Sprout of Japanese graphic design ─ Attitudes of 21 young designers
Symposium Part 1: Internet and graphic designer
Speaker: Toru Kase, Shunsuke Sugiyama, Takahiro Yasuda, Hideki Yoshimatsu (hydekick)
Symposium Part 2: graphic designers in the 2010s
Speaker: Shohei Iida, Wataru Kobara, Saki Souda, Yuto Hama, Takuya Hirano
Symposium Part 3: On Japanese letters and typography
Speaker: Shun Sasaki, Tezzo Suzuki, Jujiro Maki, Kazuhiro Yamada, Katsunobu Yoshida
Personal Basis: Familiarity in Japanese Graphic Design
Kurt Hauert: a pillar of the legendary Basel School. Text: Helmut Schmid
Eugen Nerdinger and Lisa Beck: The type designers/graphic designers/design teachers that graphic design history forgot
Hiroshi Nishino and his time: On Hiroshi Nishino: Philosophy and Design
Design Archive Feature, Ephemera, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Both the And So To Embroider & And So to Sew bulletins were published by the Needlework Development Scheme. Established in 1934 and operating until 1961, the scheme was a partnership between educational establishments (Scottish art schools, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow) and industry.
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Design Archive Feature, Poster Design, Regional Histories
Armin Hofmann's publicity for the Stadttheater Basel. The client, in this case, the Municipal Theater of Basel, refused to listen to narrow-minded critics, in spite of the fact that as a state-subsidized enterprise it is accountable to public opinion.
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Book Reviews & Press Releases, Corporate Identity & Branding
I have always loved the design work created for Olivetti. The colourful midcentury designs by Italian designer Giovanni Pintori, the minimal typographic poster by Swiss designer Walter Ballmer and my personal favourite the 1959 poster for Olivetti designed by Herbert Bayer. I recently found out Triest Verlag released a new book, Visual identity and branding at Olivetti which contains further work by Xanti Schawinsky, Renato Zveteremich, Ettore Sottsass, Hans von Klier, Egidio Bonfante and Walter Ballmer.
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