Born in 1939 in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, Ryohei Kojima graduated from Asagaya Art School in 1959 and Musashino Art Junior College in 1961. He initially worked in the advertising department at Ginza San’ai before joining Light Publicity Co. in 1963. After 12 years with the creative agency, Kojima established his own design studio, Ryohei Kojima Design Studio, in 1975.
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Magazines & Publishing, Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content
Most people know Raygun as David Carson’s magazine, but the story didn’t end when he left in 1995. This members article looks at Chris Ashworth, the designer who took over and brought a grid, a photocopier and a hands-on approach to the pages that followed.
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Design Translated, Designer Profiles, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design
A 1919 article on Hanns Thaddäus Hoyer, originally in German, published in Das Plakat, Vol. 10, No. 4, July 1919.
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Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design
Karel Martens is one of the most influential Dutch graphic designers, co-founder of the Werkplaats Typografie, working across books, magazines, coins, postage stamps and telephone cards
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