Design (Japan), 011, 1960

Content includes:
About the Olympic mark / Masaru Katsumi
About the venue setup for the World Design Conference / Kiyoshi Seike
Eriami / Susumu Higuchi
Design Plaza
・The story of the people who support excellent design / Yasuhiko Ito
・The formation of a certain design / Yukiichiro Inagaki
・Designers in companies / Kazuo Kimura
About the Bauhaus and today’s German design education / Jupp Ernst
From the design education exhibition (Kassel State School of Applied Arts, Germany)
The man and work of George Nelson / Watanabe Riki
・Design Decade
・Connection with Herman Miller
・Opening an office
・Writer and designer
From the Beauty of Life Exhibition
Title Design: For slides of the Japanese Design Perspective Exhibition / Yamashiro Ryuichi
Duo Color Page / Tanaami Keiichi
From the UK Exhibition
Talking with overseas designers / Kenmochi Isamu
A Designer’s Window: Printing Knowledge ⑤ Erosion Letterpress / Koike Mitsuzo

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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.
Design (Japan)
'Design' was launched in 1959 as a general design magazine in Japan. The covers featured the artwork of many great designers including Yusaku Kamekura, Kiyoshi Awazu, Shigeo Fukuda, Mitsuo Katsui and Ikko Tanaka.

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Design (Japan), 011, 1960
Design (Japan), 011, 1960. Cover design by Yusaku Kamekura
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