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
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
Design Archive Feature, Advertising Design, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Nikon commissioned Yusaku Kamekura to design numerous posters, packaging designs and advertisements for Nikon. He used abstract forms, an impactful use of colours, along with his skilful reduction of messaging.
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Design Archive Feature, Illustration, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
A while back, I bought a set of around 14 French travel guides produced by Shell that came in a leather pouch, each bearing the signature ‘D. Hamot.’ Determining the designer's full name proved to be a challenge. Their aesthetic could reflect the shifting design trends of the late 1960s.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Paul Schuitema emerged as one of the Dutch pioneers of new typography. This article features a selection of the cover designs and a few inner spreads from my collected issues of De 8 en Opbouw.
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