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Hiromu Hara

Graphic Design 09, 1962

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Content includes:
Kichiemon Okamura’s stencil dyeing picture book / Yoshitake Tsushima
World Rookie Prospects ④/3 Freshmen / Masaru Katsumi
Toshihiro Katayama
Iwao Hosoya
Makoto Wada
Carlo Vivarelli / Masaru Katsumi
Printing Laboratory ⑨ Trial of Japanese Typography in Picture Book Format / Yuichi Nishiwaki, Kazuhiko Mitamura
CCA Ad Series / Herbert Bayer
by Kenichi Kuriyagawa / Jun Hamamura
Invitation to a Journey Poster by Hiroshi Konno / Jun Hamamura
Small Design Policy ① Tokyo Gallery / Shinichi Segi
Small Design Policy ② G Line / Yoshio Hayakawa

Graphic Design / グラフィックデザイン, delved into the world of graphic design and visual culture. The magazine featured a broad range of content, including coverage of cutting-edge Japanese design and its history, as well as international graphic design.

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Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Hiromu Hara
Hiromu Hara, a graduate and former lecturer at Tokyo City College of Technology, co-founded a design studio that created photo-murals for major international exhibitions in Paris and New York. He received numerous awards for his design work and served as art director for New Japan, and held key roles at the Musashino School of Fine Arts and the Nippon Design Centre. Explore related designers including Hiroshi Ohchi and Yusaku Kamekura. See also Japanese Modernism and 1950s graphic design history.
Graphic Design
Graphic Design was a Japanese publication which started in the late 1950s and had a run of 100 issues.

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Graphic Design 09, 1962. Cover design by Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Hiromu Hara
Graphic Design 09, 1962. Cover design by Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Hiromu Hara
Graphic Design / グラフィックデザイン, delved into the world of graphic design and visual culture. The magazine featured a broad range of content, including coverage of cutting-edge Japanese design and its history, as well as international graphic design.
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Idea 070, 1965-4

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Idea 070, 1965-4

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Shichiro Imatake
  • Year: 1965
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IDEA Extra Issue – Graphic Design in Canada, 1975

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IDEA Extra Issue – Graphic Design in Canada, 1975

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Shigeo Fukuda
  • Year: 1975
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Graphic Design 36, 1969

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Graphic Design 36, 1969

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Seizo Tajima
  • Year: 1969
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Design (Japan), 088, 1966

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Design (Japan), 088, 1966

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Tsunehisa Kimura
  • Year: 1966
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