Special Feature: Writings on Design / [Special Interview] Kenya Hara, Naomichi Kawahata, Hitoshi Suzuki, Kouhei Sugiura / [Contribution] Kan Akita, Katsumi Asaba, Tatsuya Ariyama, Keiko Itakura, Koji Iyama, Madoka Iwabuchi, Naohiro Ukawa, Akira Uno, Tatsuo Ebina, Takeaki Emori, Yasuyuki Okusada, Yukimasa Okumura, Masahiro Kakinokihara, Mitsuo Katsui, Kensaku Kato, Shun Kawakami, Atsuki Kikuchi, Issey Kitagawa, Tsuyoshi Kusano, Tsuyokatsu Kudou, Tadahiro Gunji, Masayoshi Kodaira, Yousuke Kobayashi, Kazuya Kondo, Koichi Sakano, Akira Sasaki, Kashiwa Sato, Naoki Sato, Yasuhiro Sawada, Mayumi Sawachi, Yuko Shoji, Yusuke Shono, Yoshihisa Shirai, Shin Sobue , Masami Takahashi, Kazumasa Nagai, Nobuo Nakagaki, Hideki Nakajima, Nakajo Masayoshi, Yasuhito Nagahara, Norio Nakamura, Naoko Nakui, Minoru Niijima, Kazunari Hattori, Noriaki Hayashi, Heikichi Harata, Kenjiro Harigai, Ichiro Higashiizumi, Keiko Hirano, Kouga Hirano, Kotarou Hirano, Naomi Hirabayashi, Satoshi Machiguchi, Kei Mtasuhita, Yukimasa Matsuda, Shin Matsunaga, Syunichi Mamura, Marubashi Katsura, Manabu Mizuno, Kijuro Yahagi, Nobuhiro Yamaguchi / The Shape of Things to Come Vol. 2 Text by Takashi Serizawa, Design by Tokyo Pistol / MeMe Design Journal Vol. 2 “Language, Letter and Space” Nobuhiro Yamaguchi and Kiwao Nomura, Design by MeMe Design School + Nakagaki Design Office
Book Reviews & Press Releases, Corporate Identity & Branding
In the late 1960s, IBM was one of the world’s pre-eminent corporations, employing over 250,000 people in 100 countries. While Paul Rand’s creative genius has been well documented, the work of the IBM staff designers who executed his intent outlined in the IBM Design Guide has often gone unnoticed.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Hiroshi Ohchi was a prominent Japanese designer, known for his playful and imaginative illustrated poster and packaging designs. He often combined bright colours with simple geometric forms and illustrated people and humanistic elements.
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Design Archive Feature, Ephemera
Graphic design continues to be documented and an increase in individualised documentation and curated social media accounts are furthering our knowledge of design from a worldwide historic standpoint. I would not feel complete without the collected design that spans the shelves of my archive. It’s my identity, my passion and my hobby.
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