What with all the excitement of the Sydney Biennale, we had neglected to post some images of our work for the Hills Spring festival at Roppongi Hills.

We created three banner designs (pink, orange, blue) which were displayed around Roppongi Hills during Hills Spring. The festival, which takes place during the blooming of Sakura, includes illuminations, food markets, live music performances and a special opening of the Roppongi Hills Rooftop Garden.

The blooming of Sakura is a very special time in Tokyo and all over Japan, with many people enjoying Hanami — or flower viewing — parties.

We wanted the design of our banners to reflect the special significance of Japanese springtime, so we took inspiration from Japanese Mon — circular heraldic crests which were used to identify individuals and families.

In contrast to the historic reference material, we employed a bright colour palate and created some custom typography to emphasise the contemporary attitude of Roppongi Hills.

As well as the banner designs, we created two logos; one for the festival for the Roppongi Hills Spring Festival and one for Ark Hills Sakura Festival which again combined historic Japanese influences with a pop sensibility.

Spring is a very special time time in Japan, coinciding with the blooming of Sakura across the country. This year Roppongi Hills commissioned Barnbrook to create an identity for the Hills Spring festival. The identity is made up of a series of logos featuring a Sakura flower and will be rolled out accross publicity for Roppongi Hills and Ark Hills later this month. We also created a series of banners which will be displayed around Roppongi Hills. We will be showcasing more of this project once it has been launched in Tokyo.

Earlier this year Barnbrook designed some banners and a tapestry for the Hills Café/Space, in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. We thought that this was an opportune moment to showcase the identity we created for the cafe back in 2008.

The identity comprises of a logo created from a customised version of our typeface, Priori Sans, and a series of circular patterns which can be found on banners and advertising.

We also came across this lovely photo of our work on a light-box wall on flickr which beautifully shows our designs.

Below you can see the large ‘tapestry’ that we created, which is displayed within the cafe.

You can find more information on Hills Café/Space on the Roppongi Hills website, also designed by us.

We are proud to announce the launch of the redesigned Roppongi Hills Website. The website is in its first launch stage, with most of the Japanese site available in the new design, and some of the English site. The site is the result of a long design process, during which we have been working with Japanese company Concent who have taken care of the complex coding involved in such an enormous site.

The old site had a lack of clear information hierarchy and organisation, and was in dire need of an injection of colour.

The new site features a range of new features such as slideshows, a re-organised events calendar, colourful rollovers and much more. Each section has it’s own colour scheme which relates to the original corporate identities that we did for Roppongi Hills and the Mori Art Center.