• Published: 1956/6
  • Sold out.

IDEA NO.17 : Designers in Central Japan

Cover Design:Ayao Yamana

Advertising for Vetroflex
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste
Poster Composition
Works of College Graduating Students
Retrospect of the Late Alvin Lustig
Works of Munari
The Nika Exhibition (Commercial Arts)
Designers in Central Japan
History of Western Fine Arts Vol. 2 H. Hara
Brief History of Commercial Arts in Japan Vol. 3 A. Yamana
Trap of Interest: Fiction S. Imatake
Voice of Local Designer
Local News
Editor's Note T. Miyayama

Ayao Yamana
Born in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1898. He learned Western painting and entered the publisher, Platon Co. in 1923 where he did illustration for magazines and books and design of ads. In 1929 he entered Shiseido Cosmetics and four years later he became freelancer and worked for the Japanese external publicity magazine 'NIPPON' . After WWII, he re-entered Shiseido as a design director. His elegant style had much influence on Japanese design and fashion fields. Died in 1980.