Content includes:
Chiyogami / Chogoro Hirose
Art Direction by Ikko Tanaka / Yusuke Kaji
Design Policy for the Sapporo Olympic Winter Games (2)
Design activities at the Sapporo Olympics / Akiyu Sakai
Corporate Design at BEA / F.H.K. Henrion
Fuchs’ paradise in fantasy
Tadashi Ohashi / Akio Kanda
Mini Comic Graphic California’s Mark Tribe / Kiyoshi Awazu
Current State of Guidance System for Subway Ginza Station and Proposal of Visual Display / Public Visual Display Research Group
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:
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
This article is part of my ongoing effort to spotlight the unsung heroes of design history. I'm especially passionate about sharing voices and designs that have been overlooked or forgotten. In this piece, I focus on the work of 1980s American graphic designers, in particular, the women who broke boundaries and shaped American visual culture.
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Emiliano Grignani is the grandson of Franco Grignani, one of the most versatile and influential Italian designers. Well-known for his advertising, painting and the way he could visualise motion in such a unique way. I interviewed Emiliano to find out more about Franco and his influence on graphic design and the great resource, https://www.francogrignani.info.
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Corporate Identity & Branding, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design
Working alongside André Gürtler and Bruno Pfäffli, Adrian Frutiger designed many logo designs. Here is a selection of the designs which were featured in Der Druckspiegel, December 1961. I have also translated and rewritten the descriptions to provide more depth.
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