Tokyo exhibition sheds light on pioneering prewar Japanese designer Hisui Sugiura
“Shinjuku Mitsukoshi completed, opens October 10,” one of the posters Hisui Sugiura created in his work at the department store’s design department, is seen in this image provided by The Museum of Art, Ehime. TOKYO — Before Japan had graphic designers, it had designers known as “zuanka.” And before the graphic design itself was an…
