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A photo of SEALDs members at a Club conference shows that the new, larger banner also extends behind groups

The Club has a new press-conference backdrop. The old one was past its use-by date (with more- than-frayed edges) and has been gently retired. The new version is the culmination of two years’ effort that started with adapting the pen-and-quill icon (which, nevertheless, remained essentially unchanged). Designed by Number 1 Shimbun art director Andrew Pothecary, the new backdrop features a repeated pattern of the Club’s full name – in English and Japanese – and the pen-and-quill with the abbreviated “FCCJ” that is becoming more of the Club’s “brand.” Former president Lucy Birmingham oversaw its making. Daisuke Katogi of Tsutaya printers undertook the job of stitching the banner – and, in fact, was the man who had stitched the previous one.