Idea 155, 1979-7

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Editor in chief: Yoshihisa Ishihara
Assistant Editor: Tadashi Hamada
Editorial Cooperation: Ohchi Design Office
Editorial Cooperation: Midori Imatake
Cover Design: John Collier

Content includes:
Works of John Collier by Yoshio Hayakawa
Four Young Illustrators from California by Don Weller
Sixty Years of the Soviet Poster by Jan Rajlich
Background of Frans van Mouriks Design of Educational Materials by Shigeru Watano
Graphic Design in Korea by Sihwa Chung
Posters of Michel Spera by Takenobu Igarashi
Graphics on a Grand Scale by Midori Imatake
Mike Quon by Takenobu Igarashi
Paul Peter Piech
“My Chairs” by Kazumasa Nagai
15 Triangular Posters
The Partners’ Graphic Identity Program by Otto L. Speath Jr.
“Patented” Art by Leopold Pospisil
’79 Graduation Works of Graphic Design Students
Suntory’s Art Posters
The 39th Annual Exhibition of Art Culture Association

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Idea 155, 1979-7. Cover design by John Collier
Idea 155, 1979-7. Cover design by John Collier
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