Japanese designer; Makoto Nakamura

Because I am a designer myself, I would like to post about design every once and a while. But of course only about design that has something to do with (Asian) female beauty! Would not want to chase you all away! ;-)

Today I present to you the work of Makoto Nakamura. A Japanese designer born in 1926. I will not bore you with his biography, but the man won several awards and his work was exhibited in the Louvre in Paris and the National Museum of Modern Art in Japan. Check out more of his graphic work here.

My thoughts on the design? Beautiful eyes! ;-)

top-right: Subtle Perfume Drives You mad / Shiseido Cosmetics, 1978 (103x73 ofset)
bottom-left: Unpainted Lips are Nicer / Shiseido Cosmetics, 1978 (103x73 ofset)
bottom-right: An Evening of Prime Popular Culture, Cultural festival, 1986 (103x73 ofset)

Source: Kirei - Posters from Japan 1978-1993

Asian eyes are simply gorgeous. I think designing with them/around them can yeild some really beautiful results. How about showing us some of your design prowess with perhaps a banner designed around Asian eyes?

I did some Asian-Sirens banners for Marco back in the late 90's. Will try to find them and put them here.

Robin is a great designer, now he needs some programming skills and than he is the best you can find ;-)

And here they are! Think I made them back in 1999. Not very special if I look critical at them now... But then I was happy with the results, and so was Marco. (Had to crop them to make them fit here without messing up the lay-out)

You can forget about that Marco! No more tech stuff for this dude! From now on it's design time only ;-)

You can find another of Robin's banners (the best one I think) here:

http://www.sachikomclean.com/public/english/links.html

Lee! That's a very old banner! Did not like it much myself, so did not mention it. Did not even know it was still used. This reminds me I should make a new banner for Asian Sirens very soon! ;-)