Comments on: Peace Sells... http://neojaponisme.com/2009/06/09/peace-sells/ a web journal on Japan and elsewhere Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sean O http://neojaponisme.com/2009/06/09/peace-sells/comment-page-1/#comment-25657 Sean O Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:09:33 +0000 http://neojaponisme.com/?p=1396#comment-25657 I think the designers of Japanese cigarette packages should anticipate the oncoming westernization, and start incorporating into their artwork blackened lungs, limp p3nises, and other such pleasant details. Also, is there any connection between these? http://www.chocochips.co.uk/cps/peace%20cigarettes.jpg http://www.warelics.com/images/1stheerparadehelmetEagle.jpg I think the designers of Japanese cigarette packages should anticipate the oncoming westernization, and start incorporating into their artwork blackened lungs, limp p3nises, and other such pleasant details.

Also, is there any connection between these?

http://www.chocochips.co.uk/cps/peace%20cigarettes.jpg
http://www.warelics.com/images/1stheerparadehelmetEagle.jpg

]]> By: Matt TREYVAUD http://neojaponisme.com/2009/06/09/peace-sells/comment-page-1/#comment-25618 Matt TREYVAUD Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:04:19 +0000 http://neojaponisme.com/?p=1396#comment-25618 <i>Some of the first people in Japan to acknowledge the power of graphic design were the tobacco merchants in Meiji era Japan.</i> This explains so much -- in general I've found that the older the design on a pack of Japanese cigarettes, the cooler it looks, and the minor brands that you can't get in vending machines are the best of all. Nowadays most of the big brands are just unadventurous, averaged-out blahs of nonthreatening text in soothing pastels and grays. Some of the first people in Japan to acknowledge the power of graphic design were the tobacco merchants in Meiji era Japan.

This explains so much — in general I’ve found that the older the design on a pack of Japanese cigarettes, the cooler it looks, and the minor brands that you can’t get in vending machines are the best of all. Nowadays most of the big brands are just unadventurous, averaged-out blahs of nonthreatening text in soothing pastels and grays.

]]> By: R. Shaldjian Morrison http://neojaponisme.com/2009/06/09/peace-sells/comment-page-1/#comment-25594 R. Shaldjian Morrison Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:15:39 +0000 http://neojaponisme.com/?p=1396#comment-25594 Very nice article. Ishikawa Jun wrote a short novel called "Taka," which is about, among other things, Peace cigarettes. You might want to check it out. And I heard somewhere that the current packaging was designed by the illustrator Wada Makoto 和田誠. Can't confirm this, though. Very nice article. Ishikawa Jun wrote a short novel called “Taka,” which is about, among other things, Peace cigarettes. You might want to check it out. And I heard somewhere that the current packaging was designed by the illustrator Wada Makoto 和田誠. Can’t confirm this, though.

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