Graphic Arts and Design in Japan : From Lettreprint to Architecture.

For a few decades, Japan has been a major driveforce in all fields of graphic arts and design — thanks to talented designers and agencies that have showed and proved their knowledge of both the basics and tradition, as well as boldness and innovation.

We'll take here Graphic Arts in a large sense — the organization, writing and filling of an originally void space (空間, kuukan), be it a page, a room, a building, a land or a body — and present Japanese books that deal with a wide range of subjects : letterprints, lay-out, advertisement, posters, tatoo, interior decoration, landscaping, architecture, &c.

Enjoy !


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Depuis quelques dizaines d'années, le Japon est un acteur majeur dans tous les domaines des arts graphiques et du design — grâce à de talentueux créateurs et agences qui font montre d'une connaissance des bases et traditions, ainsi que d'audace et d'innovation.

Les Arts Graphiques seront ici entendus au sens large — l'arrangement, l'écriture et l'emplissage d'un espace originellement vide (空間, kuukan), qu'il soit page, pièce, immeuble, terre ou corps — et l'on trouvera ici une sélection de livres au vaste spectre de sujets : typographie, mise en page, publicité, affiches, décoration intérieure, tatouage, paysagisme, architecture, &c.

Ouvrez grand les yeux !


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Quick Links

THE ARTS OF THE PAGE / LES ARTS DE LA PAGE
Typographie, Mise en page, Affiches... / Letterprint, Lay-out, Posters...

BODY ARTS / LES ARTS DU CORPS
Tatoo / Tatouage

THE ARTS OF THE LIVING SPACE / LES ARTS DE L'ESPACE HABITÉ
Interior Design, Constructions, Architecture, Gardens, Castles / Décoration intérieure, Constructions, Architecture, Jardins, Châteaux


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Liens vers les descriptions détaillées des livres :
Links to the detailed descriptions of the books :



THE ARTS OF THE PAGE / LES ARTS DE LA PAGE
Typographie, Mise en page, Affiches... / Letterprint, Lay-out, Posters...



DAI NIPPON
Printing Specimen Book
(1977)

Graphic Arts Japan

GRAPHIC ARTS JAPAN vol. 12 (1970-71) GRAPHIC ARTS JAPAN vol. 13 (1971-72) GRAPHIC ARTS JAPAN vol. 14 (1972-73)

GRAPHIC ARTS JAPAN vol. 17 (1975-76) GRAPHIC ARTS JAPAN vol. 18 (1976-77) GRAPHIC ARTS JAPAN vol. 19 (1977-78)

Rekishi no Tabi
Nihon no Kamon / Japanese Family Crests
(1978)

KUWAZAWA Yasaburo
Lettering and Design
(1976)

Package Design in Tokyo
(1987)

NAGAI / SATO / TODA
Graphics Japan. 46 Leading Graphic Designers
(1987)

Taiyo Special : TAKEHISA Yumeji
(1977)

The Art of Persuasion / The Koukoku Shashin
Advertisement Photography
(1988)

The 1920s in Japan
(1988)

TAKAHASHI Sakae
Advertising Photography
(1990)

TTC Japan Advertising Annual 1992
(1992)

Iichiko Design 1984-1998
ASAI Shimpei — HIRACHI Isao — KAWAKITA Hideya — LAVATORI Carlo — NAKAGAWA Tetsu — BISHI Yoshiaki
(1998)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
NK 1999 Printing Paper Samples : Silk Road
(1999)

KAWABE Yoneo
Works / Portfolio
(2006) SIGNED


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BODY ARTS / LES ARTS DU CORPS
Tatoo / Tatouage



TAMABAYASHI Haruo
Irezumi Hyakushi / The Japanese Tatoo
(1941)


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THE ARTS OF THE LIVING SPACE / LES ARTS DE L'ESPACE HABITÉ
Japanese Interior Design, Constructions, Architecture, Gardens, Castles / Décoration intérieure, Constructions, Architecture, Jardins, Châteaux japonais



ANDO Tadao / ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Kenchikuka Ando Tadao
(2008) SIGNED BY ANDO / DRAWING

(ARAKAWA Shusaku) MIZUE
Special ARAKAWA Shusaku
(1979)

Contemporary Interior Design of Japan 1960-1975
(1975)

FUTAGAWA Yukio
Kevin ROCHE John DINKELOO & Associates, Vol. One 1962-1975
(1975)

(Hotel Okura) The Indigenous Patterns and Hotel Okura
(1964)

INOUE Munekazu
Nihon no Shiro / Japan's Castles
(1966)

Japan Interior Design

Japan Interior Design Houses that cope with Urban Environment — Textile Design (1976) Japan Interior Design Shop Interior (1976) Japan Interior Design Systematized Furniture (1978)

Japan Interior Design Avant-garde Furniture — Activities of Studio Alchymia — Lighting & Design (1979) Japan Interior Design Preview of the 80s (1980)

Kawamata Tadashi

KAWAMATA Tadashi Kojichu (1987) SIGNED KAWAMATA Tadashi Construction Site Projects 1984-1994 (1994) SIGNED

KUWAYAMA Tadaaki Project '96 (1996)

SHINODA Taro
Taro Shinoda
(1999) SIGNED, DRAWING

SUZUKI Masamichi
Landscape
(1979)

The Tokyo PACIFIC Hotel
(1971)


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Voir aussi / See also
Arts & Crafts in Japan
Japanese Photographers / Photographes japonais
Graphic Arts Japan
Japan & History
Takehisa Yumeji

To inquire about or order a book, contact me !
Pour information ou commander un livre, contactez-moi !


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Voir aussi / See also
Arts & Crafts in Japan
Japanese Photographers / Photographes japonais
Graphic Arts Japan
Japan & History
Takehisa Yumeji

To inquire about or order a book, contact me !
Pour information ou commander un livre, contactez-moi !

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