Fans of The Complete Commercial Artist will fawn over this postcard set featuring some of the journal's most appealing designs This set of 40 postcards features 20 favorite designs from a spectacular sourcebook of Deco-era Japanese design. Launched in the late 1920s, The Complete Commercial Artist ( Gendai shogyo bijutsu zenshu ) showcased work by Japan's early design visionaries in 24 volumes discussing posters, window displays, lighted signs and more. The colorful selections featured in this stationery set include a ...
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Fans of The Complete Commercial Artist will fawn over this postcard set featuring some of the journal's most appealing designs This set of 40 postcards features 20 favorite designs from a spectacular sourcebook of Deco-era Japanese design. Launched in the late 1920s, The Complete Commercial Artist ( Gendai shogyo bijutsu zenshu ) showcased work by Japan's early design visionaries in 24 volumes discussing posters, window displays, lighted signs and more. The colorful selections featured in this stationery set include a dashing dalmatian and handsome hat rack, as well as designs for radios and pens, adorable cat-shaped arches, geometric character designs and modernist illustrations with jazz performers and bob-haired women prepping for a night on the town. With artwork by Sugiura Hisui, Murayama Tomoyoshi, Hamada Masuji and other leading graphic artists of the era, these retro postcards deliver a pop of mailable moderne in a keepsake box.
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Add this copy of Japan Moderne: Design Gems From the 1920s and '30s to cart. $25.00, new condition, Sold by Hennessey + Ingalls rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2025 by Letterform Archive Books.
