The Japanese artist Isao Yamada makes all works manually, rendering delicate handicraft touch. Combined with literal context, his typography is poetical and contemplative. He incorporates decorative patterns with letters, creating“emoji-zuan” (graphical picturesque letters). His designs are commissioned for book-covers, theatre posters, signboards, logos and other personalised items. He is also known as a filmmaker, who implements his hand-written words in his non-digital cinema. His films have been presented across the world including the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.