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Ikko Tanaka - Japanese Graphic Designer

Design (Japan), 031, 1962

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Content includes:
Visible music around LP jacket Kuniharu Akiyama, Kohei Sugiura
History of Japanese modern design movement 4
Kakichi Takeuchi, Shinji Saito, Tomotake Nishikawa, Isamu Kenmochi, Michiji Suzuki, Eiichi Idehara
Swiss Good Design 3 – Makoto Shimazaki
Mainichi Industrial Design Exhibition
2nd Machine Design Exhibition
Designer’s eyes London – Ryuichi Yamashiro
Finding the poster of Max Bill – Shigeo Fukuda

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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), 31, 1962. Cover design by Ikko Tanaka
Design (Japan), 31, 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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