Design (Japan), 082, 1966

Content includes:
Expectations for the Japan World Expo ③ To make the Expo a success / Group Check Society (Takaaki Azuma, Katsuhito Kamino, Kunio Kobayashi, Junnori Tsujino, Katsuzo Tokitsu, Isao Fukuwatari, Yasutaka Yamazaki)
・What is the success of the Japan World Expo?
・Internal success in the design world
・Proposal for a producer system
・Call to designers
Scandinavian graphic design / Yusaku Kamekura
Transformational tales or YES About art / Akiko Hinata
ICSID and Japan / Katsuhei Toyoguchi
Sign Design by Kenji Ito / Ryuichi Hamaguchi
Attending the “VISION65” Conference① / Takeshi Otaka
From the Kunio Uchida Craft Exhibition
Book Review / Ryuichi Yamashiro
Series: What is Design⑥🈡 / David Pai
Design Digest
The Character of Everyday Clothing / Yoko Kuwasawa

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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), 082, 1966. Cover design by Kiyoshi Awazu
Design (Japan), 082, 1966. Cover design by Kiyoshi Awazu
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