Idea 195, 1986-3

Information

Cover Illustration: Tom Curry
Editor in chief: Fumio Sudoh
Editorial Director: Hisao Matsumoto
Publisher: Shigeo Ogawa
Editorial Cooperation: Ohchi Design Office
Editorial Cooperation: Midori Imatake

Content includes:
[Special Feature] Works of Seymour Chwast from “Seymour Chwast, the Left-Handed Designer” by Steven Heller
David Pocknell’s Company Ltd. by David Pocknell
TOKYO in TOKYO “Tokyo: its Shape and Mind” Exhibit to Tour US by Arata Isozaki, Tadanori Yokoo, Shigeo Fukuda, Hiroshi Hara, Eiko Ishioka, Toyoo Ito, Kohei Sugiura, Fumihiko Maki, Kiyoshi Awazu, Tadao Ando, Shiro Kuramata
Swiss Poster Designers Series Exhibition, Burkhard Mangold, Emil Cardinaux by Oskar Bätschmann, Thomas Bolt
Tom Curry: “Stylized Graphic Realism with a Humorous Twist” by Tom Curry
Quality and Control Form Within – Corporate Graphic Design / Kimberly-Clark by Imatak
Anita Kunz and Her Mysterious World by Akiko Hyuga
2nd International Design Festival held in Osaka by Imatake
Book Review “GA, Illustrators 25” by Yoshihisa Ishihara
Ceramic Exhibition: Painting / Ryuichi Yamashiro, Ceramic / Taizo Kuroda by Ikko Tanaka
Exchange of Contemporary French and Japanese Posters Exhibition by Shin’ichi Segi
“City and Art: the Modernism od Osaka and Kobe” held at Hyogo Prefectural Museum Modern Art, Kobe by Haruhiko Fujii
The BAG Exhibition: Carrier Bags from London, Paris, New York, Milan, Tokyo
Parsons Graphic Design in Japan by Yusaku Kamekura, Ikko Tanaka, Kiyoshi Kanai, Janaia Donaldson, Jose Conde, Elissa Ichiyasu, Frances Ullenberg, Susan Hopper, Carol Gillot

Details

Linked Information

Idea 195, 1986-3. Cover design by Tom Curry
Idea 195, 1986-3. Cover design by Tom Curry
More graphic design artefacts
From the design archive:
From the design archive:
From the design archive:
From the design archive:
More graphic design history articles

Members Content

One of my standout collected pieces is Erberto Carboni’s Crociere 1937 “Italia” Brochure, created for the Societa di Navigazione’s 1937 cruise schedule.
Support American Bauhaus on Kickstarter to pre-finance the project and its production: www.kickstarter.com/projects/908813786/american-bauhaus

Members Content

Paul Rand, one of the most acclaimed American designers is known for his iconic corporate identities, playful illustration and commercial art. Paul wrote the preface for Yusaku Kamakura's book, Trademarks of the World, 1958. He states his influence of Japanese art and design, trademarks as a universal language and his struggles with English grammar.

Members Content

The advertising has a certain contrast of hand-drawn and mechanical. Produced entirely in black, it reminds us that the absence of colour can be highly effective. Hans Michel and Günther Kieser's illustrations bring a sense of both playfulness and a stylistic approach to a corporate client.