▸ Wang Zhihong "Kentaro Fujimoto/But Ko 'Typo Sampo in Taiwan'" (2019)

▸ Hideki Nakajima “Cut, January 1998, No.66 Ewan McGregor & Cameron Diaz” (1998)

▸ Idea Oshima "HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT" (2016)

▸ Bumpei Yorifuji "Tokyo Metro manner poster 'Please do it at home.'" (2008)

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT will hold the exhibition “Modes and Characters: Poetics of Graphic Design” from November 23, 2023. The exhibition is directed by Kiyonori Muroga, the editor of various books on graphics and typography; Tetsuya Goto, a researcher in graphic design; and Kensaku Kato, a graphic designer.

This exhibition aims at understanding design after the 1990s, when desktop publishing (DTP) became the mainstream in the design world, allowing designers to execute many processes in producing data for publications and printed matters on PCs, by focusing on the relationship between characters and design.

Main exhibits comprise creations by some 50 individuals and teams of graphic designers active in Japan and abroad. In Japanese graphic culture, which has its unique use of Chinese characters and kana, vertical and horizontal writing styles, and a mixture of text and images, how have designers dealt with global digital information technology, what have they produced in this effort, and what possibilities have their activities presented? These questions are tackled in 13 themes, including “formative design,” “physicality,” and “media.”

In the present age, where a large volume of visual information is exchanged, creators and recipients are often forced to focus on efficiency. We hope this exhibition will allow visitors to rediscover the original enjoyment and diversity of graphic design, observing the creations of characters and images that freely emerge beyond a grid, and feeling the energy of design arising from their combinations and in-between spaces.

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT將於2023年11月23日起舉辦「模式與特色：平面設計的詩學」展覽。該展覽由多本平面設計書籍的編輯室賀清典擔任指導； Tetsuya Goto，平面設計研究員； 加藤健作（Kensaku Kato），平面設計師。

本次展覽旨在了解20世紀90年代後的設計，當時桌面排版（DTP）成為設計界的主流，設計師可以透過關注人物與設計之間的關係，在PC上執行許多為出版物和印刷品生成數據的過程。

主要展出活躍於日本與海外的近 50 名個人和平面設計師團隊的創作。 在日本的圖形文化中，漢字和假名的使用、豎排和橫排的書寫風格以及文本和圖像的混合，設計師是如何應對全球數位資訊技術，他們在這方面又創作了什麼，以及什麼他們的活動有哪些可能性？這次將透過13個主題來探討這些問題，包括「造形設計」、「物質性」和「媒體」 。

在當今交換大量視覺訊息的時代，創作者和接收者往往被迫關注效率。 我們希望透過這次展覽，讓參觀者重新發現平面設計的本來樂趣和多樣性，觀察在網格之外自由浮現的文字和圖像的創作，感受它們的組合和空間之間所產生的設計能量。

▸ Atsuki Kikuchi "18th '1_WALL' Graphics" (2018)

November 23 , 2023 - March 10 , 2024

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT