Design (Japan), 115, 1968

Content includes:
The Person and Works of Takanashi Yutaka / (Dialogue) Takanashi Yutaka + Nagai Kazumasa
DESIGN FOR LIVING From the Good Design Exhibition ’68 / Sakano Nagami
・Kuramata Shiro Spring Stool + Spring Easy Chair (Shima Promotion)
[Others]
Around the Footbridge On the Occasion of the Footbridge Plan Exhibition / Yanagi Sori, Ikeda Hajime
Series 3: Edo Design / Edo Chiyogami Kusamori Shinichi
Image: Portrait and Myth / Kimura Tsunehisa + Tone Yasunao
Book Review: Moving Space Theory / Izumi Shinya
Trade and Packages / Hata Masao
The Dining Table and Its Surroundings: From Kawakami Kyoichiro’s Solo Exhibition / Naito Masamitsu
Designer Three-Sided Mirror: What Were We Doing 10 Years Ago? / Uno Akira

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Shigeo Fukuda
Shigeo Fukuda was born in Tokyo in 1932 and graduated from the Department of Design at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1956. He has served as vice-chairman of the Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA) and was a member of both the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and the Royal Designers for Industry. His work has been showcased in solo exhibitions at notable venues such as the IBM Gallery in New York, the Asia Museum in San Francisco, and the Museum of Modern Art in Quimper, France. Explore related designers including Ikko Tanaka, Kiyoshi Awazu, and Tadanori Yokoo. See also Japanese Modernism, Japanese graphic design history, and 1970s 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), 115, 1968. Cover design by Shigeo Fukuda
Design (Japan), 115, 1968. Cover design by Shigeo Fukuda

 

Design (Japan), 115, 1968. Cover design by Shigeo Fukuda
Design (Japan), 115, 1968. Cover design by Shigeo Fukuda
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