Books on Japan 1931-1972Japanese propaganda books

 

In this book 100 propaganda magazines, published between 1931 to 1972, are introduced. The front cover and middle page of each magazine is introduced by year along with a brief overview. By “propaganda magazines” we mean such magazines promoting political, military and cultural ideas as is represented by the magazines NIPPON (Nihon Kobou) and FRONT (Tohosha). Also included in these 100 magazines is tourist guides, export product catalogues, world fair catalogues and Olympic brochures. In such “propaganda magazines” published by the government or large companies generous budgets were provided for such publications. Accordingly, many persons who have contributed greatly to the history of Japanese photography and graphic design are introduced. (For example in NIPPON such persons as; Yonosuke Natori, Takashi Kono, Fumio Yamana, Yusaku Kamekura, Goro Kumada, Ken Domon and Shihachi Fujimoto. In FRONT such persons as; Tatsuo Hayashi, Hiromu Hara, Seiichi Tagawa, Ihei Kimura, Yoshio Watanabe and Hiroshi Hamaya).  As a result, by looking at the graphics in these magazines one can see how the world currents in graphics have been arranged to form a unique Japanese modernism. A look at the news photos and advertisements in these magazines vividly illustrates Japan’s evolution over this time span. The people who lived, the cities that existed and the thoughts that were prevalent at that time are all extensively recorded. Even though time has passed the vitality of these times can still be felt.

Author: Yoshiyuki Morioka 

Price: 3,800 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-826-9) 
Format: 182 × 257 mm, 208 pages (Full color) Hardcover with Jacket 
Language: Japanese 

Release date: 26th October 2012

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girls ZINE 2

This is the second title in this series. ZINE is about publishing by individuals or groups in small numbers, also called “little-press.”  The attention to ZINE increased more and more and the events and the activity of presenting ZINE are gaining nationally.
Rather than the first series which introduced much as [ ZINE GUIDE ] , the second series is broken in to the charm of ZINE introducing the interviews to a ZINE producer, the introduction of a work procedure, ZINE-related events, and the introduction of a ZINE label, etc. Panoptically, "to product" ZINE, "to be connected through ZINE" and "ZINE as a communication tool" are focused.
Moreover, It is divided into three categories, [PHOTOGRAPH-LIFE STYLE] [ART-DRAWING] [CULTURE] as ZINE GUIDE with full of visuals that one can enjoy just to look.
In the end of this book, it contains description of the basic knowledge of printing and bookbinding. This book covers the joy of getting published and discusses how such mini publications can be utilized as a tool to connect people of similar interests.

Editor: Obscure inc.

Price: 1,600 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-828-3)
Format: 148×210 mm, 120 pages (Full color) Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese/ Release date: 18th September

Contents:

●ZINE INTERVIEW
ZINE LABEL
　— MESS・10zine・parapera・zine club
ZINE EVENT 
 　—MOUNT ZINE・Zine Picnic・THE TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR・ZINE FES・TOKYO ZINESTER GATHERING・Here is ZINE Tokyo・bunfree
ZINESTER
　—DOLLY BIRD GIRLS・CHIMASKI・Sachiyo Oishi・yakk・curry note・saturn・michinoeki
●ZINE GUIDE
01 PHOTOGRAPH・LIFE STYLE
02 ART・DRAWING
03 CULTURE
Appendix
Basic knowledge of printing and bookbinding
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"QUOTATION" -Worldwide Creative Journal-

"QUOTATION "Worldwide creative journal introduces the forefront of creative activities from around the world - Internet and computer technology changed our "creative and design" environment widely. It allows everyone to "create and design" easily, and changed the values in people's mind at the same time. The "creative and design" conscious deeply get into people's lifestyles, not only designers and creators but also consumers and recipients. Now people have strong avidity for more fun, comfortable, and beautiful "creative and design". It beyond national boundaries, surpass borderline of genres, and become essential for present generation. This magazine introduces delights of creations, precious feeling of "creative and design" and the fascinations by voices in interviews and columns.

The latest issue No.12

SPECIAL TOPIC Creatives in London

SPECIAL INTERVIEW
- Paula Gerbase（1205 : Fashion Designer）
- Stefan Siegel（NOT JUST A LABEL : Creative Director）
- Kate Cox（Photographer）
- Conor Donlon（DONLON BOOKS : Owner）
- Andrew Ibi（THE CONVENIENCE STORE : Shopkeeper）
- Ben Benoliel（Photographer）
- Mind Design（Design Studio）
- OK-RM（Design Studio）
- Hato Press（Studio）

LONDON REPORT
- London College of Fashion ［Professor Frances Corner］
- Frieze Art Fair 2011

JAPANESE CREATORS WHO ARE INFLUENCED BY LONDON
- Hasui Motohiko（Photographer）
- Bob Foundation（Creative Design Group）
- Kohzaki Kunio（Head Stylist）
- Keisuke Nakamura（Interior Designer/ Carpenter）
- Akane Utsunomiya（Akane Hasui：Fashion Designer）

PICK UP London's hottest places recommended by the creators in London

Produced by Gradation BluePrice: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-808-5) / Format: 185 x 265 mm, 88 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese ( partly English ) / Release date: 28th November 2011

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No.11

SPECIAL INTERVIEWS:
- The head editor of Carson, a new magazine art directed by David Carson.
- Alex Prager, an American fashion photographer.
- Partizan, the world famous production company

ARTICLE: Design History vol.1 -90's London Graphic Design

EVENT REPORT: Question A, the talk event produced by "QUOTATION"
- vol.1 "Studying Fashion Abroad"
YOSHIKAZU YAMAGATA(writtenafterwards) x YUIMA NAKAZATO(YUIMA NAKAZATO)
- vol.2 "How a magazine SPECTATOR is made and what their ideal media is"
TOSHIMITSU AONO ( the head editor of SPECTATOR) x NORITERU MINEZAKI ( Art Director of SPECTATOR )

COLUMNS: Creative information from cities in the world.
Satellite Voices / Allan Delorme / OLIVE / YASUHIKO ITO / SOJIRO KAMATANI / keisuke kanda / SHOGO KAWATA/ Qosmo / tackom / Coci la elle / Chika Higashi / Unusual Poster Series

Produced by Gradation BluePrice: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-787-3) / Format: 185 x 265 mm, 80 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese ( partly English ) / Release date: 24th June 2011

No.10

"This 10th volume presents; the special interviews of remarkable creative agencies & fashion designers, the latest information on creative spots in London, the history of the famous art school "Central Saint Martins", columns around the world."

CONTENTS:
- London's latest creative spots, from Eastend to Southeast, pick up new galleries and collectives!
- Focus on the remarkable creative agency "Bianca Redgrave & Co.", very active in a wide range of creative fields such as illustration, photography, art direction.
- What 'creative' means to the energetic designer J.W.Anderson?

REPORT: Memory of Art school: The history of "Central Saint Martins", where many famous designers are born.
COLUMNS: Creative information from cities in the world.
Estonian "HandMadeFont" / Belgian artist "Lawrence Malstaf" keeps beauty of a body / The exciting bookstore "OHWOW Store" / A competition of web fonts "Web Font Awards" is taking place / "So Hashizume" cross-boundary design / " Techno-Shugei Club" technology + shugei (craft)!? A new style of making…and more !
Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-733-6 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 88 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese ( partly English ) / Release date: 27th February 2011

No.9

SPECIAL INTERVIEWS: The Inoue Brothers (Fashion Designer) / TOMOYUKI YONEZU (Graphic Designer)

SPECIAL FEATURES: The new and hot creative shop in London "In-cc"

DIALOGUE:BLINK of Imagination, Blink of Curiosity (KOUKI TANGE x YASUHIRO SUZUKi )
COLUMNS: Pick up : Creative information around the world / "Carsten Seiffarth" a curator who changed a big flush tank of Berlin to a gallery / "Oscar&Ewan" a new design from London / "Cafe Royal Books" Zine from London / The 20th anniversary of german font brand "FontShop(FontFont)" / "Library Man", high quality photography book from Stockholm…and more !

Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-755-2 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 80 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese ( partly English ) / Release date: 25th October 2010

No.8

"The cutting edge artists from London and Antwerp", "The significant changes in creative fields"

SPECIAL INTERVIEWS: "The cutting edge artists from London and Antwerp"
Wendy Bevan (Photographer) / Shelley Durkan (Casting Director team) / Christopher Shannon (Fashion designer) / TOM TOSSEYN (Graphic designer or Typography involved)
LONG INTERVIEWS: "The significant changes in creative fields -Young artists start for the future"
WOW ( Visual design studio ) / Tavito Nanao (Singer-Songwriter) / AR 3 Bros ( Creative unit ) / Yoshikazu Yamagata - writtenafterwards ( Fashion designer )
COLUMNS: "Creative scoop from cities in the world -London, Berlin, Tokyo, New York...etc"...and more
Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-730-9 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 88 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese ( partly English ) / Release date: 27th July 2010

