Information

Cover Illustration: Kenichi Kuriyagawa
Editor in chief: Yoshihisa Ishihara
Editorial Director: Kazuchika Sunaga
Publisher: Shigeo Ogawa
Editorial Cooperation: Ohchi Design Office
Editorial Cooperation: Midori Imatake

Content includes:
Colors of Japan by Ikko Tanaka
Special Feature: Type Directors Club 29th Annual Exhibition by Yasaburo Kuwayama
The World of Kenichi Kuriyagawa: Graphic Design Rooted onto Natural Climate by Kiyoshi Awazu
ZOOM, the Visual Image Magazine by Shigeru Watano
The Peace Posters of Paul Peter Piech by Reiner Diederich, Dr. C. S. Chan Sandhu
Art Works of Arthur Paul by Shinichi Segi
Illustrators in Hokkaido Yoshihisa by Ishihara, Toyoaki Fujikura
Finnish Poster Exhibition from 1950 to Today by Mutsuaki Okai
Simple & Clear-sut Works of Susumu Harada + Hiroshi Uenoyama and Their Staff by Motoo Nakanishi
A Matter of Life and Death Exhibition by Shinichiro Tora
Studies of Graphic Design at Yale University by Minoru Niijima

Details

Linked Information

Idea 181, 1983-11. Cover design by Kenichi Kuriyagawa
Idea 181, 1983-11. Cover design by Kenichi Kuriyagawa
Idea 181, 1983-11. Cover design by Kenichi Kuriyagawa
More graphic design artefacts
From the design archive:
From the design archive:
From the design archive:
From the design archive:
More graphic design history articles

Members Content

One of Otl Aicher's lesser-known works was the identity and publicity for the Gastein Valley. Gastein valley was a resort for the elderly, an Austrian Alpine village in the Austrian state of Salzburg

Members Content

The identity manual consisted of 130 pages of information and brand usage with Arie J. Geurts heading up the project as design director, (who later headed up his own design studio in Los Angeles). The identity uses minimal colour and focuses on a consistent brand blue in all communications.

Members Content

The 1960 awards presented 420 poster entries from Swiss designers. Notable winners included Robert Büchler's typographic poster for the Museum of Applied Arts Basel and J. Müller-Brockmann’s Der Film poster for the Museum of Applied Arts and Gerstner + Kutter's asymmetric typographic poster for National-Zeitung SA Basel.

Members Content

This 1,500 word essay focused on the work of Jan Bons. One of the most prominent figures in Dutch design history. For over three-quarters of a century, he crafted a mass of work with many long-time collaborators.