IDEA, International Advertising Art edited by Yoshihisa Ishihara, Vol. 32, No. 184, May 1984. Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co., Tokyo, Japan. 8.875 x 11.75, pp. 132 plus trade advertising. Japanese and English text. Cover illustration by Anton Stankowski.
Published since 1953, IDEA is a bi–monthly magazine dedicated to international advertising art, illustration, graphic design and typography. Heavily illustrated throughout in black and white and color and packed with excellent and uncommon Japanese and international content.
Excellent content featuring: New World of Expression by Computer Graphics: JAGDA Computer Symposium 1983 by Toshifumi Kawahara; Corporate Identity of Viessmann Werke KG (Anton Stankowski); Braldt Bralds by Charlotte Greelen and Shinichiro Tora; Devis Grebu and his Works by Shinichi Segi; Art Directors Club’s 1983 “Hall of Fame” Award: Aaron Burns, Seymour Chwast, Stephen O. Frankfurt and Bill Bernbach; Gail Rigelhaupt by Carol Watson; Milton Glaser & Seymour Chwast by Tadanori Yokoo, and Haruo Miyauchi; The Original Art Exhibition of Artwork for Children’s Books by Dilys Evans and Shinichiro Tora; Graphic Design Education by Prof. Peter Megert at the Ohio State University by Peter Megert and Shigeru Watano; Morris Collection: Centering on Kelmscott Press by Masaaki Tanaka; and Lecture on Trompe L’oeil by Shigeo Fukuda.
A nearly fine, vintage magazine. Uncommon in the United States. Recommended!