The Work of Ikko Tanaka sutnaritems Design studios XYZ Type and

Design studios XYZ Type and Polymode collaborated to invite fifteen diverse voices from the design world to discuss the ways their personal and cultural identities resonate with typography

This one invites the reader on a magical tour through twelve fish bowls

This one is poetry in motion—but only because it contains a poem and the active work of Keiji Usami

little here has incited as much delight as Mark’s pieces in our show Same Diff and the envelopes he’s sent us and we’ve perched on a shelf for all to see

ol’ HZ scratched out this handsome alphabet for Phily in 1959 and surrounded it with a few thoughts about letters and reading and the like

The Work of Ikko Tanaka sutnaritems Design studios XYZ Type andThis landmark 1975 monograph offers an essential survey of Ikko Tanakas early career, showcasing the evolution of a designer who defined the visual identity of postwar Japan. Through bold, geometric abstractions and a vibrant color palette, the book documents his revolutionary ability to translate traditional Japanese motifssuch as Noh theater and Rinpa school aestheticsinto a global modernist language for companies such as Seibu Department Stores,