Content includes:
Ryukyu Old Bingata by Kichiemon Okamura
The world of F.M. Neujus Masaru Katsumi
Art editing by Robert Delpire by Masaru Katsumi
Window Display by Kenji Ito
Collection of famous phrases by Herb Lubalin by Hiroshi Hara
San Francisco hippie poster by Dan Phillippai
Shock of White: A Collection of Excellent Newspaper Advertisements by Hideo Mukai
Tadanori Yokoo’s recent work Karajuro
Yoshio Hayakawa’s recent works by Yusaku Kamekura
Model for the Aesthetic series by Eckhart Neumann
Cigarette design by Masanori Okuda
From the graphic design archive:
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Movements, Regional Histories
Japanese modern design was heavily influenced by European art movements, particularly modernism and the Bauhaus school. As Japan's advertising industry expanded, it increasingly drew from Western culture, especially television and film, resulting in designs that were eclectic, vibrant, and infused with modernist energy.
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Corporate Identity & Branding, Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
A fantastic example of Swiss design for brand systems is the brand and advertising by Siegfried Odermatt commissioned by Grammo Studio in Zurich.
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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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