Expo '85
Takenobu Igarashi
Japanese, born 1944
1982
An offset lithograph poster advertising Expo ’85 in Tsukuba, Japan, in which Igarashi blends architectural drawing, typography, and color to present a playful, futuristic vision of technology and urban design meant to entice and inspire visitors.
It reads like a three‑dimensional blueprint—an aqua grid recedes while isometric, building‑like letters and modular shapes stack, overlap, and interlock with diagrammatic detail and pops of color to create a machine‑city suspended in space.
The work shows how 1980s graphic design adopted architectural axonometry and technical drawing to express technological optimism, helping forge a visual language that linked architecture, industrial design, and corporate futurism.
Medium
Offset lithograph
Dimensions
40 1/2 x 28 11/16" (102.9 x 72.8 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the artist
Accession
417.1982
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
