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Craft News (工芸ニュース), Vol.21 No.2, February 1953

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工芸ニュース Vol.21 No.2 1953年2月 ＜日本相互銀行の家具 前川国男建築事務所＞

Content includes:
Exhibition for the Aesthetics of Automobile Design / Arthur Drexler; Hamaguchi Ryuichi
(Graph)
Library and Bookshelf / IAI Research Division
Book Dimensions and Storage Shelves / Industrial Crafts Research Institute Design Department (Shinjo Akira)
Bookshelf Ideas and Designs / Kanamori Michijiro
Bookshelf (Graph)
Furniture of Japan Mutual Bank / Maekawa Kunio Architects
Classification of Design Materials① / Hiroshi Ishihara
Furniture and handicrafts in postwar Italy / Michitsugu Suzuki
(graph)
Connecting “American Correspondence” / Isamu Tsurugimochi
From small exhibitions: Crafts exhibited at Kumiko Kuroda’s solo exhibition, the Union of Interior Artists Exhibition, the Crafts and Western Style Society, and the Kyoto Crafts and Arts Exhibition
Hope for export miscellaneous goods (graph)

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Hiroshi Ohchi
  • Year: 1953
  • Client/Publisher: Industrial Technology Agency Industrial Crafts Research Institute
  • Size: B5
Hiroshi Ohchi was a renowned Japanese author and designer with a diverse body of work including poster designs, packaging design, advertising, and cover designs. He became the first art director of IDEA magazine, Japan's leading design magazine. The magazine was first published in 1953 and authored several books on design, contributing his insights to the field. Ohchi's work has been recognized and celebrated in major design exhibitions, including several at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).  

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Craft News (工芸ニュース), Vol.21 No.2, February 1953. Cover design by Hiroshi Ohchi
Craft News (工芸ニュース), Vol.21 No.2, February 1953. Cover design by Hiroshi Ohchi
Hiroshi Ohchi was a renowned Japanese author and designer with a diverse body of work including poster designs, packaging design, advertising, and cover designs. He became the first art director of IDEA magazine, Japan's leading design magazine. The magazine was first published in 1953 and authored several books on design, contributing his insights to the field. Ohchi's work has been recognized and celebrated in major design exhibitions, including several at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).  
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