Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha
Language: Japanese / English
Product Dimensions: 29.4 x 22.4 cm
Release Date: 1999
Price: $80 USD (8,800 JPY)
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Condition: good (pre-owned)
slight creases affecting several pages along the lower fore edge, but otherwise the item is clean as shown in the photos
Typography “ex.” refers to “experiment,” emphasizing the ongoing tension between innovation and established values. This issue examines the evolution of typography from early modern movements to the rise of digital media, focusing on how new technologies and cultural shifts have transformed visual expression.
With the advent of personal computers in the late 1980s, typography broke away from traditional linear development and rapidly diversified. New forms such as motion typography expanded beyond print into dynamic, screen-based media, enabling visual communication of ideas in ways previously impossible.
Contemporary typographic expression ranges from minimal to highly abstract forms, often requiring active interpretation by the viewer. Influenced by emerging media culture, these approaches challenge conventional aesthetics while simultaneously prompting a re-evaluation of traditional design principles.
In today’s media-saturated environment, typography evolves at an accelerated pace, driven by continuous experimentation. True originality, however, lies not in novelty alone, but in a deeper pursuit beyond established conventions.
U.K. — Neville Brody Research Studios, Why Not Associates, The Attik Design, tomato, Jonathan Barnbrook ,v23, Vince Frost Design, Struktur Design, The Designers Republic, STILL, Automattic
U.S.A. — Johnson & Wolverton, Imaginary Forces, Stefan Sagmeister, Charles S. Anderson, Chip Kidd, Pablo Medina, House Industries, David Carson, Liza Saul, Graphic Havoc, Robert Bergman / Ungar
Europe — M/M (Paris), Kochwelle / Postma Associates, Kornel Windlin, Ralph Schraivogel, Cyan, Tristan Pranyko
Japan — Hajime Tachibana, Hideki Nakajima, Katsunori Aoki, Noriyuki Tanaka, Ichiro Higashizumi, Fumio Tachibana
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