Design (Japan), 021, 1961

Content includes:
The Person and Works of Yusaku Kamekura / Masaru Katsumi
Nationality of Public Spaces: Kyoto Kaikan and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan / Yuichiro Kamiyo
Design Outlook of a Socialist Country: Czechoslovakia / Reiko Hayashi
Looking at Ceramics from the Song and Yuan Exhibitions in China / Taiji Maeda
Report of the Good Design Committee / Ryuichi Hamaguchi
Subway Wall Mosaic: Stockholm / Tsuguo Ogata
Designer’s Eye: Show Windows in Zurich / Hiroshi Hara
Bullet Post <Nothing but Design> / Kazuhiro Yabana
Designer’s Window: The Story of Wood ⑥ Wood in Furniture / Yujiro Yamaguchi

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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), 021, 1961
Design (Japan), 021, 1961. Cover design by Kenji Ito

 

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Design (Japan), 021, 1961 Back Cover

 

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