Design (Japan), 037, 1962

Ikko Tanaka

Magazine / Periodical / Journal

Content includes:
Useless Use / Kiyoshi Awazu
Editorial design of SCINAUTICO magazine / Hiroshi Hara
Ohara School Headmaster Hall
・Designing the Hall / Kiyoshi Seike
・Looking at the Hall / Kazukazu Tsutaka
From the works of CCA Coster
・Works of James Higa / Nozomi Numata
・Direct mail from CCA / Tsuneko Sesoko
History of the Modern Design Movement in Japan ⑨ Commercial Art Movement Continued
・The Establishment of the All-Japan Commercial Art Association / Murota Kurazo
・The Establishment of the Design Association / Watanabe Soshu
・Industrial Art 1940 / Arai Izumi
Marie B. Chardin and Package Design / Takahashi Masuo
Photography and Art Direction by Richard Rutledge / Koike Kazuko
The 12th Aspen International Design Conference is held
Instructions / L. C. Vignoles
About Tivoli and Other Things / Kudo Megumi

Details

Format Magazine / Periodical / Journal
Designer/s Ikko Tanaka
Year 1962
Client/Publisher Bijutsu Shuppansha
Size 210mm x 297mm

Ikko Tanaka

Ikko Tanaka was born in 1930 in Nara City. He graduated from the Kyoto School of Fine Arts in 1950 and worked for several companies, including the Osaka Economic Newspaper, before co-founding Nippon Design Center, Inc. In 1963, he established his own firm, the Ikko Tanaka Design Office. Tanaka's awards include a silver medal from the Warsaw International Poster Biennial, the Mainichi Design Award, the New York ADC Award, the Tokyo ADC Membership Award, the Mainichi Art Award, and the Japan Cultural Design Grand Prix. Explore related designers including Yusaku Kamekura, Shigeo Fukuda, and Kiyoshi Awazu. See also Japanese Modernism, Japanese graphic design history, 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.

Linked Information

Design Format: Magazine / Periodical / Journal
Designed in the: 1960s
Series: Design (Japan)

Design (Japan), 037, 1962. Cover design by Ikko Tanaka

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