Art Direction, Magazine of Visual Communication, 375, June 1980. Cover design by Grace Kao and Kelly Kao

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Art Direction, The Magazine of Visual Communication, June 1980, Volume XXXII, Number 4, Issue No. 375

“We prefer to deal with order and chaos, density and complexity, on a formal and semantic basis. We feel this approach discourages immediate visual exhaustion and thus promotes graphic differentiation and greater visual impact.”

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Art Direction, Magazine of Visual Communication, 375, June 1980. Cover design by Grace Kao and Kelly Kao
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