CREATION issue 16 (1993)

Published from 1989 to 1994, Creation was a key Japanese graphic design magazine that documented postwar visual culture, linking design with advertising, typography, and identity systems.

With a modernist, structured approach, it treated commercial design as cultural practice, connected Japan to global movements and helped define the precise, refined character of Japanese graphic modernism.

From its beginning, editor Yusaku Kamekura warned the readers, the magazine would end with issue 20. In that sense, this editorial project questioned what it meant to produce a limited life span magazine. 

This special sixteenth edition examines the genre of posters through the works of Alois Janak, Richard Kehl, Jan Lenica, Junko Kitano, Douglas Fraser, Erik Nitsche, Katsumi Asaba and the Stenberg Brothers.

By showcasing the variety of these works, the magazine points at the importance of poster-making across different political regimes and eras, pointing at the social and historical relevance of this genre. 

Dimensions: 30x22cm
169 pages.
Condition: Excellent.
Text in English and Japanese

This is part of a delivery of Creation magazines books now available at the bookstore.