As you may well already know, the posters exhibited at “How Very Tokyo…” are now available to buy via the Open Library online shop. Some great responses, although it would have been nicer to see some information regarding the concepts behind each poster. So what did I do you ask? I naturally got in contact with Stephen from North, who was kind enough to enlighten me regarding the concept of his poster:
“Stripes and lines of the 23 wards”
“Aside from being clean, punctual, reliable and all the rest, the trains in Tokyo really are fantastic to look at.
To my outsider’s eyes, a near-universal graphic livery approach is followed. Every train carries consistently positioned horizontal stripes along their entire length, in beautiful and often bizarre colour combinations. The remainder of the train’s body is left as bare, unpainted aluminum. So the stripes are what you see first — almost signage for each of the network’s lines.”
And there you have it.
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