James Bowskill is a British Art Director at A.C.O. Tokyo, where he develops brands on-line.

He also collects Japanese packaging, occasionally writes articles for Tokyo's web magazine PingMag, and is a member of London design team Superblue.

Can't Get Enough Japanese Packaging Design? Feb 13 2006

For those like me, ever on the lookout for more examples of the treasure trove that is Japanese packaging design, here's a few links:

• Japanese Candy & Toys by Jason Zada
• PingMag's lickably pink strawberry fair article...
• ...and another PingMag gem on cigarette packaging
• Yong Fook's filthy Japanese food reviews
• Japan Rail's anniversary bullet train pencil box over at Superblue
• A quick post here last year on some great medicine packaging