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Idea 084, 1967

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Content includes:
Young Designers Show – Number VII
Giuseppe Lucci
Doug DeWitt
John Sposato
Alan Peckolick
Poetci Illustrator, Eugene Karlin
Pim van Boxsel “the Marvelous Adventures of Philomene”
Book Review “Posters in Japan 1860-1956”
The Work of Shigeo Fukuda
Exhibition of Illustrative Works by Tadashi Ohashi
Four Corporate Identity Programs by Saul Bass

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Saul Bass
  • Year: 1967
  • Client/Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co
Saul Bass studied at the Art Students League with Howard Trafton and at Brooklyn College under Gyorgy Kepes. After freelancing as a designer and art director in New York, he moved to the West Coast in 1946 to oversee art activities for Buchanan & Co. In 1950, he joined Foote, Cone & Belding in Los Angeles, and by 1952, he had established his own studio. As a designer and consultant, Bass took on a wide range of projects for both industries and advertising agencies.

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Idea 84, 1967. Cover design by Saul Bass.
Idea 84, 1967. Cover design by Saul Bass.
Saul Bass studied at the Art Students League with Howard Trafton and at Brooklyn College under Gyorgy Kepes. After freelancing as a designer and art director in New York, he moved to the West Coast in 1946 to oversee art activities for Buchanan & Co. In 1950, he joined Foote, Cone & Belding in Los Angeles, and by 1952, he had established his own studio. As a designer and consultant, Bass took on a wide range of projects for both industries and advertising agencies.
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