Graphic Design 01, 1959

Ikko Tanaka

Magazine / Periodical / Journal

Content includes:
Photo Design / Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Confetti that crossed the sea / Shuzo Takiguchi
Japanese newcomers (Ikko Tanaka; Kohei Sugiura; Kiyoshi Awazu; Iwao Hosoya; Tsunehisa Kimura; Jo Murakoshi; Toshihiro Katayama; Akira Uno; Mitsuo Katsui; Ken Sakakibara) / Yusaku Kamekura
Alvin Lustig / Masaru Katsumi
Chiyogami/Takao Sonoda
Designer picture book / Hiroshi Hara
Printing Design Laboratory 1 Image of footprints and copperplate prints / Ryuichi Yamashiro Children’s design
Swedish graphic design / Takashi Kono
TV program advertisement

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.

Details

Format Magazine / Periodical / Journal
Designer/s Ikko Tanaka
Year 1959
Client/Publisher Diamond publishing
Size 260mm x 300mm

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.

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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Design Format: Magazine / Periodical / Journal
Designed in the: 1950s
Series: Graphic Design

Graphic Design 1, 1959. Cover design by Ikko Tanaka

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