Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975 penguin random house asleep-at-the wheel sameness―that is both

asleep-at-the wheel sameness―that is both profound and clarifying

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Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975 penguin random house asleep-at-the wheel sameness―that is bothWith Fracture, author Ian Lynam presents a survey of Japanese design across a century as told through the biographies of its most influential creators. The chronology begins less than two decades after Japans opening to the West, ending a 200 year isolationist policy. Lynam features the stories of more than 90 pacesetters shaping the countrys modern aesthetic. We meet Hani Motoko, considered Japans first female journalist, who commissioned Frank Lloyd