Idea 114, 1972-9

Editor: Yoshihisa Ishihara
Art Director: Hiroshi Ohchi
Cover Design: F. H. K. Henrion

Content includes:
Henrion Design Associates London – Design Systems for international corpotations
Explosive German Illustrator the Osterwalder’s by Shin’ichi Kusamori
DPZ’s Activities in Graphic Arts
“My Best Work” a show of 81 artists, held in New York
Elements of idea “Illustration of Mechanisms” by Shigeo Fukuda
Environment design by Robert P. Gersin by Midori Imatake
Assemblages and Collages of Hans Haderek by Midori Imatake
Milton Glaser answers questions by Japanese designers
Tadanori Yokoo’s show at the Museum of Modern Art N. Y. by Milton Glaser
“H & K Exhibition” by Mr. and Mrs. Miyaki
Bijutsu-Bunka Exhibition

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Frederick Henri Kay Henrion
F. H. K. Henrion studied in Paris, as a textile designer, then exhibition, stage and graphic design. He early clients included Levant Fair, 1936, Paris International Fair, 1937, Glasgow Empire Exhibition, 1938 and New York World Fair, 1939. During the war he was the consultant to the exhibitions division of the Ministry of Information and to the American Office of War Information in London. He was also the art editor of Contact, Future, BoAC publications, The Bowater Papers and The Compleat Imbiber. His later clients included the Festival of Britain, 1951, Olivetti, the British Transport Commission and KLM. Explore related designers including Tom Eckersley, Abram Games, and Ken Garland. See also British Modernism, British graphic design history, and Rise of Corporate Identity.
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 114, 1972-9. Cover design by F. H. K. Henrion
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