# Takenobu Igarashi: A to Z

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- Authors: [Takenobu Igarashi](https://www.bookquiver.com/takenobu-igarashi), [Sakura Nomiyama](https://www.bookquiver.com/sakura-nomiyama), [Haruki Mori](https://www.bookquiver.com/haruki-mori)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2020-09-24

## Description

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. 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.

## Editions

### Takenobu Igarashi: A to Z

- Publisher: thames_and_hudson
- ISBN: 978-05-0002-306-8
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2020-09-24
- Language: en_GB