Pmkfa

Work / Graphic Design

PMKFA

Words by Alex Bec, Friday 21 January 2011

We were introduced to one louder this week, an agency from France that represents some brilliant worldwide talent. One of the names on their rosta is PMKFA, a design studio from Tokyo who have a pretty varied output to say the least. I could go on about their stacks of great graphic and fashion design, illustration and art direction but the piece that really caught my eye was this eccentric illustration of food for a Japanese kids food science exhibition. A plethora of different techniques which if I was a little younger I’d flock to like a moth to a flame.

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