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Katachi no Mikata

Published: 2013/03   Price: 1,470 jp yen
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(Text in Japanese)
152 pages, 185 x 125mm, paperback

Denki Groove x IDEA - Denki Groove, Takkyu Ishino and his surroundings.

Published: 2013/03   Price: 2,100 jp yen
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(Text in Japanese)
214 pages, 182mm x 257mm, paperback

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ABC no mihon (Type Identifier for Beginners)

Published: 2013/01   Price: 1,575 jp yen
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Typo Sampo

Published: 2012/08   Price: 1,050 jp yen
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(Text in Japanese)

Typo Sampo: Rojou No Moji Kansatsu
Kentaro Fujimoto
103mm x 182mm, soft cover, 168 pages

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Moji No Mihon (Japanese Font Specimens)

Published: 2012/01   Price: 1,575 jp yen
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Design of Manga, Anime & Light Novel

Published: 2011/6   Price: 2,829+tax jp yen
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Graphic designs for Otaku culture have become more highly developed over the past decade, evolving from mere images of printed characters to more integrated graphic packages full of detail and rich interpretations of the titles.

TEXT IN JAPANESE ONLY.

Edit by IDEA.
Softcover, 225x297mm, 264 pages

Designers:
Shin Sobue+cozfish, Shin Sobue, Heiquiti Harata, Junichi Kusaka, Norito Inoue, VOLARE, Shinichi Sekine's Working Room, Chord Design Studio, Veia, Mach55Go, Kohei Nawata, Tsuyoshi Kusano, Noriyuki Jinguji, Kazuo Miyamura, Milky Isobe, chutte, matic-log, Hibiki Chikada, Shiyu Yanagiya, Tatsuya Ariyama, Bunpei Yorifuji, Hiroshi Niigami, Hideaki Shimada, Junji Takahashi, Bay Bridge Studio, ARTEN, Shindosha, Banana Grove Studio, Teruhisa Tajima.

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Kazunari Hattori Graphics

Published: 2011/4   Price: 3,150 jp yen
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"Kazunari Hattori Graphics" contains about 160 selected works of Kazunari Hattori, a multi-disciplinary Japanese graphic designer. Hattori is well-known for his direction of advertising for the Kewpie Corporation and East Japan Railway Company, as well as his art direction for the magazines Mayonaka, Ryuko Tsushin and here and there. He also designs books, exhibition posters, logos, and symbols. His work in the field of corporate identity is notable, having designed the identity of the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum and many other projects.

This book is based on the IDEA Magazine feature article "Kazunari Hattori 100 Page" , though has been expanded to include a number of additional diverse works. A selection of Hattori's works have been photographed by famed Japanese photographers Takashi Honma and Mikiya Takimoto exclusively for this publication. Essays on Hattori's work and influence by Masayoshi Nakajo, Nakako Hayashi and Mimi Hachikai are included, as well as annotations on each featured design project by Kazunori Hattori himself.

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A Natural History of Printers' Flowers

Published: 2010/10   Price: 2,940 jp yen
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The revised and enlarged edition of Idea No.325: A Natural History of Printers' Flowers.
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Basic Typography

Published: 2010/08   Price: 3,360 jp yen
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Editor: Hiroshi Komiyama
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Nihongo Katsuji Monogatari [a story of Japanese typefaces]

Price: 2,400+税 jp yen
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Author: Hiroshi Komiyama

148 x 210 mm, 272 pages, 2009
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