Showa Modern: 1920s–30s Japanese Sign & Store Design

From signs and shop windows to street displays and original lettering, this book introduces more than 200 examples of Japanese design from the 1920s and 1930s. During this exciting time of westernization and urban transformation celebrated today as the age of “Showa Modern,” Western-style cafés, bars, and boutiques lined the streets and cosmopolitan culture blossomed, with the designs on these pages, too, playing their part as key elements of the new cityscapes. Witness the imagination and diverse appeal of the design pioneers who worked during this glamorous era. Featuring signs, commercial street displays, shop windows, storefronts and interiors, lettering and layout designs.

DETAILS

A6 size

264 pages

Paperback

ABOUT

Specializing in art, design, photography and other visually oriented books, Seigensha Art Publishing's range extends to literature and criticism as well. Founded in 1995 in Kyoto, they seek to illuminate human behaviour through visually oriented books. They have published over 900 titles in fields ranging from contemporary art, painting, ukiyo-e and traditional Japanese art, photography, design, crafts and architecture.