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Idea 210, 1988-9

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Cover Design: Masatoshi Toda
Editor in chief: Fumio Sudoh
Editorial Director: Ko Konishi
Publisher: Shigeo Ogawa
Editorial Cooperation: Midori Imatake
Editorial Cooperation: Ohchi Design Office
Editorial Cooperation: Masuteru Aoba

Content includes:
Michel Bouvet by Dominique Joubert
Graphic Designers, Mark Michaelson, Jim Christie, Norman Hathaway and Helene Silverman by Bob Newman
Jacques Richez – “Saving Your Presence” series 1987-1988
Roni and Arieh Hecht by Yarom Vardimon
Susumu Sato, Photographer by Mary Yeung
Carre Noir, a Major Presence in Europe by Takeo Yao
Hirosuke Watanuki’s World by Takeo Yao
Sidjakov Berman Gomez & Partners by Shin’ichiro Tora
Adrian Pulfer – Clearness, Delicateness and Simplicity
“Hedonic” Advertising by Katsumi Asaba by Shinichiro Kurimoto
Hall & Cederquist Advertising Inc.
Kuniomi Uematsu’s Poster Exhibition by Yusaku Kamekura
Fantastic Nakazawa CI Design by Hirohisa Shiomi
Series 8-①, ②, ③ Art in New York Today, 8-① Merrill Wagner, Swimmer in the Stream of Time, 8-② Freedom and Transparency in Jane Logemann, 8-③ Dorothea Rockburne’s Dialogue with Pascal by Shoichiro Higuchi
Kristen Funkhouser
Peter Sis, a Czech Book Illustrator
The 55th Mainichi Advertisement Design Award by Katsumi Asaba, the Judges for Opinion Advertisement, the Mainichi Shinbun, Gan Hosoya

Details

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Masatoshi Toda
  • Year: 1988
  • Client/Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co

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Idea 210, 1988-9. Cover design by Masatoshi Toda
Idea 210, 1988-9. Cover design by Masatoshi Toda
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