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Ryuichi Yamashiro - Japanese Graphic Designer

Design (Japan), 017, 1961

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Content includes:
Air France Tokyo Office Airline Design Policy / Ryuichi Hamaguchi; Design / Charlotte Perriand
Munari’s Calendar and Ashtray / Tsuguo Ogata
French Tapestry
A Political Party Poster (Frankfurt) / Hiroshi Hara
Lettering Design Movement in the 20th Century / Nicolette Gray
Cover design Nippon Design Center
The Owl and the Designer / Yusaku Kamekura (Bruno Munari, Herbert Bayer, Saul Bass, Isamu Noguchi, etc.)
Ivy on the wall / Kumamoto Technical High School
9th Mainichi Industrial Design Award Jury Essays / Iwataro Koike
28th Mainichi Commercial Design Award
1960 Asahi Advertising Award
5th Export Textile Design Competition Prize Winners
Design Plaza
・A Funny Story / Hisashi Nishikorimoto
・The Need for Individual Creativity / Kenkichi Shimada
Design Digest
Designer’s Window: The Story of Wood② Design of Wood Products / Koichi Fukui

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Ryuichi Yamashiro
  • Year: 1961
  • Client/Publisher: Bijutsu Shuppansha
  • Size: 298mm x 210mm
Ryuichi Yamashiro (1920–1992) was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer and modernist, inspired by Bauhaus principles and artists like Joan Miró. He co-founded the Nippon Design Center and created iconic works such as Tree, Woods, Forest (1955), housed at MoMA.

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Design (Japan), 017, 1961
Design (Japan), 017, 1961. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashiro

 

Design (Japan), 017, 1961 Back Cover
Design (Japan), 017, 1961 Back Cover
Ryuichi Yamashiro (1920–1992) was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer and modernist, inspired by Bauhaus principles and artists like Joan Miró. He co-founded the Nippon Design Center and created iconic works such as Tree, Woods, Forest (1955), housed at MoMA.
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