As a medium, print has consistently and continually ensured the transmission of things and thoughts across time and space. In this special issue of IDEA, four designers take the material specificities of paper and ink as their order for attempts to rethink the function or possibilities of printed matter as a medium.

Special feature: Medium-Specific - things and thoughts on printed matter: Nobuhiro Yamaguchi, Kazuya Kondo, Daishiro Mori, Hideki Nakajima / Nouvelle Vague 'Bande a part' Artwork Revisited Dylan Kendle & Julie Verhoeven / Designers and the political - An interview with Daniel van der Velden / "Zine Library" No.12 gallery and Nieves Books presents: Taro Hirano and Benjamin Sommerhalder / design mannerism vol.7 "Typus Typographicum" Text by Hiroshi Takayama / On Hand Lettering vol.5 Chapter II "Fascination of letters - hand lettering for cinema advertising " Part 2 Koga Hirano, Naomichi Kawahata and Osamu Torinoumi

Dimensions: 9" x 11.5" (inches)
Pages: 165
Edition: Softcover
Languages: English, Japanese