Special Feature: Travel (Translated)
・Boss Shigezo Sasagawa’s Grave: “Abandoning the Journey” / Shin’ichi Kusamori
・In the Cities of Black Africa / Kazuo Shinohara
・On the “Kusamakura” (Grass Pillow) Journey: Regarding Tadanori Yokoo’s “Journey to Japan’s Primal Scenery” / Mutsuo Takahashi
・Tokyo / Seitaro Kuroda, Keisuke Nagatomo
Original postcards by eight artists
・Postcards / Kiyoshi Awazu, Eiko Ishioka, Takahisa Kamijo, Yosuke Kawamura, Tsunehisa Kimura, Ushio Shinohara, Kishin Shinoyama, Makoto Wada
・Postcard Correspondence 1: Aesthetic Ruminants / Osamu Ikeuchi
・Postcard Correspondence 2: Expedition to the Unexplored Minaret / Tsunehisa Kimura
・Location / Roundtable Discussion: Shimpei Asai, Takayuki Ogawa, Koichi Tsuchiya
・Tourism Posters 1 (Contemporary): Analysis of the Art of Seduction / Tetsuo Shimizu
・Tourism Posters 2 (Modern): Tourism Poster Exhibition / Junzo Ishiko
・Tourism Posters 3 (Overseas): Have a Nice Trip / Masaki Hanyu
TRAVELLER’S JOY
・Koitsu (Lost Works) / Hideo Nakai
・Map / Yusaku Kamekura
・My Travels in the Blue / Shuji Takada
・A Journey to the Humor Art Biennale / Shinichiro Wakao
・Light and Shadow in Scotland / Katsumi Asaba
・Hermes’ Protrusion / Yoji Haijima
・Images of Wandering in the Works of Hiroshige / Akira Kurosaki
・Barren Identity / Yusuke Kaji
・Series Part 11: History of Modern Design / Takahiko Okada
DD
・On the Architect as Creator / Iyuki Honda
・The Transformation of Everyday Goods into Fashion / Hiroshi Kashiwagi
・A Theory of “Vulgarity” as Collision / Yutaka Nakamura
・Daily Masterpiece Cinema / Hiroshi Tomura
・Awaiting a New Proposal from “Ken & Mary” / Tatsuro Takashima
・California Journal / Takenobu Igarashi
・On Body-Text Typefaces in Phototypesetting
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Max Huber was born in 1919 in Switzerland. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Zurich where he excelled in graphic design and photography. Huber worked across advertising, packaging, design and industrial design. He had a distinctive style that skillfully blended bright hues with photomontage.
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Designer Interview, Regional Histories
Gabriel sent me a link to his amazing Uruguayan Graphic Design Archive when I launched Design Reviewed. The content was so amazing, I ended up spending a good hour looking through the content and it has definitely made it to my bookmarks.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Poster Design
Blase’s long-term clients were Staatstheater Kassel (Kassel State Theater) and Atlas Films. Karl Oskar Blase produced countless posters for these two organisations. It’s not surprising considering Blase designed posters for the Staatstheater for twelve years between 1966 and 1978.
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