Anton Stankowski

Idea 100, 1970-5

Editor: Noboru Sakamoto
Art Director: Hiroshi Ohchi
Cover Design: Anton Stankowski

Contents include:
Designer information on Robert Vickrey, Eugene Karlin, Seymour Chwast, Cliff Ara Condak, Milton Glaser, Authur Paul, Paul Davis, Ivan Chermayeff, Herb Lubalin, Irving Miller, Louis Dorfsman, Tom Carnase, Peter M. Hirsch, Jerome Martin, George Giusti, Robert Cunningham, Tom Daly, S. Neil Fujita, Bob Peak, Leo Lionni, Alex Steinweiss, Bob Gill, Saul Mandel, Al Hirschfeld, Paul Rand, Will Burtin, Ladislav Sutnar, Elsa Kula, Tom Eckersley, Jan Rajlich, Peter Gee, George Him, Herbert Bayer, Will Sandberg, Saul Bass, Kurt Wideman, Walter Landor, Jacques Nathan Garamond, Jan Lenica, Milner Gray, Morton Goldsholl, F. H. K. Henrion, Anton Stankowski, Armin Hofmann, Giovanni Pintori, Jean Colin, Alan Aldridge, Pieter Brattinga, Otto Alcher, Hermann Zapf, Graphicteam, Jan Le Witt, Pat Keely, Marcel Jacno, Franco Grignani, José Pla Narbona, André François, Olle Eksell, Donald Brun, Hans Schleger, Elberto Carboni, Piero Fornasetti, Giancarlo Marchi, Erich Buchegger, Herbert Leupin, Elly Gross, Stig Lindberg, Hans Haderek, Karl Gerstner, Jean Picart Le Doux, Eugenio Carmi, Wim Crowel, Lars Bramberg, Jacques Rickey, Ashly Havinden, Gonzalez Ruiz & Shakespear, Sungken Shiau, Felix Beltran, Otto Treumann, Hiromu Hara, Yusaku Kamekura, Ayao Yamana, Yoshio Hayakawa, Tadashi Ohashi, Ryuichi Yamashiro, Ikko Tanaka, Takehiko Miyanaga, Takashi Kono, Hiroshi Ohchi, Shichiro Imatake, Tsunehisa Kimura, Akira Uno, Tadashi Masuda, Tadanori Yokoo, Kenji Ito, Shigeo Fukuda, Jun Tabohashi, Mitsuo Katsui, Kazumasa Nagai, Kiyoshi Awazu, Makoto Wada, Tadato Nadamoto, Tadao Ujihara, Yoshitaro Isaka, Gan Hosoya

Where is the graphic designer today? by Anton Stankowski
Wo steht der Grafik Designer heute by Anton Stankowski
Design Status and Status Quo by S. Neil Fujita
Japan’s Design World at Crossroads…..Present & Future by Yusaku Kamekura
Design as viewed from its circumferential fields by Tadahisa Nishio
The IDEA Magazine and the World’s Designers by Hiroshi Ohchi

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Anton Stankowski
Anton Stankowski was a German graphic designer born in 1906. He studied graphics in Essen with Burcharts and in the 1930s he worked in Zurich at the Max Dalang agency. From 1937 he freelanced in Stuttgart and in 1964 he was a lecturer at the HfG University of Ulm. From 1967 to 1972 he was president of the visual arts group within the organizing committee for the games of the XX Olympiad. Explore related designers including Otl Aicher and Karl Gerstner. See also Rise of Corporate Identity and German graphic design history.
IDEA (Japan)
Idea is a Japanese design magazine that has been published since 1953, covering typography, visual identity, and contemporary graphics.

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Idea 100, 1970-5. Cover design by Anton Stankowski
Idea 100, 1970-5. Cover design by Anton Stankowski
The 100th issue of Idea published in 1975. Cover design by Anton Stankowski and featured countless designers profiles and works.
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