Content includes:
Jay Maisel’s recent work Masaru Katsumi
Masaru Katsumi Concerning the Binding of Hiroshi Hara
Foron’s recent drawings Shuntaro Tanikawa
World Exposition 4 Japan World Exposition and the Problem of Visual Communication Masaru Katsumi
New Vistas in Design Izuo Sakane
Two Dutch House Styles Yukio Ota
Akio Kanda, , which boosted the momentum for the development of new typefaces
Record of the production of the official guide map for the Japan World Expo Tsutomu Matsumori
Techne Chasing an unseen voice Kazuyoshi Akiyama
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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Book Reviews & Press Releases, Corporate Identity & Branding
In the late 1960s, IBM was one of the world’s pre-eminent corporations, employing over 250,000 people in 100 countries. While Paul Rand’s creative genius has been well documented, the work of the IBM staff designers who executed his intent outlined in the IBM Design Guide has often gone unnoticed.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design
60 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. 20 (1909). Czech commercial printing at the crossroads of Art Nouveau and early modernism, with work by Methoděj Kaláb, Otokar Císař, Karel Dyrink and many more.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Movements
Kinetic art refers to art the depends on movement for its desired effect and is closely related to op art. Upon scanning a few of the inner inserts from the Kinetics exhibition catalogue from the Hayward Gallery, London, 1970, I came across these five small manifestos on kinetic art.
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