Yusaku Kamekura: His Works SureyStones the store that brought modern

the store that brought modern living to American houses and the reason for which that building was built in 1969

an excellent peek into a staggeringly impressive collection

This twisted turner by award-winning type designer Cyrus Highsmith was printed down the street at Center Street Studio

But no sacrifice will need to be made—because this book is loaded with his nutty lettering (and an authoritative and easy-to-read essay by Nicolete Gray)

the important job of designing letterheads may go the way of the wax seal

Yusaku Kamekura: His Works SureyStones the store that brought modernOf Yusaku Kamekura, Herbert Bayer wrote (in the preface): It is refreshing and reassuring to know of an artist who is totally dedicated to his time. I have not met many contemporaries, men of today, who combine both, a total dedication to a profession of the 20th century and the enjoyment of a life engaged in its issues. Japans esthetics and craftsmanship seem to be present in Yusaku Kamekura as in any tradition bound exponent of those talented