Takashi Kono was a Japanese graphic designer, who also designed mosaics, textiles, costumes and stage sets. He graduated from Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts and worked as the art director for Nippon Kobo. As a teacher, he taught design at Musashino University, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Joshibi University of Art and Design, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music and the Ulm School of Design.
Explore related designers including Hiroshi Ohchi and Yusaku Kamekura. See also Japanese Modernism and 1950s graphic design history.
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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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