This issue of Idea’s primary feature is a wide-ranging look at contemporary independent publishers in Japan. It includes an essay by zine historian Momo Nonaka and highlights an assortment of…

This issue of Idea’s primary feature is a wide-ranging look at contemporary independent publishers in Japan. It includes an essay by zine historian Momo Nonaka and highlights an assortment of small publishers. Idea no. 407 also includes an excellent feature on the typographic work of top Tokyo designer Yoshihisa Shirai and a lengthy feature on the 1920s commercial art magazine The Complete Commercial Artist written and designed by Ian Lynam.