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Wordshape offers IDEA | アイデア Magazine for sale online.
With a history spanning more than fifty years, IDEA stands as the leading international graphic design publication in the world, mixing graphic design history, criticism, and showcases of design work in a mix of English and Japanese. Notoriously difficult to obtain in the United States reliably, our partnership with IDEA offers graphic designers and design readers in the US and globally the ability to purchase IDEA at notably low cost.
USD $27.00 postpaid (International shipping included)
The Impossibility of Silence is a 200+ page paperback for creative folks interested in approaching writing about their vocation and culture.
USD $50.00 postpaid (international shipping included)
A beautifully printed 156-page A4-format book devoted to historical typographic ornament.
USD $35.00 postpaid (international shipping included)
Moji no Mihon is the ultimate guide to identifying Japanese fonts in the digital age! This 280-page softcover book includes specimens of key characters of hundreds of Japanese fonts so that you can identify type on the fly!
USD $50.00 postpaid (international shipping included)
An amazing issue of international manga, design exhibitions and type design! Includes a beautifully designed additional booklet about indie publishing.
USD $20.00 postpaid (international shipping included)
The absolute best hybrid memo pad/sketchbook ever made. Period.
USD $25.00 postpaid (international shipping included)
A 150-page bilingual guidebook with a fold-out cover/map that shares Tokyo’s top design destinations from Kenya Hara, Ian Lynam, and other key figures in the Tokyo design scene.
USD $50.00 postpaid (international airmail included)
Issue #392 of IDEA is a powerhouse of typography and contemporary graphic design featuring a star-studded cast of characters! Includes the 2020 IDEA Calendar!
Idea + Misc. + Publications
USD $180 postpaid (free international shipping included!)
We are pleased to offer annual subscriptions to IDEA, Japan’s leading graphic design magazine to the world!
USD $12.00 postpaid (international SAL shipping included)
Start Somewhere is a 76-page handbook about how to become a designer who writes. Most designers grapple with generating their own content. This zine is full of writing about *how* to write and more importantly, how to get started.