Kanji (Chinese characters) name-plate of mechanical engraving has been widely used in the industrial fields. Several criteria has been applied to Kanji font style and name-plate size, but there were no recommendation about character arrangement. This paper describes the result of a series of the design test, which has been done to compose the design standards for practical use. As a results, the following articles were obtained. 1) For the best Kanji character, stroke-width-to-character-height ratio should be 9:100, the width-to-height ratio should be 9:10. 2) Characters layout pitch to name-plate length ratio (P/W) is constant in relation to the number of characters (N). 3) Characters pitch ratio accumulation (N・P/W) is constant in relation to the character height (H). 4) The formula of horizontal separation between characters for Kanji is the following, N・P/W=0.68+0.05 lnH

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In contemporary art and design, one of the most important problems is the in-depth study of its fundamentals, along with the unification of various genres within the field. "Kohsei" is the specialized study of the above mentioned problems. To explain the principles and aims of Kohsei, it will be best to compare it with the basic sciences in the field of natural science. In the developing sciences, the special subject of study becomes fractionalized into many independent genres. So, unification is now needed for the contemporary sciences. Recently, we have come to have new specialities included in the unification of sciences such as basic medicine and engineering sciences. Such specialities are for studying common, basic and important problems in each field. In medicine, for example, internal medicine, surgery, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, etc. belong to clinical medicine. Basic medicine is the science which studies common, basic and important problems in each genre of clinical medicine. In the field of basic medicine, there is anatomy, pharmacology, biochemistry, pathology and so forth. Medical science will develop truly by studies of both basic and clinical medicine. Well, what is equivalent to basic sciences (basic medicine, engineering sciences, etc.)? I want to name it "basic art and design". Basic art and design should be the genre dealing with common, basic and important problems in art (painting, sculpture, etc.) and design (visual communication design, industrial design, interior design, etc.). The subject includes color, shape, texture; and still more, composition, structure and mechanism, illusional visual effects, methods of bringing up aesthetic sensation and creativity, etc. That is to say, basic art and design is Kohsei itself, which is being taught widely in my country and is my speciality. The characteristics of Kohsei are as follows: i) It is a genre worth studying as one of the important specialities in art and design just like painting, sculpture, craft, photography, graphic design, product design, etc. ii) It deals with the subjects about common, basic and important problems in art and design. iii) The primary field of Kohsei is useful in basic education in the professional school of art and design. iv) The aim of the basic field of Kohsei corresponds to the aim of raising the basic ability of art and design of the pupils. So, the principles of Kohsei are useful in primary education, too.

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About the role Henry van de Velde played in the history of modern design, various and even opposing opinions are expressed infinitely. The enigma of van de Velde in the history of modern design will be tried to solve in the treatise, through the conception of interior space in modern design which was developed intially in the works of van de Velde and later of his great successor Peter Behrens.

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