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Ikko Tanaka - Japanese Graphic Designer

Design (Japan), 039, 1962

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Content includes:
Questions for designers / Susumu Hayashi
Design of sporting goods From the exhibition “Design for Sport” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York / Ryuichi Hamaguchi
Design of light aircraft
・Cool aircraft / Shinya Izumi
・Reviewing the light aircraft design competition / Toshiro Honjo
・Light aircraft and design / Hidemasa Kimura
From the 2nd Japan Advertising Photographers Association exhibition / Tadakazu Muramatsu
Vision of tomorrow
From the works of Lora Lamm
History of the modern design movement in Japan ⑩ The “beautification of industrial products” movement / Eiichi Dehara
・The beautification of industrial products movement and Osaka / Nuitaro Fukuoka
・Background of the beautification of industrial products movement / Saito Shinji
・Unique Craftsman Sugita Seiji / Yoshitake Shigesuke
・Looking back on the Industrial Cleanup Movement and thinking about the future / Ito Keiji
New York: A Designer’s Eyes / Matsunuma Arisumi

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Ikko Tanaka
  • Year: 1962
  • Client/Publisher: Bijutsu Shuppansha
  • Size: 210mm x 297mm
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.

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Design (Japan), 039, 1962. Cover design by Ikko Tanaka
Design (Japan), 039, 1962. Cover design by 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.
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