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Graphic Design 96, 1984

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Content includes:
Design focus
・Official mark and mascot of the ’88 Seoul Olympics / Cho Young-je
・Japanese Design: Traditional and Contemporary Exhibition, Moscow / Tanaka Ikko
・Great Cover Contest / Charles M. Helmken
・Trends in signs as seen in the 18th SDA Awards / Sakano Nagami
・Re-experiencing the ’60s: My view of ’60s illustrations / Wakao Shinichiro
・Tokyo Gallery and Sugiura Kohei
・New protagonists in the alcoholic beverage survival race / Hiroshi Sano
Restaurant Graphics Tokyo / Hiroshi Kojitani
’84 JAGDA Peace Poster Exhibition / Yusaku Kamekura
Sun-Ad Japan / Yusuke Kaji, Takehiko Kamei, Mutsuo Takahashi, Takashi Nakahata, Yoshiya Nishimura
11th Brno Biennale / Mitsuo Katsui
Jacek Kawalerowicz / Shinzo Aoki
Design East and West Kiyoshi Awazu/Kazumasa Nagai
Record jackets from minor labels
Icograda Series 8 Norway/German Democratic Republic
・Knut Ilan
・Axel Bertram
Activities of the Japan Graphic Designers Association

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Hiroshi Kojitani
  • Year: 1984
  • Client/Publisher: Kodansha
  • Size: 260mm x 300mm

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Graphic Design 96, 1984
Graphic Design 96, 1984. Cover design by Hiroshi Kojitani

 

Graphic Design 96, 1984. Kazumasa Nagai Feature
Graphic Design 96, 1984. Kazumasa Nagai Feature

 

Graphic Design 96, 1984. Kazumasa Nagai Feature
Graphic Design 96, 1984. Kazumasa Nagai Feature
Issue 96 of the Japanese magazine Graphic Design (グラフィックデザイン) published in 1994.
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