Special Feature: Trance Design –Analysis into 8 factors which evoke “trance” in the graphics. Trance Patterns / Hyper Texture / Colour Combination / Moving Image / Images of Illusion / Perspective / Continuation and Aggregation / Noise and Accumlations Planning and Arrangement: IDEA Editorial Staff
David Carson –Shift of Power / Devolution Text: Yoshifumi Fujii
Osamu Fukushima –The Messages from Deep Inside His Body and Soul Text: IDEA Editorial Staff
Yusaku Kamekura –The Course of Japanese Modern Design Interview with Yusaku Kamekura by IDEA Editorial Staff
Graphic Design in China ’96 Text: Keizo Matsui
Elements – Re･Elements Part 9 Keiji Ito → Hiroki Taniguchi
Tokyo Typodirectors Club ’97 Annual Award Text: Katsumi Asaba
A Tribute to the Memory of Paul Rand –The Footprints of Great Master in This Century Text: Yusaku Kamekura, Minoru Morita, John Maeda
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories
As part of an ongoing series showcasing Swiss poster designs from the 1950s and 1960s, this article features 1961 poster entries of Die besten Plakate des Jahres (The Best Posters of the Year) 1961. Originating in 1941, Die besten Plakate des Jahres initially served as a platform for the evaluation and showcase of Swiss posters.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Poster Design
Scanned posters by the great Michele Spera. Many use a strong use of geometric form, often paired with sans-serif typefaces like Helvetica. Their simplification of form and use of colour create timeliness, recognisable posters that would have stood out alongside the posters of the 1970s which tended to have a heavy use of photography.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content
German printer's plates from the early 1900s revealing how commercial graphic design shifted from Jugendstil ornament to modern identity design.
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