VizCab - The Design Portfolio of Michael Rowley

Kanji iPhone App

Filed under  //   Authored Works   iPhone   kanji   Kanji iPhone   UI  

Radicals UI

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Dragon

From my project 'Kanji PictoCards' in which I create visuals that match the shape and meaning of Japanese kanji characters.

Filed under  //   Illustration   kanji   Visual Mnemonics  

iPhone App Icon Study

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Kanji PictoCards on iPhone

Kanji PictoCards is adapted from my award-winning book, Kanji Pictographix. It includes over 2,000 visual mnemonics for learning the Japanese writing system. Unlike the book, the visuals are in color, it includes audio pronunciation guides, stroke order guides for writing, and an intuitive and visually compelling experience.

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Kanji PictoCards iPhone App

Users can browse by grade level, see stroke count and order, hear native speaker pronunciations, understand radical (root word-like) meanings, and compare and contrast kanji with similarly looking characters.

Filed under  //   Authored Works   Branding   Design   iPhone   kanji   Kanji iPhone   UI  

Twitter Wallpaper for @KanjiPicto

Bold wallpaper and branding motif for my line of award-winning books and iPhone apps for learning Japanese.

Filed under  //   Authored Works   Branding   Identity   Kanji   Visual Mnemonics  

Kanji Pictographix: Remember

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Kanji Pictographix: Summer

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Kanji PictoCards

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Father

I love visual mnemonics. I've written books on learning Japanese kanji with the help of illustrations that match the shape of kanji and convey their meaning. This is my favorite of the 1500 visuals I've created so far. The original images that this kanji is based on comes from a pictograph of a hand holding a stick. It represents the authority, discipline, and punishment of fathers. I like my visual way better. Here is kanji mnemonic number 189 of 1945.

Filed under  //   kanji   Typography   Visual Mnemonics  

Asia

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Kanji Pictographix Bird

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Style

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Plan

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