During my stay as artist in residence in Kyoto I noticed many signs, symbols, pictograms, and logos. Some of them were new to me, some are also well-known in Central Europe.
The cat in the Yamato Transport logo reminded me much of the one on Katjes liquorice sweets. That sparked my idea to amalgamate Japanese and German signs and their names. The new signs seem spontaneously familiar but irritating on second glance.
Apart from this graphic work as artist in residence in Kyoto there is another, photographic one.