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Kazumasa Nagai - Graphic Design - Japan

Design (Japan), 73, 1965

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Content includes:
Art of the San Blas Islands – Mola / Teruko Tsuji
The periphery of visual language – Considerations on design / Hiroaki Arima
Junkyard finds / Minoru Takeyama
New Language, New Poetry / Luiz Angelo Pinto, Decio Pignatari; Translated by: Yasuo Fujitomi
・Semiotics
・Language
・Towards a new language
・4 poems by Luiz Angelo Pinto
・2 poems by Decio Pignatari
Exterior space and the modernity of sign design / Ryuichi Hamaguchi
・Urban space and sign design / Takaho Itagaki
・The launch of the Japan Sign Designers Association and the attitude of designers / Ryoichi Takeoka
Taipogura Walking Diary – Final Episode> Europe / Hiroshi Hara
Mark phenomenology – Mark design seen as lettering ③ Continued: Checkpoints, especially their internationality / Takao Imazu
Half of my life – Designer three-sided mirror / Katsuhei Toyoguchi
・Before I was a designer
・Student days
・Awareness acquisition period
・Crafts training center period
・Testing center period

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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), 73, 1965. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai
Design (Japan), 73, 1965. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai

 

Design (Japan), 73, 1965. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai
Design (Japan), 73, 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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