Content includes:
Goodwill
City/Environment/Signs Yasuo Saji Ryuichi Hamaguchi
Visual signs related to transportation Aisaku Murakoshi
Around Space Media Keiichi Ohira
Giulio Confalonieri and Esso Standard Masaru Katsumi
German Federal postage stamps and their design policies Richard Roth
Luverin and Barnes’ new work Hiroshi Hara
Digiton A group of patterns aiming for diversity in the visualization of numerical analysis data Kohei Sugiura
Basic form and continuity Hiroshi Tomura
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:
The Central School of Arts and Crafts, featured in Modernist Graphic Design in Britain 1945–1980 by Ian McLaren and Tony Pritchard.
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Last month (March 2022), I spoke to over fifty Graphic Design undergraduates about the archive and my passion for design history, after which the students had full access to items in the collection and participated in discourse amongst their peers and lecturers. As part of their critical studies unit, the students will be producing essays and content related to the impact, history and aesthetics of selected artefacts.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
A short essay and scanned advertising from Swiss Industrial Graphic Design. A rare book focused on effective industrial promotion authored by Hans Neuburg. The design of the book is credited to Hans Neuburg and Walter Bangerter.
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