Content includes:
On a tentative plan for geometric solids / Tadashi Koriyama
Roundtable discussion on design education: From the viewpoint of educators / Iwataro Koike + Masaki Takayama + Kiyoshi Nagata + Yukio Yamazaki + Masaru Katsumi (moderator)
From the viewpoint of students / Yoichi Kawashima + Tadashi Kawabata + Yasushi Kotani + Kazuko Sato + Takeshi Takizawa + Norio Tamiya + Masahiro Masuda + Hideo Matsumura + Takashi Nagata
From his graduation project in 1961
・Asagaya Art School
・Kuwasawa Design School (Masuteru Aoba and others)
・Musashino Art School
・Tokyo University of Education
・Tokyo University of the Arts (Susumu Kitahara and others)
・Chiba University
・Joshibi University
・Tama Art University
・Nihon University
From the Kyoto Craft and Design Exhibition
Design Travelogue: Notes from New York / Ikko Tanaka
Designer’s Eye: Lettering in London / Hiroshi Hara
Calendar Function / Masaru Katsumi
“Continuation of Red and Green on a Blue Background” / Karl Gerstner
Design Square / Sadayuki Ando
Design Digest
Designer’s Window: The Story of Wood 5: Wood Products and Materials / Akira Shinjo
Radar / Symbolic Design; The New German National Car; Science and Technology and Design Education; The Potential of the Kasumi Group; Design Student Union Exhibition
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories
Gebrauchsgraphik 08, 1964 features a selection of the German Posters entered into the 1963/64 awards. 22 posters were awarded by the Association of German Commercial Artists and the awards showcased some of the best poster designs of the year, that still remain effective and stylish today.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Yūsaku Kamekura had a long list of clients and as well as cover designs, he worked across logo and brand design, packaging, book design, and other printed matter, but he is particularly known for his poster design. His clients included Nikon, Tokyo 1964 Olympics, Meiji and TDK.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Poster Design
Scanned posters by the great Michele Spera. Many use a strong use of geometric form, often paired with sans-serif typefaces like Helvetica. Their simplification of form and use of colour create timeliness, recognisable posters that would have stood out alongside the posters of the 1970s which tended to have a heavy use of photography.
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