Ichigaya Letterpress Factory

Yoshiaki Irobe

The Ichigaya Letterpress Factory is a facility where the original DNP business's workplace is reproduced, allowing visitors to learn about the processes from letter design to type casting, printing and bookbinding. The VI is designed as a variable system that allows flexible recombination of the two motifs; type and book. By silhouetting the motifs with isometric drawing, the materiality of the facility is conveyed. Inside the facility, there are signages with reproduction of metal types.

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    Yoshiaki Irobe, Japan (2016)

    Graphic Designer/Art Director. Born in 1974. Completed a master’s course at Tokyo University of the Arts. Director of Nippon Design Center, Inc. and Director of Irobe Design Institute within the...

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    The Ichigaya Letterpress Factory is a facility where the original DNP business's workplace is reproduced, allowing visitors to learn about the processes from letter design to type casting, printing and bookbinding. The VI is designed as a variable system that allows flexible recombination of the two motifs; type and book. By silhouetting the motifs with isometric drawing, the materiality of the facility is conveyed. Inside the facility, there are signages with reproduction of metal types.

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    • Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

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    • Flyer
    • Information design
    • Layout
    • Lettering
    • Logo
    • Print
    • Typography
    Yoshiaki Irobe, Japan (2016)

    Graphic Designer/Art Director. Born in 1974. Completed a master’s course at Tokyo University of the Arts. Director of Nippon Design Center, Inc. and Director of Irobe Design Institute within the same company. He has worked on a wide range of design projects, from public projects such as Osaka Metro's CI, national park's VI and signage supervision, and Ichihara Lakeside Museum's VI and signage planning, to corporate and product branding. Also serves as the Art Director for the Japan Pavilion at the Osaka Kansai Expo 2025. He has won several design awards, including the Yusaku Kamekura Award, ADC Award, SDA Grand Prize, CS Design Award Grand Prix, JAGDA New Designer Award, and One Show Design Gold Pencil. He is a member of AGI, Tokyo ADC, and JAGDA. https://irobe.ndc.co.jp/

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