Modes and Characters – Poetics of Graphic Design

Over 50 designers and artists participate in the 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT exhibition “Modes and Characters – Poetics of Graphic Design,” the official book of which explores the complex text system and the integration of text and image in Japanese graphic culture.

It examines the possibilities of this culture in the global era through the works and essays of approximately 50 domestic and international designers and artists.

[Table of Contents]
I: Japanese Language and Graphic Design: 1. The Shape of the Japanese Language / 2. Postwar Graphics and Text
II: Frontier Graphic Design: 1. Technology and Poetics / 2. Form and Sensibility / 3. Media and Material /
4. Words and Illustration / 5. Characters and Text / 6. The Structure and Landscape of Books / 7. Designers and Words /
8. Fashion and Culture / 9. Vernacular and Regional / 10. Text and Body / 11. Globality and Idiosyncrasy /
12. Public and Personal / 13. Beyond Language

*Japanese and English.