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Takenobu Igarashi: The creative journey of a Japanese Master Acclaimed Japanese designer Takenobu Igarashi's signature style demonstrates his mastery of three-dimensional forms as he pioneered 3D type exploration long before computers, turning letters into dimensional new elements. This elegant volume offers a long overdue comprehensive and unique overview of his professional life. The three chapters of the book (Chapter 1: The Unique World of Three-Dimensional Design, Chapter 2: The Epitome of Impromptu and Chapter 3: Building the Future of Hokkaido.) are about various stages of lgarashi's life as a multi award-winning graphic designer and later as a prominent sculptor. With 304 pages and more than 400 images, Takenobu Igarashi: Design and Fine Art is a biographical portfolio and visual reference book on Takenobu Igarashi and his dynamic and prolific artistic life. His work is in the permanent collection of over 30 museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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B. Martin Pedersen Graphis CEO, publisher, designer, and editorial director, has earned industry praise for his elegant and timeless design. At Graphis, his prestigious international juried award competitions for Design, Advertising, Photography, Illustration, and New Talent recognize outstanding global talents. As a publisher, he produces the finest quality design industry books on the planet. Pedersen is the recipient of some of the industry's highest honorary titles alongside numerous awards from the AIGA, Art Directors Club, and Type Directors Club. Notable honors include the Society of Publication Designers inaugural Herb Lubalin Award for Excellence in Editorial Design, the Columbia University National Magazine Award for the Best Designed Magazine of the Year, and the AIGA Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Design. He is an inductee into the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame and an Alliance Graphique International (AGI) member.

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