Content includes:
Reconsidering Art Nouveau / Kohei Abe
Textile design
・The problem of craft and mass production in textiles / Tsuneko Yokota
・Internationality or nationality? / Tadakuni Matsui
・Good design in textile design / Hiroshi Awatsuji
See the 2nd Tendo Woodworks Exhibition
・The future of molded plywood furniture / Toyoguchi Katsuhei
・Molded plywood technology / Kobayashi Yasuji
・On the planned production of wooden furniture / Noguchi Juro
Design prospects in a socialist country 3: Czechoslovakian designers and their works / Hayashi Reiko
The last design of my life in Milan / Hara Hiroshi
From the Japan New Craft ’61 New Crafts for Living Exhibition
Spherical gas holder / Suzuki Katsuhiko
Design Plaza
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
Notes on transit and network map design, including the iconic London Underground map by Harry Beck, the importance of visual clarity, and the role of accessible design in timetable design.
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Design Archive Feature, Illustration, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
A while back, I bought a set of around 14 French travel guides produced by Shell that came in a leather pouch, each bearing the signature ‘D. Hamot.’ Determining the designer's full name proved to be a challenge. Their aesthetic could reflect the shifting design trends of the late 1960s.
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Design Archive Feature, Movements, Poster Design, Typography & Type Design
In minor printed matter we constantly meet the new typography, but it is relatively rare to find posters designed on the new lines. And yet poster-designing is a field where new typographical methods might be employed with great effect.
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