Content includes:
Anton Stankowski – Function and Image. On the Work of Anton Stankowski
Eberhard Hölscher – Hans Schweiss – Pharmaceutical Advertising
Alexandre Alexandre – Hermés and it’s Window-Displays
Ludwig Ebenhöh – A Progressive University Press – American Book-jackets
Armin Eichholz – The Ravages of Time – On Paul Flora’s Cartoons
J. J. de Lucio-Meyer – Colin Forbes, London – Graphic Advertising Art
Ellen Soeding – The Winged Staff of Mercury – From Old Commercial Printers
Eberhard Hölscher – A Successful Initiative – Results of a Poster Contest
Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Ryuichi Yamashiro (山城隆) was a Japanese graphic designer and artist, born in Osaka in 1920. He belonged to the same generation of pioneering Japanese designers as Kohei Sugiura, Kiyoshi Awazu, Yoshio Hayakawa, Yūsaku Kamekura, Kazumasa Nagai, and Ikko Tanaka.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content
The graphic designer had to create a series of ads whose new publicity effects were to confirm or accentuate the already existing • image • of the paper. In this case, the planning was not based on a would-be psychological analysis of the reading public.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Kiyoshi Awazu (粟津) was a renowned Japanese graphic designer, known for his contributions across various creative fields including poster design, architecture, set design, filmmaking, and illustration. His unique style was commissioned by theatre groups, design and architecture magazines and various organisations for the covers of book covers and posters.
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