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龍: dragon

By Chinese Word, colors, Design, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Layout

龍 [龙] lóng

radical 212
: “dragon” radical in Chinese characters

noun
: dragon; imperial; symbol of emperor; (Chinese surname)

Kun Reading

竜 (龍) | たつ tatsu

noun
: dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon)​
: naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology​
: promoted rook​ (shogi)

On Reading

竜 | リュウ ryuu or リョウ ryou or ロウ rou

 

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Yuni Yoshida

Yuni Yoshida

By advertisement, colors, Design, Fashion, Food for thought, images, Layout

Yuni Yoshida (吉田ユニ Yoshida Yuni) is a Japanese graphic designer and art director who’s best known for a colorful range of surreal imagery that makes the viewer stop, think and ogle in awe. Her creativity and genius is not only inspiring, but too beautiful for words.

Born in 1980 in Tokyo, Yoshida wanted to be a designer as a child. She later graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design and began her career at Ohnuki Design. Following a stint at Uchu Country, she established her own office in 2007. She has produced artwork for Uniqlo, Laforet Harajuku and LUMINE department stores, as well as for numerous celebrities.

Her works or follow her. All credit to Yuni Yoshida.

Disney: Mickey Mouse

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Type Snob

By Design, Layout, Typography-Font

1. Choose a typeface for body text

2. Avoid more than 2 typefaces

3. Balance line space and font size

4. Line length 45-90 characters

5. Modular scale

6. Punctuation

• curly quotes: Option + [ for opening quotes
– Option + Shift + [ for closing quotes.
 
• en dash (–): Option + Hyphen
– em dash (—): Option + Shift + the Hyphen Key

credit source: thedesignteam.io | Pablo Stanley