Hardcover: 204 pages
Publisher: Kajima Institute Publishing
Language: English Japanese
ISBN-10: 4306041190
ISBN-13: 978-4306041196
Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 25.2 x 2.8 cm
Release Date: 1981
Price: sold
More than a monograph of Toshi Katayama’s work, this volume is a rare primary source documenting how he was regarded within the international design community.
It includes essays and letters by leading figures such as Concrete Poetry pioneer Eugen Gomringer, graphic designer Ivan Chermayeff, and Bauhaus artist and educator Josef Albers.
Gomringer positions Katayama not as a representative of Japanese tradition, but as a designer who extended the legacy of Paul Klee and Constructivism, praising his ability to reconcile logic and emotion within a rigorous visual language. Chermayeff describes Katayama’s work as design that reveals more with every viewing, celebrating its exceptional craftsmanship and enduring visual richness. In a personal letter from 1971, Josef Albers wrote that Katayama’s *Square and Movement* demonstrated “real graphic articulation”—a quality he believed had become all too rare.
Rather than simply presenting Katayama’s works, this publication offers a remarkable record of how one of Japan’s most accomplished designers was understood and appreciated by some of the most influential figures in twentieth-century art and design.
Moulding by Toshi
Eugen Gomringer
Letter form
Josef Albers
Toshi’s world
Yusaku Kamekura
My friend, Toshi
Ikko Tanaka
序文 丹下健三
Visual Construction 片山利弘
Toshiの構造 オイゲン・ゴムリンガー
Toshiの世界、道標、そしてイマジネーション 亀倉雄策
Toshiのこと ホセ・ルイ・セルト
Toshiとグラフィック アイヴァン・チャマイエフ
書簡 ジョセフ・アルバース
言葉と形の遊び 詩画集によせて ルドル・アルンハイム
Toshiの道程 向井周太郎
Toshiの造形 多木浩二
親友、片山利弘のこと 田中一光
Toshiへ エメット・ウイリアムス
Toshiの仕事 ゲオルグ・ケペッシュ
気質としての造形 木村恒久