Content includes:
A Study of ‘KATAKANA’ (Japanese Alphabet) Lettering and its Spacing – SATO Keinosuke
Modelchange of ‘ToyoAce’ Light Track : TOYOTA Motors’ – YAEGASHI Mamoru
Electric-train for the exclusive use of school excursion
Unit-type Illumination
Knockdown Display for Over-sea Exposition – KEMMOCHI Design Asso
Craft Center Japan
Low-Cost Chair.
Industrial Design Education of The Institute of Design, I.IT. – CHIKU Atsushi
Furniture for Bamboo Work – AI Kyüshü Branch
Design : Vacuum-Jug
A Study of The Nature of The Market for Japanese Handicrafts in The U.S.A. (2)
The 8th ‘SEIKATSU TO KÖGEI’ Exhibition
Exhibitions, News
Cover Design : HOSOYA Iwao (Our Cover Artist)
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Studios & Collectives
In the late 1950s, Hans W. Brose agency, with designers Pierre Mendell, Michael Engelmann, and Klaus Oberer, crafted a compelling, colourless campaign for Bols.
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Design Archive Feature, Design Education, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content
Across Europe, industry unions and trade journals shaped the professionalisation of graphic design between 1890 and 1930. Journals such as Typografia, Das Plakat, The Penrose Annual and Typographische Jahrbucher.
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Last month (March 2022), I spoke to over fifty Graphic Design undergraduates about the archive and my passion for design history, after which the students had full access to items in the collection and participated in discourse amongst their peers and lecturers. As part of their critical studies unit, the students will be producing essays and content related to the impact, history and aesthetics of selected artefacts.
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