Hiroshi Ohchi. Japanese Graphic Designer | 1908 – 1974
Hiroshi Ohchi was a prominent Japanese designer, known for his playful and imaginative illustrated poster and packaging designs. He often combined bright colours with simple geometric forms and illustrated people and humanistic elements.
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Hiroshi Ohchi was a renowned Japanese author and designer with a diverse body of work including poster designs, packaging design, advertising, and cover designs. He became the first art director of IDEA magazine, Japan's leading design magazine. The magazine was first published in 1953 and authored several books on design, contributing his insights to the field.Ohchi's work has been recognized and celebrated in major design exhibitions, including several at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
Advertisements from post-World War II Britain for British Aluminium Company. Designs by Abram Games, Tom Eckersley, FHK Henrion, Pat Keely, and James Hart, who collectively crafted over 100 four-color and 300 black-and-white advertisements.
The best poster designs from Die besten Plakate des Jahres 1956 with a translated foreword by Jakob Rudolf Welti. Featuring the work of Herbert Leupin, Carl B. Graf, Carlo Vivarelli and Emil Ruder.
The typographic supplement from Der Druckspiegel, October, 1961 features typographic compositions designed by Herbert Bossin. Bossin has solely used the typeface Folio, to illustrate its flexibility and versatility alongside imagery provided by Lothar Blanvalet Verlag.
Walter Ballmer was a Swiss graphic designer born in Liestal, Switzerland in 1923. He worked across various design disciplines including advertising design, packaging, typography and exhibition design.
