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Yusaku Kamekura - Graphic Designer - Japan

Design (Japan), 013, 1960

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Content includes:
6th Mainichi Industrial Design Award
Industrial Design Department
Impressions about the Honda C100 Super Cub / Jiro Kosugi
commercial design department
　Ryuichi Yamashiro and his works / Hiroshi Hara
special prize
　Nissenbi 10 years of stratification / Masaru Katsumi
Desires for Graphic Designers / Masato Takahashi, Ryuichi Hamaguchi, Jun Hamamura
The 10th Nissenbi Exhibition
Member works
　Publicly submitted works
Kamameshi Kettle / Hiroshi Ogawa
Moving Workplace / Takashi Kono
Herman Miller mass-produced furniture / Tadaomi Mizunoe
Tokyo Yarakasukan Textile Industry 1st Student Calendar Design Contest 1961 / Ryuichi Yamashiro
square of design
　Eroticism and Design / Shoji Shirai
New materials and “turnip” design / Masao Kawamura
Designer’s Window : Knowledge of Printing ⑦ Overprinting / Kozo Koike

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Yusaku Kamekura
  • Year: 1960
  • Client/Publisher: Bijutsu Shuppansha
  • Size: 210mm x 297mm
Yusaku Kamekura, born in 1915, graduated from the Institute of New Architecture and Industrial Arts. In 1960, he helped establish Nippon Design Center Inc. and served as its managing director. The following year, in 1961, he received a grand prize from the Ministry of Education. In 1962, he transitioned to working as a freelance designer.

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Design (Japan), 13, 1960 Cover design by Yusaku Kamekura
Design (Japan), 13, 1960 Cover design by Yusaku Kamekura
Yusaku Kamekura, born in 1915, graduated from the Institute of New Architecture and Industrial Arts. In 1960, he helped establish Nippon Design Center Inc. and served as its managing director. The following year, in 1961, he received a grand prize from the Ministry of Education. In 1962, he transitioned to working as a freelance designer.
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