Pictogrammed Kanji
Sounds like an oxymoron – kanji that is pictogrammed when a kanji is a pictogram. Japanese designer Masaaki Hiromura cleverly combined type with illustration to reinforce the idea of the word as well as a graphic symbol. On how he came up with the pictograms:
We looked at the meanings each kanji letter has. making a part of the letter an illustration gets right and left brain working at the same time, and it increases one’s attention.
Hiromura-san is also the graphic designer behind the 9h hotel in Kyoto.