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Idea 219, 1990-3

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Cover Design: Saul Bass

Content includes:
The World Masters: 1 Saul Bass
K. Domenic Geissb殄ler
A Series of Teacher and His Students Vol. 4: Prof. Gert Wunderlich and His Students Prof. Gert Wunderlich
Poster Designer of Portugal Joao Machado
Andre Thijssen
Graphic Art Exhibition of Susumu Endo Shinichi Segi
‘The Best’ New Zealand Graphic Design Awards 1989
Lewis Moberly Takeo Yao
Richard Kehl Rebecca Segerstrom-Sato
The Trick Shigeo Fukuda
Nicolaus Ott + Bernard Stein Shigeru Watano, Tachiyo Matsuzaki
The 2nd Katsumi-Masaru-Award Winner Takenobu Igarashi
Woods + Woods, fresh-but never trendy
Ishikawa Design Recommendation Project Haruaki Matsuyama
Sergio Liuzzi Guimaraes & Rogerio Martins
David Anson Russo’s Illustrated Letters Rebecca Segerstrom-Sato
Joe Ciardiello
’89 The Art Directors Club Hall of Fame Shinichiro Tora
Kumamoto Design Award Takeo Yao
Series 17-1: Art in New York Today / Jonathan Lasker Shoichiro Higuchi

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Saul Bass
  • Year: 1990
  • Client/Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co
Saul Bass studied at the Art Students League with Howard Trafton and at Brooklyn College under Gyorgy Kepes. After freelancing as a designer and art director in New York, he moved to the West Coast in 1946 to oversee art activities for Buchanan & Co. In 1950, he joined Foote, Cone & Belding in Los Angeles, and by 1952, he had established his own studio. As a designer and consultant, Bass took on a wide range of projects for both industries and advertising agencies.

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Idea 219, 1990-3. Cover design by Saul Bass
Idea 219, 1990-3. Cover design by Saul Bass
Saul Bass studied at the Art Students League with Howard Trafton and at Brooklyn College under Gyorgy Kepes. After freelancing as a designer and art director in New York, he moved to the West Coast in 1946 to oversee art activities for Buchanan & Co. In 1950, he joined Foote, Cone & Belding in Los Angeles, and by 1952, he had established his own studio. As a designer and consultant, Bass took on a wide range of projects for both industries and advertising agencies.
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