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Anton Stankowski

Idea 184, 1984-5

Cover Illustration: Anton Stankowski
Editor in chief: Yoshihisa Ishihara
Editorial Director: Kazuchika Sunaga
Publisher: Shigeo Ogawa
Editorial Cooperation: Ohchi Design Office
Editorial Cooperation: Midori Imatake

Content includes:
New World of Expression by Computer Graphics, JAGDA Computer Symposium 1983 by Toshifumi Kawahara
Corporate Identity of Viessmann Werke KG
Braldt Bralds by Charlotte Greelen, Shinichiro Tora
Devis Grebu and his Works Shinichi Segi
Art Directors Club’s 1983 “Hall of Fame” Award: Aaron Burns, Seymour Chwast, Stephen O. Frankfurt, Bill Bernbach (the defunct)
Gail Rigelhaupt by Carol Watson
Milton Glaser & Seymour Chwast by Tadanori Yokoo, Haruo Miyauchi
The Original Art Exhibition of Artwork for Children’s Books by Dilys Evans, Shinichiro Tora
Graphic Design Education by Prof. Peter Megert at the Ohio State University by Peter Megert, Shigeru Watano
Morris Collection: Centering on Kelmscott Press by Masaaki Tanaka
Lecture on Trompo L’oeil Lecture 1 by Shigeo Fukuda

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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 184, 1984-5. Cover design by Anton Stankowski
Idea 184, 1984-5. Cover design by Anton Stankowski
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