrows/

Arty-farty twat wrote:For his part, the artist is defensive of his work. “Street signs convey authority, even touching them is taboo,” Abraham told the Sankei. “My art is a form of free speech.”

Oh, free speech, well that's OK then.

by **Coligny** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:18 pm

. Another couple, however, were not so sure, pointing out that the converted signs could distract drivers and prove to be dangerous

Couple who apparently never drove a car in Japan.

If anything it attract attention to the signs... Who are apparently most if not all the kind of sign you approach at low speed anyway... Because if you are doing 60 before facing a "no entry road" sign you are pretty much fucked.

by **matsuki** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:32 pm

Coligny wrote:
. Another couple, however, were not so sure, pointing out that the converted signs could distract drivers and prove to be dangerous

Cause....Japanese roads are best described as...distraction free?

by **Taro Toporific** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:28 am

you-buff-we-paint.jpg

you-buff-we-paint-closeup.jpg

Seen in Harajuku

by **matsuki** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:45 pm

But...it's a sticker?

by **Taro Toporific** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:48 pm

chokonen888 wrote:But...it's a sticker?

Well, it's also a scrape, not a "buff."

by **Taro Toporific** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:08 am

wrong-way.jpg

Ripped off from reddit.com/r/japan

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:18 am

My Italian friend told me about this dinning bar in Osaka.

porka.jpg

by **Russell** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 9:36 pm

Since 2014.

And it has a rich history already...

by **yanpa** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:53 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:
wrong-way.jpg
Ripped off from reddit.com/r/japan

Legal recourse in Germany for the man who stands up for his rights:

http://www.bild.de/news/inland/urteil/r ... .bild.html

by **Taro Toporific** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:07 pm

2015-02-10-Tokyo_no_ad.jpg

Without Ads Or Billboards, Here's What The Streets Of Tokyo Would Look Like
The Huffington Post 02/13/2015
...French graphic deisgner Nicolas Damiens reveals just how critical ads are to the character of a metropolis by showing how surreal the space would look without them. In his series aptly titled "Tokyo Without Ads," Damiens strips the buzzing Tokyo streets of any and all ads. The result is nearly unrecognizable, as ominous white canvases take up monumental space on every tier of the urban landscape.
More photos..

by **Coligny** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:24 pm

That can only mean we are already at the first bi-yearly rerun of "they live" on French TV (damn you M6 channel...)

image.jpg

Usually it's a november and june thing...
Certainly a communist ploy to ruin the christmas ~~sales~~ spirit...

by **Taro Toporific** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:45 pm

danger.jpg

via

by **legion** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:22 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:
2015-02-10-Tokyo_no_ad.jpg
Without Ads Or Billboards, Here's What The Streets Of Tokyo Would Look Like
The Huffington Post 02/13/2015
...French graphic deisgner Nicolas Damiens reveals just how critical ads are to the character of a metropolis by showing how surreal the space would look without them. In his series aptly titled "Tokyo Without Ads," Damiens strips the buzzing Tokyo streets of any and all ads. The result is nearly unrecognizable, as ominous white canvases take up monumental space on every tier of the urban landscape.
More photos..

Not impressed with his Photoshop skills, all he did was erase the content, so it doesn't show the metropolis without them, it just shows them as blank.

Imagining and showing a street without the signs would require some real work. Bit like you do when you make the flat layer 3D effect using old graphics, you see it on the History channel from time to time, gives depth to flat images when you animate them, but you have to create the parts of the image hidden by whatever is in the foreground, which is quite a chore.

Sorry he's an artists ..... I was looking at from the perspective of someone that does shit like this for a living, 29.97 times a second.

by **Coligny** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:35 pm

legion wrote:Sorry he's an artists ..... I was looking at from the perspective of someone that does shit like this for a living, 29.97 times a second.

it's still a paid job ? i was sure that since the 2000 bubble it became an intern task like making coffee or xeroxing TPS reports...

by **legion** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:52 pm

Coligny wrote:
legion wrote:Sorry he's an artists ..... I was looking at from the perspective of someone that does shit like this for a living, 29.97 times a second.

it's still a paid job ? i was sure that since the 2000 bubble it became an intern task like making coffee or xeroxing TPS reports...

depends how good you are

by **Coligny** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:41 am

legion wrote:depends how good you are

So Taro should be made of money by now...

by **Taro Toporific** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:56 pm

"Sir, we don't have room for the final 'n' on our booth sign."
. . . . . . "Nobody will notice. Put it up."

ass-sign.jpg

--via Peter Durfee (@Durf) March 23, 2015

by **Russell** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:41 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:"Sir, we don't have room for the final 'n' on our booth sign."
. . . . . . "Nobody will notice. Put it up."
ass-sign.jpg
--via Peter Durfee (@Durf) March 23, 2015

LOL, looks they wanted to save on printing costs...

by **matsuki** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:20 pm

LOL, gimmie a sharpie! THat is begging for "hole"

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:39 am

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1427675892.363458.jpg

There's a marketing message that might not work in America.

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:04 am

Coco Juku keepin' it real.

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1427767438.458100.jpg

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1427767457.753752.jpg

by **Taro Toporific** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:34 am

"Shinjuku ward raises stakes in the We-don't-give-a-shit-if-it-makes sense signs."

blooming-idiots.jpg

RT @katsudon45| goodandbadjapan (@goodandbadjapan) March 30, 2015

by **matsuki** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:00 pm

Samurai_Jerk wrote:Coco Juku keepin' it real.

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1427767438.458100.jpg

"O.K. But I just started my period?" :evil:

I need to location up my place of warking....Shinjuku is obviously Tokyo Olympic rrrrready

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:12 pm

chokonen888 wrote:I need to location up my place of warking....Shinjuku is obviously Tokyo ~~Olympic rrrrready~~ Orympic llllleady

FTFY

by **matsuki** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:02 pm

LOL

Anyone know WTF is the Shinjuku logo supposed to be?

The "We Japanese" way to get from Point A to Point B?

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:10 pm

chokonen888 wrote:LOL

Anyone know WTF is the Shinjuku logo supposed to be?

The "We Japanese" way to get from Point A to Point B?

That took me whole 2 seconds to find on Google.

古来から堅実さを表すといわれている菱形を原型に、新宿の「新」の一字を一筆で勢いよく描いたもので、新宿が将来に向かってますます堅実に発展していく意を表現するものです。

So it's shin (新) drawn in one stroke. Riiiiight.

by **yanpa** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:11 pm

chokonen888 wrote:LOL

Anyone know WTF is the Shinjuku logo supposed to be?

The "We Japanese" way to get from Point A to Point B?

A very stylized rendering of 新

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:14 pm

yanpa wrote:
chokonen888 wrote:LOL

Anyone know WTF is the Shinjuku logo supposed to be?

The "We Japanese" way to get from Point A to Point B?

A very stylized rendering of 新

Anybody else?

by **matsuki** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:26 pm

So.....I was right?

I'll leave that hieroglyphic for the Chinese to bitch about.

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