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Idea 017, 1956

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Editor: Takashi Miyayama
Art Director: Hiroshi Ohchi
Cover design: Ayao Yamana
Graphic Arts
Advertising for Vetroflex
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste
Poster Composition
Works of College Graduating Students
Retrospect of the Late Alvin Lustig
Works of Munari
The Nika Exhibition (Commercial Arts)
Designers in Central Japan
Color Pages
Poster Composition
Tokyo Univ. of Art Students’ Works
Works of the Designers in Central Japan
Editorials
History of Western Fine Arts by H. Hara
A Brief History of Commercial Arts in Japan by A. Yamana
Trap of Interest: Fiction by S. Imatake
Voice of Local Designer
Local News
Editor’s Note by T. Miyayama

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Ayao Yamana
  • Year: 1956
  • Client/Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co

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Idea 017, 1956. Cover design by Ayao Yamana
Idea 017, 1956. Cover design by Ayao Yamana
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