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Kenji Itoh

Design (Japan), 019, 1961

Special feature: Design education
Trends in professional design education in Japan / Masato Takahashi
Art Center School
・Basic course and graphic design / Shigeo Hattori
・Industrial design / Kenji Ekuan
Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Design / Atsushi Chiku
Cranbrook Academy of Art / Tsuneko Yokota
Pratt Institute / Shogoro Terashima
Syracuse University / Yoshiyuki Uchimura
London Central School / Eiko Emori
Design education in Italy / Fusako Shibata
Ulm School of Design / Shutaro Mukai
Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts / Nobuo Nagashima
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts / Shin Shimazaki
Helsinki National Academy of Art / Kenji Fujimori
Swedish National Polytechnic University / Hiromasa Fujikawa
Guide to Study Abroad
Designer’s Eyes: Monuments in Mexico / Hiroshi Hara
IAI Design Exhibition / Shigesuke Yoshitake
Printed Wiring: “Nothing but Design” / Ryuichi Yamashiro
Design Plaza
・Thoughts on the JNR Shinkansen / Hidehiro Iizuka
・Make a Meaningful Sample Book / Takeji Matsubayashi
Designer’s Window: The Story of Wood ④ Wood Products and Materials ② / Akira Shinjo

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Kenji Ito
Kenji Ito (also spelled Kenji Itoh, 伊藤憲治, 1915–2001) was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer whose work spanned over six decades and helped shape the visual identity of post-war Japan. Explore related designers including Ikko Tanaka and Kohei Sugiura. See also Japanese Modernism and 1960s 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), 019, 1961
Design (Japan), 019, 1961. Cover design by Kenji Ito
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Graphic Design 67, 1977

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Graphic Design 67, 1977

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Nobuo Nakagaki
  • Year: 1977
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The Complete Commercial Artist (現代商業美術全集), Ars, No. 04, 1929

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The Complete Commercial Artist (現代商業美術全集), Ars, No. 04, 1929

  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1929
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DNP Graphic Design Archives Collection II Ikko Tanaka Posters 1953-1979, 2010

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DNP Graphic Design Archives Collection II Ikko Tanaka Posters 1953-1979, 2010

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  • Designer/s: Ikko Tanaka
  • Year: 2010
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Idea 238, 1993

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Idea 238, 1993

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Tadanori Yokoo
  • Year: 1993
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Jan Slothouber and William Graatsma’s Cubic Children’s Stamps of 1970.

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