The content mainly focuses on graphic design for paper media from the 1920s to the 1930s. From posters of unknown authors from 1900 to 1910, covers from the Meiji and Taisho eras such as Goyo Hashiguchi (1881-1921), Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), Hisui Sugiura (1876-1965), Asahi Beer, and Shiseido, commercial posters for Shochikuza, and other designs by Kitagarasu Tada (1889-1948), Takashi Kono (1906-1999), Yoshinari Mizushima, Gihachiro Okuyama (1807-1981), and Hiroshi Hara (1903-1986).
Composition/Text: Naomichi Kawabata
Art direction: Masaaki Hiromura
Design: Yutaka Maeda
Photography: Katsu Kobayashi
Printing direction: Hiroyuki Koshu
Movements, Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content
Art Deco graphic design history: its Paris origins, key pioneers Cassandre, Carlu and McKnight Kauffer, and how the style evolved across Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and the US.
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Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
His distinctive style echoes the artistic expressions of fellow Italian designers Giovanni Pintori and Erberto Carboni. Tovaglia's mastery in taking concepts and translating them into visually compelling narratives is evident in this selection of advertisements I have scanned from Gebrauchsgraphik, 10, 1955 and Graphik – Werbung + Formgebung, 07, 1955.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Poster Design, Regional Histories
In 1997 Tadanori Yokoo showcased 31 new silkscreens at the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo. Many of these works were previously unseen, and I was fortunate enough to discover a feature in a back issue of Idea magazine that showcased the full collection of silkscreen posters.
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