Showa Modern - Signs and Store Designs, 1920s–30s Red Krayola ” ~ Paul Gravett

” ~ Paul Gravett

to simplify forms and capture the spirit of the animals he was depicting

“quacking their approval” as they sail around the room

Hansjörg Mayer

pre-internet

Showa Modern - Signs and Store Designs, 1920s–30s Red Krayola ” ~ Paul GravettShowa Modern: Signs and Store Designs, 1920s30s ("Window fronts, shop interiors, and displays from city streets") ISBN 9784861528750 224 page paperback with jacket from Seigensha bilingual Japanese and English, illustrated throughout see the companion volume *** The signs, street and window displays, and other designs gathered in the pages are from a time of enormous change in Japanese cities that is known as the age of Showa Modern. Western modes and