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> Go to events in Japan and a lot of the design of posters and so forth just looks seriously bad to US (and presumably European) eyes. As an European living in
by pezezin 2y ago
> Go to events in Japan and a lot of the design of posters and so forth just looks seriously bad to US (and presumably European) eyes.
As an European living in Japan, I can confirm. Japanese advertisement and presentations look like a competition in who can cram the most text in epilepsy-inducing colors in a single page/poster. Bonus points for cramming both horizontal and vertical text in the same page.
I don't know if they really like it, or if they just follow what everybody else does.
- ranger_danger 2y agoThe research I have seen seems to show that Japanese brains simply prefer information density over style and simplicity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi8pyS076a8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi8pyS076a8
- pezezin 2y ago"Japanese brains" as in there is neurological difference, or is it because that is the environment they have been raised in? (nature vs nurture)
- anthk 2y agoNurture. That's why the Asians are better in Math. Their language allows to shift from one operation into another at light speed.
- dkdbejwi383 2y agoDo you have a source that can back this up? Otherwise this looks like linguistic determinism and Orientalism
- pezezin 2y agoAh yes, the myth that East Asian countries are better at math because their numbers are just one syllable, so they can calculate faster. Leaving aside the fact that math is not only basic arithmetic, the reality is that they dedicate much more time in school to this kind of problems. But as usual, skills that are not used often atrophy over time, and in my experience the average Japanese adult is not much better than the average Western adult.