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Kazumasa Nagai - Graphic Design - Japan

Design (Japan), 71, 1965

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Content includes:
Words and vision / Kazumasa Nagai
Designer and bird / Zenichi Mano
V. E. Nurmisniemi (Vuokko Eskolin People and Works of Nurmesniemi / Fujimori Kenji
Rietveld’s Chair / Arima Hiroshi
Taipogura Walking Diary 1 Canada / Hara Hiroshi
Mizue 60th Anniversary Art Criticism Call for Papers
The State of Danish Furniture / Takeyama Minoru
Mark Ethology Mark Design as Lettering 1 / Imazu Takao
Display Design Course 5 / Hiramatsu Chiharu, Kageyama Toshio
Hanafuda Designer Three-Sided Mirror / Yoshitake Shigesuke

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Kazumasa Nagai
  • Year: 1965
  • Client/Publisher: Bijutsu Shuppansha
  • Size: 210mm x 297mm
Kazumasa Nagai was born in 1929 in Osaka. He left the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1951 and co-founded the Nippon Design Center in 1960. Nagai achieved notable recognition by winning first place in the design competitions for the official symbols of the Sapporo Winter Olympic Games (1966) and EXPO Okinawa (1972). Between 1960 and 1988, he received numerous prestigious awards, including the JAAC Award, Asahi Advertising Award, Mainichi Advertising Award, Yamana Award, and multiple accolades from the Tokyo ADC Show.

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Design (Japan), 71, 1965. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai
Design (Japan), 71, 1965. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai

 

Design (Japan), 71, 1965. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai
Design (Japan), 71, 1965. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai
Kazumasa Nagai was born in 1929 in Osaka. He left the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1951 and co-founded the Nippon Design Center in 1960. Nagai achieved notable recognition by winning first place in the design competitions for the official symbols of the Sapporo Winter Olympic Games (1966) and EXPO Okinawa (1972). Between 1960 and 1988, he received numerous prestigious awards, including the JAAC Award, Asahi Advertising Award, Mainichi Advertising Award, Yamana Award, and multiple accolades from the Tokyo ADC Show.
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