IDEA 156 — International Advertising Art Magazine, 1979 [Wolfgang Weingart]

IDEA, International Advertising Art edited by Noboru Sakamoto, Vol. 27, No. 156, September 1979. Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co., Tokyo, Japan. 8.875 x 11.75, pp. 126 plus trade advertising. Japanese and English text. Excellent collage-like cover design by Wolfgang Weingart.

Excellent, uncommon content featuring: The Society of Illustrators 21st Annual Exhibition by Eileen Hedy Schultz, Akiko Hyuga and Shinichiro Tora; John Casado by Dugald Stermer; Kazumi Kutigami by Hiroshi Sano; The Citrus Crate Label in California by Marc Treib; Serial Typography by Helmut Schmid; Ray Barber & Type Design for “Saturday Night Fever” and others; Why poster? The collection of posters at Museum Library, Musashino Art University by Itsuo Ohkubo; Lions in London: Photo by Jessica Strang by Shigeru Watano; The 29th International Design Conference in Aspen on the theme of “Japan in Aspen” by Editor and; Here & There (industry news, etc.).

A very good, vintage magazine with a trade ad neatly removed. Light handling and toning with a small crease and small indentations to the Weingart front cover. Uncommon in the United States.