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Special Feature: GRAPH -36pages original design works and layout by GRAPH, INTRO -London, M/M “XN:00” A Film Poster Workshop, Kei Matsushuta, North, Masayoshi Nakajo, Yukari Miyagi, Serials: Kyoichi Tsuzuki -When Pig Design, Tadanori Yokoo -Source Vision of Design, Shinro Ohtake Serial Bound-in Posters-Part 7: and more.

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Idea 279, 2000-3. Cover design by GRAPH
Idea 279, 2000-3. Cover design by GRAPH
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In the late 1960s, IBM was one of the world’s pre-eminent corporations, employing over 250,000 people in 100 countries. While Paul Rand’s creative genius has been well documented, the work of the IBM staff designers who executed his intent outlined in the IBM Design Guide has often gone unnoticed.
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Emiliano Grignani is the grandson of Franco Grignani, one of the most versatile and influential Italian designers. Well-known for his advertising, painting and the way he could visualise motion in such a unique way. I interviewed Emiliano to find out more about Franco and his influence on graphic design and the great resource, https://www.francogrignani.info.

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Crouwel was the successor to Willem Sandberg who used an avant-garde approach in his work, utilising torn-paper montage, mixing of sans serif and old Egyptian typefaces and often off-center positioning. Crouwel steered away from this artistic approach and implemented a cohesive design system and a strong identity that emulated the corporate identity boom of the 1950s and 60s.