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Idea 239, 1993

Content includes:
The World Masters: 20 Eiko Ishioka Hiroshi Kashiwagi
The Tokyo ADC 40th Anniversary Exhibitions “From Tokyo” & “Advertising Art History 1950-1990” Ikko Tanaka, Masuteru Aoba, Makoto Nakamura
Illustrator, Scott Gustafson
Istvan Orosz’s Visual Tricks Shigeo Fukuda
Toulouse Lautrec Year 1992 Exhibition, 13 + Lautrec Shigeo Fukuda
Discussion: Pieter Brattinga’s Book Design Shigeru Watano, Yachiyo Matsuzaki
Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Photographer: John Sayles
CI for ARSOA by DTI Koichiro Inagaki
An Industrial Designer Brimming with Humor, Guy Dyas
The “Lanica Class” Exhibition at the University of Art (HdK), Berlin
’93 Graduation Work of Graphic Design Students Masuteru Aoba
Photography Auction in Germany
Visual Design Arts of 77th Nika Exhibition
The 53rd Exhibition of Bijutsu Bunka Art Association

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Eiko Ishioka
Eiko Ishioka (1938–2012) was a Japanese art director, graphic designer, and costume designer. She studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts and worked in advertising before achieving international recognition for her art direction for the Parco department store in the 1970s. She later moved into film and theatre, designing costumes for Bram Stoker's Dracula (Academy Award, 1993), The Cell, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was the first Japanese woman to win an Art Directors Club Gold Medal. Explore related designers including Ikko Tanaka and Kazumasa Nagai. See also Japanese Modernism and 1970s 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 239, 1993
Idea 239, 1993. Cover design by Eiko Ishioka
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