Content includes:
The city is not a tree 1 / Christopher Alexander
The Person and Works of Makoto Wada / Akira Uno
ONO Jin 7 / Jo Ono
The Bauhaus Exhibition and Me / Toshihiro Katayama
Pioneers and successors of Western woodblock prints / Fumio Yamana
Envoys of the civilization of the sea / Ryuichi Hamaguchi, Toyoguchi Design Institute
Design Digest
The first electric rice cooker / Yoshiharu Iwata
Printing ink and printing expression / Planning department of Dai Nippon
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
As part of an ongoing series showcasing Swiss poster designs from the 1950s and 1960s, this article features 1961 poster entries of Die besten Plakate des Jahres (The Best Posters of the Year) 1961. Originating in 1941, Die besten Plakate des Jahres initially served as a platform for the evaluation and showcase of Swiss posters.
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Corporate Identity & Branding, Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
The background of Kamekura's mark designs is his boldness in eliminating all the waste, combining simplification derived from Japanese traditional family crests and Western intellectual mechanics of formation with a sharp modern sense of composition.
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Design Archive Feature, Corporate Identity & Branding, Members Only Content
Paul Rand, one of the most acclaimed American designers is known for his iconic corporate identities, playful illustration and commercial art. Paul wrote the preface for Yusaku Kamakura's book, Trademarks of the World, 1958. He states his influence of Japanese art and design, trademarks as a universal language and his struggles with English grammar.
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