Tokyo subway’s humble duct-tape typographer

Tokyo’s cavernous train stations seem to be permanent construction zones. There is always some part or another shrouded in white sheets and skirted by a maze of endlessly shifting temporary paths. Walk the bowels of these stations long enough and you may come across Shuetsu Sato 佐藤修悦. Sixty-five year old Sato san wears a crisp canary yellow uniform, reflective vest and polished white helmet. His j

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Sato san has no formal graphic design training. Nevertheless, he has a masterful eye for form and colour. not only elegant and unique but, more importantly, very easy to read. works are an embodiment of the best qualities of design. honest, simple responses to a need and expressive and delightful.

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