About

Thanks for stopping by. I’m currently at work on a six-box set of kanji flash cards called Kanji PictoCards. 

While living in Japan, I wrote two illustrated books, Kanji PictoGraphix andKana PictoGraphix. Returning to the States, I taught information design at Art Center and digital imaging at The American Film Institute. 

I’ve developed a niche in illustrated books and websites using visual mnemonics. FiftyStatesOfMind.com teaches geography (think of the boot of Italy concept), AtomFamilies.com turns the elements of the periodic table into human characters, and and Kanji Pictographix teaches Japanese kanji.

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~Michael Rowley, Proprietor