IDEA Magazine No.289 (Japan, 2001)

Idea Magazine No. 289

Special Feature: THE STUDIO TOKYO JAPAN ; Design Works of Yukimasa Okumura

Idea magazine issue 289 (November 2001) is a landmark number that centers on a large retrospective of The Studio Tokyo Japan and the work of designer Yukimasa Okumura, tracing his graphic legacy from YMO projects to editorial and visual communication design. Alongside this, the issue presents M/M (Paris)’s “Björk Files”, reconstructing the full Vespertine visual campaign, features on Vienna’s Dextro and Tokyo’s Delaware (documenting their MoMA PS1 exhibition), and continues Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s series with a profile of illustrator Ado Mizumori, highlighting her role as a live-painting pioneer. The volume is capped with a special fold-in poster by Shinro Ohtake, blending historical depth, contemporary experimentation, and collectible ephemera into a vivid snapshot of design at the turn of the millennium.

Idea (アイデア) is a long-running Japanese quarterly design magazine first published in 1953. It is one of the most influential international journals dedicated to graphic design, typography, visual communication, and related fields. Each issue is richly illustrated and deeply researched, often structured as a “special feature” devoted to a single designer, studio, design movement, or theme, with essays, interviews, archival reproductions, and critical analysis.

Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co

Condition: Like new.