Moji Image Graphic

Price:
USD $50.00 postpaid (international air shipping included)
Designers:
Laboratories
Publisher:
Graphic-sha
Categories:
Publications

The new bilingual English/Japanese catalogue and guide to contemporary Japanese graphic design!

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Featuring over 50 contemporary Japanese graphic designers Moji (Character) Image Graphic is the definitive guide to what is happening in graphic design inJapan now!

Table of contents:

I: Fragment about Japanese characters and design: 1. Japanese form and design / 2. Postwar graphic design and characters
II: Graphic design on the frontier: 1. Technology and poetry / 2 Form and sensibility / 3. Media and Materials / 4. Words and illustrations / 5. Characters and letters / 6. Landscapes and typography of books / 7. Designers and words / 8. Fashion and culture / 9. Vernacular and regional / 10. Text and the body / 11. Globality and uniqueness / 12. Public and personal / 13. Beyond language

The book is a veritable who’s who of contemporary Japanese graphic design across design for print and screen.

The entire book is bilingual, introducing global audiences to many of Japan’s top designers for the very first time.

Profusely illustrated, Moji Image Graphic is a visual powerhouse and contains a number of essays contextualizing the work within.

Moji Image Graphic is softcover and features a black, white and silver wraparound dustjacket.

One of the top books published in 2024 so far!

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