Design Articles based on this decade
Kohei Sugiura’s work spans an impressive range of mediums, including record jackets, publication covers, posters, exhibition catalogues, and stamps. He perfectly merged functionality and data visualisation with aesthetics. Drawing on his background in architecture, Sugiura applied a systematic, programmatic methodology to graphic design, similar to the approach of Swiss designer Karl Gerstner.
Hiroshi Ohchi was a prominent Japanese designer, known for his playful and imaginative illustrated poster and packaging designs. He often combined bright colours with simple geometric forms and illustrated people and humanistic elements.
Japanese modern design was heavily influenced by European art movements, particularly modernism and the Bauhaus school. As Japan's advertising industry expanded, it increasingly drew from Western culture, especially television and film, resulting in designs that were eclectic, vibrant, and infused with modernist energy.
Each year, leading Dutch artists were commissioned to design the covers and inner pages of Drukkersweekblad en Autolijn. Including designers included Dick Elffers, Willem Sandberg, Jan van Toorn, Wim Crouwel, and Jurriaan Schrofer. The journal documented important design trends and developments in The Netherlands.
Design Artefacts from this decade
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From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Designer/s: H.N. Werkman
- Year: 1957
From the design archive:
- Format: Exhibition Catalogue
- Designer/s: Benno Wissing?
- Year: 1957
From the design archive:
- Format: Exhibition Catalogue
- Designer/s: Willem Sandberg
- Year: 1956
From the design archive:
- Format: Exhibition Catalogue
- Designer/s: Willem Sandberg
- Year: 1955
From the design archive:
- Format: Exhibition Catalogue
- Designer/s: Willem Sandberg
- Year: 1957
From the design archive:
- Format: Playing Cards
- Designer/s: Stig Lindberg
- Year: 1958
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Year: 1955
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Year: 1956
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1959
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
- Year: 1954
From the design archive:
- Format: Brochure
- Year: c. 1955
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Designer/s: Mart Kempers
- Year: 1953
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Year: 1951
From the design archive:
- Format: Stamps
- Designer/s: Lotte Ruting
- Year: 1950
From the design archive:
- Format: Stamps
- Designer/s: Cas Oorthuys
- Year: 1952
From the design archive:
- Format: Stamps
- Designer/s: WvdSalm
- Year: 1959
From the design archive:
- Format: Stamps
- Designer/s: Theo Kurpershoek
- Year: 1953
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Year: 1958
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Year: 1957
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Year: 1954
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Year: 1956
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Designer/s: Otto Treumann
- Year: 1959
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Designer/s: Hans Barvelink
- Year: 1957
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Designer/s: Jan Bons
- Year: 1956
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Designer/s: T. de Heus (coverdesign), Willem Sandberg (typography)
- Year: 1950
From the design archive:
- Format: Book
- Designer/s: Otto Treumann
- Year: 1958
From the design archive:
- Format: Exhibition Catalogue / Fold-Out
- Designer/s: Willem Sandberg
- Year: 1959
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1959
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1956
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Year: 1959
From the design archive:
- Format: Catalogue
- Designer/s: Otto Treumann
- Year: 1955
From the design archive:
- Format: Exhibition Catalogue
- Designer/s: Benno Wissing
- Year: 1956
From the design archive:
- Format: Magazine
- Designer/s: John Knightbridge
- Year: 1952
From the design archive:
- Format: Periodical
- Designer/s: FHK Henrion
- Year: 1951