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Ikko Tanaka

Design (Japan), 034, 1962

Content includes:
olympics poster
・About the second poster / Yusaku Kamekura
・From the point of view of a photo director / Jo Murakoshi
ICSID Report ④ / Iwataro Koike and others
Seattle 21st Century World Expo / Kappei Toyoguchi
・ About the Japan Pavilion / Yujiro Yamaguchi
History of Japan’s Modern Design Movement (7)
・8DWB Bauhaus influence / Eiichi Dehara
・Organization of Bauhaus and its transition / Iwao Yamawaki
・Before and after applying for the Ukrainian Theater International Competition and the era of the launch of “I See All” and the establishment of “New Architecture and Crafts Academy” / Renshichiro Kawakita
・Visiting the Bauhaus in Weimar / Sadanosuke Nakata
・The ideological background of the Japan Craft Culture Federation / Michiji Suzuki
・Footsteps of the Japan Craft Culture Federation / Shinji Koike
Design Policy Creation Process for an Oil Sales Company Bobi Design Co.
From the Danish exhibition
Living Art Exhibition Focusing on the Works of Kenjiro Ikeda

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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. Explore related designers including Yusaku Kamekura, Shigeo Fukuda, and Kiyoshi Awazu. 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), 34, 1962 Cover design by Ikko Tanaka
Design (Japan), 34, 1962 Cover design by Ikko Tanaka

 

Design (Japan), 34, 1962
Design (Japan), 34, 1962
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