Here are a few samples of Japanese graphic design featured in the "Design X" special anniversary edition of IDEA magazine, 1995.

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
"I'm Here" poster, Katsuhiko Shibuya [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
"I'm Here" poster, Katsuhiko Shibuya [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Poster for "Life" exhibition, Mamoru Suzuki, 1994 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Poster for "Life" exhibition, Mamoru Suzuki, 1994 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Garbage bag design, Gento Matsumoto, 1994 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
"Hiroshima-Nagasaki 50" poster for JAGDA exhibit, Mamoru Suzuki, 1995 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
"Hiroshima-Nagasaki 50" poster for JAGDA exhibit, Mamoru Suzuki, 1995 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
"Hiroshima-Nagasaki 50" poster for JAGDA exhibit, Mamoru Suzuki, 1995 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Iconova - Portrait of Towa Tei, Keiji Itoh, 1994 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Poster for E Company, Tatsuo Ebina, 1993 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Poster for E Company, Tatsuo Ebina, 1993 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Editorial design for Hanatsubuki magazine, Katsuhiko Shibuya [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Poster for Yume-No-Yuminsha theatrical troupe, Noriyuki Tanaka, 1989 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Poster for Yume-No-Yuminsha theatrical troupe, Noriyuki Tanaka, 1989 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
"Life/Elements" poster for "Life" exhibition, Keiji Itoh, 1994 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Voice, Ken Miki, 1993 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Primitive, Ken Miki, 1993 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Delicate Technology, Ichiro Higashiizumi, 1991 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Editorial design for "Dress-up Vol.1," Noriyuki Tanaka, 1994 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Editorial design for "Dress-up Vol.1," Noriyuki Tanaka, 1994 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Modera Tone, Kazumasa Nagai, 1995 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Godiva advertising poster, Osamu Fukushima, 1992 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Godiva advertising poster, Osamu Fukushima, 1992 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Laforet advertising poster, Takuya Ohnuki, 1991 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Poster for Sapporo wine museum, Kotaro Hirano [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Poster for "Life" exhibition, Osamu Fukushima, 1992 [+]

Design X, early 1990s graphic design from Japan --
Poster for "Life" exhibition, Osamu Fukushima, 1992 [+]