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Atelier No. 373, 1958 – Key to Modern Art Production: For Painters, Sculptors, Designers and Educators

Editor: Yoshio Kitahara; Text: Shinichi Segi
The Key to Modern Art Production / Shinichi Segi
Foreword
1 From nature to the inside
2 Bauhaus
3 Form and Visual Grammar
4 Passage for colour
5 Abstraction/Object/Space

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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.
Atelier (Japan)
Atelier was a Japanese art and design magazine active from the early twentieth century, documenting fine art, craft, and applied design in Japan.

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Atelier No. 373, 1958 - Key to Modern Art Production For Painters, Sculptors, Designers and Educators. Cover design by Yusaku Kamekura
Atelier No. 373, 1958 – Key to Modern Art Production For Painters, Sculptors, Designers and Educators. Cover design by Yusaku Kamekura
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