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Design (Japan), 016, 1961

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Content includes:
Special feature: Visual language
Genealogy of visual language / Masaru Katsumi
Children’s visual language / Kumamoto High School of Technology
Considerations on film design / Saul Bass
Symbols: from primitive to civilized / Yusaku Kamekura
Capogrossi Composition
Explanations of famous works
Kepes: Visual language, new landscape / Kohei Abe
Nagi: New vision, vision in motion / Masato Takahashi
Kandinsky: Points, Lines, and Planes / Sakazaki Otoro
Klee: An Educator’s Sketchbook / Nobutada Hiroo
Arnheim: Art and Visual Perception / Takei Katsuo
Fauchon: The Life of Form / Koseki Toshikiya
Weill: Symmetry / Toyama Kei
Fitney: Symbolology / He Hatsuhiko
Hogben: The History of Communication / Katsumi Masaru
Kandinsky: The Play of Vertical Lines
Kite Design / Kenmochi Isamu
The Designer’s Eye: On the Banks of the Line / Toyoguchi Katsuhei
Masu: “Nothing but Design” / Otsuji Seiji
The Designer’s Window: The Story of Wood①: The Past and Present of Wood / Fukui Koichi
Design Square
Misfits / Tsuchida Eiichi
The Nightmare of Artificial Intelligence / Ishida Dori
Brief Opinions / Sano Hiroshi

Details

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Kenji Ito
  • Year: 1961
  • Client/Publisher: Bijutsu Shuppansha
  • Size: 298mm x 210mm

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Design (Japan), 016, 1961
Design (Japan), 016, 1961. Cover design by Kenji Ito

 

Design (Japan), 016, 1961 Back Cover
Design (Japan), 016, 1961 Back Cover
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