No.7

"Gifted Creatives in the Fashion Industry"

INTERVIEWS:Daniel Riera / Gary Card / Laura Rule / Martine Sitbon / Jerome Rigaud
COLUMNS: "Adam de Cruz"The most attention Make Up Artist in London / Unique and original project by "BOW" / "Undergrowth" playful mind brings forth sexy magic / "POTTO" reativeness from everyday life / NPO "SOTA" Fonts will save the world ? / Director "Chris Cairns" holographic performance from UK ...and more
Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-722-4 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 88 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese / Release date: 27th April 2010

No.6

"NORDIC CULTURE NOW - Acne, MoonspoonSaloon, Jonny Johansson, Norwegian Rain, Tal R, KASINO A4, and more"

INTERVIEWS:AI WEI WEI / Damir Doma / Designers Against AIDS
THE LATEST CREATIVE NEWS:"galaxxxy" take the present into making of clothes / Graphic Novel rose up from the comedic daily living in Netherlands / Wallpaper’s first store in Milan / “mash up” from the AR3 Brothers / Typekit revolutionize typography on web design...and more.
INFOMATION&NEWS: Takeshi Nakamura (CAVIA) "Creative circumstance in motion graphics" / The chief editor of Hint Magazine / LeeCarter …and more
Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-711-8 ) Format: 182 x 250 mm, 88 pages ( Full color ) Paperback, Language: 70% Japanese & 30% English / Release date: 25th January 2010

No.5

"Creative scenes in Asian cities", "Products by designer and artists"

INTERVIEWS: Jarno Kettunen / Julia Muggenburg of Belmacz
COLUMNS: Mysterious and tricky hair making by "Mika+CHISHIN" / The fantastic world "Helen Musselwhite" / The apartment hotel in Berlin "St.Oberholz Gasthof"...and more
Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-696-8 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 88 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese / Release date: 27th Oct 2009

No.4

"10 internationally-active artists in Japan"
"The front-line of creative activities, the hot artists and places in Berlin"

INTERVIEWS: Dylan Fracareta (PIN-UP/Art Director) / Dan Szor (SUPERSUPER/Art Director) / Martin Creed (Artist)

COLUMNS: "GIFTED"charity Art Auction (London) / "Thomas Voorn"Graffiti clothe?! (Rotterdam) / "DOSSIER" visual journal magazine from N.Y.,...and more
Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-680-7 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 96 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese / Release date: 23th Jul 2009

No.3

"The latest scene on Design and Art Agencies", "The world's art directors active in fashion scenes"

INTERVIEWS: PATRICK LI from LI,INC.(N.Y.) / Homework (Copenhagen) / GERARD SAINT from BIG ACTIVE (London) / MAGICAL, ARTROOM.(Tokyo)

COLUMNS: "Airside" Eco-activity by a design company / "Colophon2009" International Magazine Symposium (Luxembourg) / "Woods & Woods" (Singapore) ...and more

Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-657-9 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 88 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese / Release date: 25th April 2009

No.2

"The latest news of creative movements in London" - graphics, fashion, art, gallery, media and more -

INTERVIEWS: SHOWstudio "The creations by Peter De Potter"

COLUMNS: "Hot topics from Tokyo, Paris, Amsterdam, N.Y. and Berlin. "The great selections from world's hot shops, and The bestsellers from world's bookstores ...and more
Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-630-2 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 88 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese / Release date: 24th Jan 2009

No.1

"100 keywords of the forefront of creative activities of the world"

INTERVIEWS: TOMATO "Differences of Design between Tokyo & London"

COLUMNS: The front-line of creative movement from Tokyo, Paris, London, N.Y., Amsterdam, and Wien, etc.
Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-614-2 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 80 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese / Release date: 27th Oct 2009


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CREATIVES IN JAPAN "QUOTATION"Special EditionKeywords to know the front line of creatives in Japan

This is the special edition of "QUOTATION" Worldwide Creative Journal. Reporting on what is happening in the contemporary Japanese creative scene attracts attention from around the world, so for this issue "QUOTATION" have selected people and places from an array of media, and introduce them by category.
It doesn't matter whether they are famous or not, the selections are made based on "QUOTATION"'s opinion and perspective.
Enjoy and check out the latest scene of Japanese creatives in this book.

Produced by Graduation Blue
Price: 1,200 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-729-3)
Format: 212 x 150 mm, 188 pages (Full color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: English-Japanese Bilingual
Release Date: 21th September 2010

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