Yusaku Kamekura

60th Anniversary of the Mainichi Advertising Design Award, Mainichi Shimbun, 1993

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Yusaku Kamekura
  • Year 1993
  • Client/Publisher Mainichi Shimbun
Yusaku Kamekura
Yusaku Kamekura, born in 1915, graduated from the Institute of New Architecture and Industrial Arts. In 1960, he helped establish Nippon Design Center Inc. and served as its managing director. The following year, in 1961, he received a grand prize from the Ministry of Education. In 1962, he transitioned to working as a freelance designer. Explore related designers including Yusaku Kamekura and Ikko Tanaka. See also Idea magazine, Japanese Modernism, and Japanese graphic design history.

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60th Anniversary of the Mainichi Advertising Design Award, Mainichi Shimbun, 1993. Design by Yusaku Kamekura
60th Anniversary of the Mainichi Advertising Design Award, Mainichi Shimbun, 1993. Design by Yusaku Kamekura
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