Content includes:
Special issue for PLASTICS
Man in the Plastic age – YOSHIDA Mitsukuni
A thought on the Plastic Civilization -EKUAN Kenji
Plastics and product design YANAGI Munemichi
Plastic materials and manufacturing technics of today and future – SAKAMOTO Tosio
A Guide for Plastics
Properties charts
Methods for molding
Workability chart
A manual for design details- NAKAMURA Tsuguo
Design process of ‘National’ Tape-recorder RQ-303
CASE STUDIES: Tape cutter, Plastic milk box, Attache case, Yogurt bottle, FRP Movenette, Plastic bucket, Toys
On the foam plastics – SUMIYOSHI Hiromitsu
Plastic Design Review (graph)
Reference books
A study of scorching effect on the handles, of cooking pans IAI Design Section
News, Exhibitions
Cover Design: IWASAKI Kenji (Our Cover Artist)
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content
A collection of letterpresses German brochures from 1959/1960 designed by Hans Geipel for Süddeutsche Rundfunk (SDR), the South German Radio Network based in Stuttgart.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design
A 1928 article on typographic carnival posters, originally in German, published in Typographische Mitteilungen, Vol 25, No 02, February 1928
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
These one-colour forms have a playful but structured aesthetic through their geometric forms, they remind me of the abstract line drawings of Picasso blended with Jan Tschichold and the New Typography.
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