Three graphic panels side by side. The first is a light purple composition of abstract yellow shapes and letters. The second is a minimalist illustration of a polar bear face with the text “SHIROKUMA” and Japanese characters. The third shows a blue-toned photograph of foliage overlaid with a purple shape, Japanese characters and the phrase “It’s so cold”.

Japanese artist Ryo Kuwabara's incredible eye-popping poster design

Words: Madeleine Morley
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Date: 25 June 2014; Work

Ryo Kuwabara is a master colour coordinator and a geometric genius: scrolling through his Tumblr page, it’s kind of unbelievable when you realise that he has designed every single one of the decorative, eye-popping posters in the spectacular online portfolio. His work is space age but also early computer age, composed out of highly artificial patterns and rounded shapes that contain just a hint of Keith Haring. I’m not entirely sure what the posters are for, as the only English words that I can decipher are “Circuit Disarray” and “Blink” and “Symphony of the form,” but I do think that all of these words are very evocative of Ryo’s fantastically playful designs.