Idea 126, 1974-9

Editor in chief: Yoshihisa Ishihara
Assistant Editor: Tadashi Hamada
Art Director: Hiroshi Ohchi
Contributing Editor: Midori Imatake
Cover Design: Pentagram Design Partnership Limited

Contents include:
Pentagram Design Partnarship Limited
Lubalin Delpire & Cie, Paris
Edgardo Gimenez
On the activities of Creative Services of NFL Properties, Inc.
Théodore Stamatakis’ gouache
“The Student who Became King in Spite of Himself” by Colos
Art Direction for Holland America Line by Will van Sambeek
Elements of idea “Montage Illustration” by Shigeo Fukuda
Pictorial Elements by Hironobu Nakamura
Gene Federico & Helen Federico
“Graphic 4 Exhibition” Tadanori Yokoo, Shigeo Fukuda, Kazumasa Nagai and Ikko Tanaka by Yusaku Kamekura
“Seiyu” Graphics & Coordinator by Koichiro Inagaki

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Pentagram
Pentagram is one of the world’s leading independent design studios. It was founded in 1972, by Alan Fletcher, Theo Crosby, Colin Forbes, Kenneth Grange, and Mervyn Kurlansky. Explore related designers including Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, and Bob Gill. See also British Modernism 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 126, 1974-9. Cover design by Pentagram Design Partnership Limited
Idea 126, 1974-9. Cover design by Pentagram Design Partnership Limited

 

Idea 126, 1974-9. Feature on Lubalin Delpire & Cie, Paris
Idea 126, 1974-9. Feature on Lubalin Delpire & Cie, Paris

 

Idea 126, 1974-9 - Ikko Tanaka
Idea 126, 1974-9 – Ikko Tanaka
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