Content includes:
Emblem of Japan / A cross section / Kosaku Ito
Tadao Ujihara Works / Kinkichi Takahashi
North, South, East, West / Masaru Katsumi
Karl Gerstner and the Ideograph Problem
thyme company direct mail
150th anniversary of Bodoni’s death
Package design for Gold Scholl
Death of Fritz Bühler
Champion Paper booklet
The Roots of Shiseido Design / Fumio Yamana
Printing Design Laboratory ⑯ Four Seasons by Karaoshi / Ikko Tanaka, Sadao Sugaya
Isamu Kenmochi’s Display / Iwataro Koike
World Rookie Prospects ⑩ / Masaru Katsumi
Yuito Nadamoto
Ryokichi Ozawa
Yuzo Yamashita
Graphic Design / グラフィックデザイン, delved into the world of graphic design and visual culture. The magazine featured a broad range of content, including coverage of cutting-edge Japanese design and its history, as well as international graphic design.
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From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
Bob Salpeter was trained by Paul Rand at IBM and educated in New York, at the School of Visual Arts and the School of Industrial Art. Salpeter went on to build an extensive and impressive career working with clients such as the American Museum of Natural History, the World Golf Hall of Fame, the American Cancer Society, Scott Printing and IBM.
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Corporate Identity & Branding, Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Crouwel was the successor to Willem Sandberg who used an avant-garde approach in his work, utilising torn-paper montage, mixing of sans serif and old Egyptian typefaces and often off-center positioning. Crouwel steered away from this artistic approach and implemented a cohesive design system and a strong identity that emulated the corporate identity boom of the 1950s and 60s.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Katayama worked in several art and design disciplines from graphic design and sculpture to environmental works and sculpture. His design work features rhythms and patterns and has a resemblance to modern jazz and the studies of Josef Albers.
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