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Idea 229, 1991-11

Content includes:
The World Masters: 11 Jan Lenica
The 3rd International Poster Triennial in Toyama 1991 Kazumasa Nagai
C. F. Payne
Graphic Designer in California, Robert Miles Runyan
The Lahti IX Poster Biennale Jorge Frascara
1991 YUGO (Fusion) Exhibition Shinichiro Tora
Nous Travaillons Ensemble / Grapus, Alex Jordan Alex Jordan, Shigeru Watano, Yachiyo Matsuzaki
Collage Artist, David Lui
Fantastic Photographer, Tak Kojima Rebecca Segerstrom-Sato
A Graphic Artist in Tunisia, Nja Mahdaoui Constraction: Koichi Sato
TDC 37 + JTA 1991 Shintaro Ajioka
Hiro Kimura Seymour Chwast
Zanders 1991 Calendar, “People to People-Paper units”
Series 27: Art in New York Today, Robert Murray, Between the Sky and the Horizon Shoichiro Higuchi

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Jan Lenica
Jan Lenica was born in Posen in 1928 and studied architecture at the Warsaw Polytechnic and then worked on the design and creation of environments for exhibitions and fairs, scenography and film productions. He designed posters from 1950, participating in exhibitions at home and abroad (Warsaw 1958, London 1960, New York and Frankfurt 1963, Tokyo 1965, Oberhausen 1966). Explore related designers including Henryk Tomaszewski and Waldemar Świerzy. See also Polish School of Poster Design, Polish graphic design history, and 1950s 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 229, 1991-11
Idea 229, 1991-11. Cover design by Jan Lenica
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