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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)

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Industrial Art News – Vol. 34, No. 4, 1967. Cover design by Kenji Iwasaki
Industrial Art News – Vol. 34, No. 4, 1967. Cover design by Kenji Iwasaki
More graphic design artefacts
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Rudolph de Harak designed over 50 record covers for Westminster Records as well as designing covers for Columbia, Oxford and Circle record labels. His bright, geometric graphics can easily be distinguished and recognised.

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The typographic designs produced for the National Theatre by Ken Briggs are not only iconic and depict the Swiss typographic style of the time, but remain a key example of the creation of a cohesive brand style.

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I first came across Kens work in the Unit Edition’s superb monograph, Structure and Substance, published in 2012. Although I had owned a few of the British industrial design magazines, Design, for a few years before, in which Ken had designed numerous covers for.
In the ambitious new monograph Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak, Graphic Designer, Volume shines a light on the complete arc of the exceptionally rich and varied career of Rudolph de Harak, showcasing his vibrant, graphic, formally brilliant work, which blazed a colourful trail through the middle decades of the twentieth century.