{"product_id":"9780500023068-takenobu-igarashi-a-to-z","title":"Takenobu Igarashi: A to Z","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe complete retrospective of Japan’s ingenious master of three-dimensional typography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Takenobu Igarashi is a master-mentor who taught me the ABCs of form (and life)’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Maeda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the mid-1970s designer Takenobu Igarashi began a prolific, decade-long exploration into possibilities of three-dimensional typography. His first experiments with axonometric lettering appeared on magazine covers, posters, and record sleeves – taking influence from the avant garde typography of the 1920s but rendered afresh as bold sculptural letterforms. Timeless, arresting, and technically dazzling, Igarashi’s signature style demonstrates a mastery of three-dimensional type and perspective draftsmanship, refined long before the introduction of computers into the design industry.\u003cbr\u003e  A to Z offers an exhaustive guide to Igarashi’s experiments with typography, featuring not only his celebrated print and physical works – many photographed specially for this publication – but also a first look, using never before seen archival work, at the plans, drawings and production drafts behind his iconic works. Spanning early print works, hand-drawn experiments, self-initiated sculptural pieces, and highprofile 3D identities for a range of international clients and institutions, A to Z is a long overdue overview of one of the most revered but least celebrated graphic designers of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450552430966,"sku":"9780500023068","price":44.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27931956.jpg?v=1760453406","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780500023068-takenobu-igarashi-a-to-z","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}