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Yusaku Kamekura - Graphic Designer - Japan

Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998

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Editorial Supervision:
IKKO TANAKA
KAZUMASA NAGAI
SHIGEO FUKUDA

Language: English / Japanese

Contents include:
The Design World of Yusaku Kamekura by Shunsuke Kijima
Yusaku Kamekura, A Giant In His Field by Lou Dorfsman
Fou Yusaku by Holger Matthies
Tokyo Olympic Posters by Hiroshi Kashiwagi
Yusaku Kamekura The Skier by Gan Hosoya
Work For Yamagiwa by Minami Tada
Yusaku Kamekura and Sogetsu by Hiroshi Teshigawara
Yusaku Kamekura: The Artist and the Man – Yoshio Taniguchi
Early Work for Nikon by Kazumasa Nagai
Meiji Chocolate, Forever by Koichi Tsuchiya
Marks and Symbols: The Essence of Graphic Design by Motoo Nakanishi
Book Design by Ikko Tanaka
Yusaku Kamekura: a Photographer’s View by Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Work Between 1945 and 1955 by Yoshio Hayakawa
Illustration in “Graphic 55 Style” by Shigeo Fukuda
Yusaku Kamekura, Cross-Cultural Skier by Italo Lupi

Details

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Yusaku Kamekura
  • Year: 1998
  • Client/Publisher: Revruit Co., Ltd. / Tokyo
  • Size: 226mm X 302mm
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.

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Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998
Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998

 

Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998
Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998

 

Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998
Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998

 

Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998
Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998

 

Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998
Creation No.21, Yusaku Kamekura Issue, 1998
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.
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