There was a general agreement that the posters should be more representative of shape and colour, rather than to communicate the ideas through typography. Geometrical forms and interesting use of colour were frequently used in post war design and not typographic manipulation. Therefore Idea 2 and 4 were shortlisted to develop further.
Out of 2 and 4, Idea 2 provided a less cliche approach to representing Japan. A circle is obvious and probably been done before. Having a square, triangle and circle is more
There was a suggestion to create a singular poster made up of visual layers representing each period. The poster would then have a 'background', 'middleground' and 'foreground', that symbolises how the history and culture of Japan come together to influence Japanese designers. However the problem with this idea is that there will be a lot to communicate in one poster, which goes against one of the principles of Japanese design in that the message should be communicated in its essence.
There was a suggestion to look at Genis Carrera's 'Philographics' poster collection as inspiration. Carrera takes a specific term within philosophy and explaining them through simple shapes and colour with a brief description. It bares similarity to the aim of practical solutions. Following on Carrea's idea, these can be reinterpreted to represent a key word or theme within Japanese design, like a visual glossary.
A comment was also made to possibly develop a typeface that is inspired and informed by Japanese design sensibilities. To have the East influence the West rather than the accustomed West to East. Ikko Tanaka's Bodoni inspired typeface can be used as a starting point.
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