Illustration in Japan 1946–95 spacetype We know we’ve sold specimens

We know we’ve sold specimens of this typeface

and photographs complete the portrait of one of the most prolific designers of our time

” This is the story of that madness—and it’s a model of typography and bookmaking

the silhouettes are replaced by colorful geometric shapes

once a girlfriend said there was a turkey vulture on our roof

Illustration in Japan 1946–95 spacetype We know we’ve sold specimensIt can be said (and it is said in the intro to this book) that the concept of illustration began to be recognized in Japan during the last half of the 1950s. Ryuichi Yamashiro created a poster for Kunisada Chuji by using an enlargement of a womans face drawn by Kiyoshi Awazu which became a great sensation among young designers at that time. It was also around this time that a poster for Koshiji Fubukis recital was designed by Kohei Sugiura and Akira