Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975 royalty Wrapped in a double-sided jacket

Wrapped in a double-sided jacket

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Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975 royalty Wrapped in a double-sided jacketWith 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