Content includes:
Eita Shinohara’s TV titles / Ishii Fukuko
Contemporary Korean graphic design / Jeong Sihwa
Noma Children’s Picture Book Illustration Competition 1980 / Anno Mitsumasa
Los Angeles Bicentennial / John Follis Associates
Portopia ’81 Expo / Tsuboi Kyohei
World’s Newcomers Outlook ’80
・Naga Katsuya
・Kato Yoshiro
・Eric Chang
Discussion on pictograms / Katsumi Masaru + Edward D. Dore
Self-designed portrait / K2 (Kuroda Seitaro + Nagatomo Hironori)
Self-designed portrait / Fukuda Shigeo
Henry Lima’s three-dimensional graphics / Katsumi Masaru
“Alice” from Poland / Katsumi Masaru
Jean L’Arche’s “Postcards” / Katsumi Masaru
Brussels’ “Pictosystem” / Luc VanMalduren
Recollections of Noctiluca / Sakane Susumu
Activities of the Japan Graphic Designers Association
World records, Japanese records
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
This 1,500 word essay is about the life and work of Willem Sandberg and is illustrated with part of my collection of over 100 pieces of Sandberg’s work, including books, Stedelijk Museum catalogues, and various individual printed items.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Wolfgang Bäumer's advertising design for Bayer, Klöckner Works and the Lottery. His adaptable design aesthetic alongside his skills of convening messaging through visuals are fantastic examples of mid-century German graphic design.
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Corporate Identity & Branding, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Studios & Collectives
The identity manual consisted of 130 pages of information and brand usage with Arie J. Geurts heading up the project as design director, (who later headed up his own design studio in Los Angeles). The identity uses minimal colour and focuses on a consistent brand blue in all communications.
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