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Feature: Graphic Image 72
Works: Keisuke Nagatomo + Seitaro Kuroda, Shigeo Fukuda, Tadanori Yokoo, Ikko Tanaka, Makoto Nakamura, Kazumasa Nagai, Kosuke Kimura, Aijiro Wakita, Takamichi Ito
Text: Toshiaki Minemura, Tsunehisa Kimura
Bimonthly serialization ⑤ From tools to playset ① / Takahiko Okada
Obscene space ⑧ Thick makeup on lips / Tomomi Muramatsu; Photo: Takao Niikura
Currently magazine theory ⑧ Alphabet of eyes / Tetsuo Shimizu
Prop Art ⑤ My theory of evolution / U.G. Sato
Serialization ⑧ Yen adventure It’s a naked eye! Sanzou Houshi! / Shinichi Kusamori; Illustration: Hidetoshi Umeda
Serialization ⑨ Dialogue between matter and form In a shell or spiral ① / Koichiro Ishizaki
Serialization ⑨ Decorative space theory Crystal world / Hiroshi Unno
Serialization ⑨ Written Words Media ・ Another Geometry ① / Koji Taki
Design Digest / Hisao Ishiwatari
D Rethink ⑫ Clock design ① / Tetsuo Arakawa
Adopted Kazumasa Nagai’s plan for the Okinawa Kaiyohaku mark
Exhibition
Book Review “German Expressionist Architecture” / Toshio Nakamura
1972 Tokyo Art Directors Club (ADC Award)
“Prop Art”
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories
Gebrauchsgraphik 06, 1956 features a selection of the German Posters entered into the 1956 awards. It is unknown how many entries were submitted to the 1956 awards but a total of 21 posters were awarded.
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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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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Illustration, Members Only Content
"Heart: Anatomy, Function, and Diseases" (Dell, 1962), by Rudolf Hoffmann and illustrated by George Giusti, demonstrates how illustrations effectively convey complex and emotional topics whilst providing valuable information.
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