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Industrial Art News – Vol. 23, No. 1, January 1955

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Content includes:
Bringing-up of Design Center
Design Center of Japan – SAITO Shinji
CoID, a Design Center of Britain – HATTORI Shigeo & NAITO Masamitsu
Spirit of Werkbund-D.W.B.~S.W.B. – FUKUI Koichi
Back-Bone of Design Movement in Canada – HAMAMURA Jun
Five Years of Good Design from 66 Industrial Design” No. 4
Design Center in France – KATZUMIE Masaru M.A.
“TRIENNALE” – The design centre of the world – KEMMOCHI Isamu
“Industrial Technique” Show
Design Analysis (4): Coffee Maker -IAI Design Section
Design: Combined Dining and Working
Table & Chair – IA Design Section
Technique: Plating Iron & Improved Zinc Plating – MASADA Tatsusaburo.
Cover Design: ITO Kenji (Our Cover Artist)

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Kenji Ito
  • Year: 1955
  • Client/Publisher: Maruzen Co. Ltd
  • Size: 181mm x 256mm

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Industrial Art News - Vol. 23, No. 1, January 1955. Cover design by Kenji Ito
Industrial Art News – Vol. 23, No. 1, January 1955. Cover design by Kenji Ito
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