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Idea 161, 1980-7

Information

Editor in chief: Yoshihisa Ishihara
Editorial Director: Noboru Sakamoto
Publisher: Shigeo Ogawa
Editorial Cooperation: Ohchi Design Office
Editorial Cooperation: Midori Imatake
Printers: Mitsumura Printing Co., Ltd.
Printers: Nishiki Printing Co., Ltd.
Printers: Dainippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Cover illustration: Elwood H. Smith

Content includes:
Elwood H. Smith’s Comics by Seymour Chwast
On Picture Books by Margriet and Annemie Heymans by Shigeru Watano
Illustration by Hiroko by Jerry Demoney
A Japanese American Designer full of vitaliry, Susumu Harada by Howard York, Arthur S. Congdon
Shigeo Fukuda’s space design by Kiyoshi Seike
Yoshio Hayashi and His Simbol Marks [sic] by Yoshiaki Yujobo
Lighting Design Exhibition by Kazumasa Nagai
Kohei Miura’s Logo and Mark by Tadasu Fukano
Collage by Dennis J. O’Donnell
Homage to the Palette
’80 Graduation Works of Graphic Design Students
Designers and House-organs
The 40th Annual Exhibition of Art Culture Association

Details

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Elwood H. Smith
  • Year: 1980
  • Client/Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co

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Idea 161, 1980-7. Cover design by Elwood H. Smith
Idea 161, 1980-7. Cover design by Elwood H. Smith
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