Content includes:
Stones of Katsura Imperial Villa Yasuhiro Ishimoto Photograph Collection / Noboru Kawazoe
Kyo Karakami / Hisao Yasune
Design Policy of Herman Miller / Yusaku Kamekura
Five Polish Poster Artists / Masayoshi Iwabuchi
Printing Laboratory ㉒ / Toshihiro Katayama, Shinko Art
Dr. Yenney’s / Masaru Katsumi
Graphic Design for Sogetsu Art Center / Yusuke Nakahara
Japanese paperbacks / Yujobo Senmei
Shinjiro Okamoto’s New Work / Taro Okamoto, Shinjiro Okamoto
Odamat Works / Masaru Katsumi
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.
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, Movements
A 1,500 essay on the transformative era of graphic design from the 1970s to the 1990s. Moving beyond the constraints of modernism, designers like Wolfgang Weingart and April Greiman redefined visual communication through bold experimentation with type, colour, and early computer graphics. This essay highlights how postmodernism and New Wave design introduced complexity, individuality, and digital innovation in to graphic design.
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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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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories
The Paris Poster Hoardings of 1938. Posters gleam forth accentuating the melody of this city as they direct the eye to articles of everyday use and above all to people who are the talk of the hour.
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