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Kiyoshi Awazu

Design (Japan), 081, 1966

Content includes:
Expectations for the Japan World Exposition 2 Expectations for a new design organization / Group Check Association (Takamitsu Azuma, Katsuhito Kamino, Kunio Kobayashi, Junnori Tsujino, Katsuzo Tokitsu, Isao Fukuwatari, Yasutaka Yamazaki)
・Trends in the design world
・How to understand the World Expo Its effects and significance
・The case of the Tokyo Olympics
・The current state of the World Expo organization
・Expectations for a new design organization
The designers of Stockmann-Orno (Lisa Johansson Pape, Yuki Numi, Seba Winkala) / Shogo Suzuki
Modern civilization and design (Considerations on design) / Susumu Hayashi
Hans Erni’s design of science textbooks for high school students / Hiroshi Manabe
Report on the Kansai Design Conference / Takashi Asada, Kazuto Tanabe, Zenichi Mano, Yoshio Hayakawa, Toshiro Kudo, Masao Hata
・Environment and design / Takashi Asada
・Subcommittee report A: City
・Subcommittee report B: Mass production
・Subcommittee report C: Free time
・Subcommittee report D: Japan Expo
・Two design conferences / Masao Hata
The bloodline of craft / Azusa Haneda
Design Digest
Series: What is design ⑤ / David Pai
Two custom cars
・MK600 / Jiro Kosugi
・Autonova GT
My concerns / Tadaomi Mizunoe
Radar

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Kiyoshi Awazu
Kiyoshi Awazu was born in Tokyo in 1929 and was largely self-taught as a designer. He established himself in the 1950s and 1960s as one of the most distinctive voices in Japanese graphic design, producing poster work that drew on traditional Japanese imagery and folk art rather than the Swiss-influenced modernism of many contemporaries. His visual language combined photomontage, hand-drawn elements, and bold colour in ways that reflected a more expressive and politically engaged approach. He taught at Musashino Art University and received numerous awards, including a prize at the Warsaw International Poster Biennale. He died in Tokyo in 2009. Explore related designers including Shigeo Fukuda and Tadanori Yokoo. 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.

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Design (Japan), 081, 1966. Cover design by Kiyoshi Awazu
Design (Japan), 081, 1966. Cover design by Kiyoshi Awazu
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