Idea 78, 1966-9. Cover design by Helmut Schmid
Editor: Noboru Sakamoto
Art Director: Hiroshi Ohchi
Cover Design: Helmut Schmid
Contents include:
Helmut Schmid
Five Young Designers: Ewald Breuer, Kenneth Hine, Clarence Lee, Bruno Brugnatelli and Richard Hess
Minale, Tattersfield – the wind of change in British Design
Illustrator Merle Shore by Yusuke Nakahara
Illustrotor Ronald Searle by Ippei Ito
Hal Davis, a man of fine feeling
Summer campaign of Shiseido
Idea 78, 1966-9. Cover design by Helmut Schmid
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