Showa Modern: Ad Designs, 1920-1930s business aesthetic and theoretical contexts

aesthetic and theoretical contexts

The buildings float as if we were sitting on the ocean floor – powerless to move

the role of trade unions

this series by photographer Laura Lewis uncovers the rooms that numerous couples have hired for intimacy

«KEINE AHNUNG« ist eine große Selbstbefragung

Showa Modern: Ad Designs, 1920-1930s business aesthetic and theoretical contextsCutting edge works of 1920s and 1930s Japanese design that still excite and inspire. A blossoming cosmopolitan culture pervaded Taisho and Showa era Japan in the 1920s and 1930s, when new Western style establishments like bars, cafs, and boutiques lined city streets. The concept of design as a vehicle to connect people and things found expression in fresh and exuberant forms, and cities teemed with posters and other advertising media. This book