Donate!
In a time when histories are being removed, hidden, and made illegal to teach in schools, your support for The People’s Graphic Design Archive is more important than ever. This is your archive and survives on your support.
Donate
Topics Add to Archive

IDEA Magazine, No. 14 (1955), アイデア

Added by Shunye Tang 10 on Oct 7th, 2025

Date

circa 1955

Credits

Format

Publishers

Dimensions: 225 × 297 mm
Curatorial Note: Added by Curator on October 7, 2025
Related Items: Postwar Japanese Design Publications, Graphic Design History

The content bridges local and global design movements, featuring essays such as “Victory of Design Policy” by H. Ota, “Outdoor Advertisings in Europe” by S. Fujishima, and explorations of international figures like Will Burtin, Franco Grignani, and Philippe Foré. Other contributions — including Y. Mitsui vs. T. Ohashi by K. Takahashi and Why Does the Art Require Variation? by S. Imatake — highlight the intellectual rigor shaping Japan’s emerging commercial art scene.

One of the issues covers how Japan was one of the first countries to be involved in the global design conversation, showing the connection between these types of exhibitions as the Japan Advertising Artists Club (JAAC) and the Tokyo Commercial Artists Association and current European practices. By this fermentation, the IDEA were not only a magazine but also a means of visual education and intercultural communication.

Tags

IDEA Magazine, No. 14 (1955), アイデア
Source: designreviewed.com