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Special Feature: Specialized Lectures on Design
History of Graphic Design Education in Japan
Typography as Communication ― Jiro Katashio
Type Design and One Line ― Osamu Trinoumi
Page Layout Design with Grid System ― Yoshihisa Shirai
MeMe Design School and Its Activities
Looking This Way and That in Design: The Practice of So Hashizume
Views on “Katachi no Mikata (Textbook on Visual Communication)” ― Fumio Tachibana
KM+WT: Karel Martens and Werkplaats Typografie
The Dissolution of The Design Department of The Jan Van Eyck Academie
Pop Culture Colour Theory
Cultural History of Japanese Typefaces Vol. 4 “Typesetting Japanese Mixed with Latin Alphabet”

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They were many other designs who played an important role in IBM's graphic identity and implementation. Some of the other designers included Arthur Boden, Clarence Lee, Charles Keddie and Mary Beresford.
From time to time members of the Graphic Design History group and others have asked for a number of recommendations for books related to design history, theory and specific areas of graphic design. This is the first of a series of articles from educators, designers and archivists featuring book recommendations and resources.