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Kohei Sugiura

Graphic Design 38, 1970

Content includes:
Picture Sugoroku Junji Takahashi
Digital Map Africa Experimental Transparent Map Nobuo Nakagaki
Approaching new spatial notation Tokyo Zokei University Environmental Training Group
Design for the Dead Masaru Katsumi
Type and Typography Helmut Schmidt
Works by Manfred Winter
Exhibition in Zurich Niklaus Frühler
Expo 3 Symbol Zone and Signage Plan Kenzo Tange, Taro Okamoto, Kyohei Tsuboi
Techne His Type Size Current Situation and Challenges

Editor-in-chief: Masaru Katsumi
Advisor: Hiroshi Hara
Editing: Atsuko Katsube, Ryoko Sasaki
Layout: Akio Kanda, Yukio Ota, Masayuki Ito
Editing Office: Graphic Design Company
Printing and binding: Toppan printing

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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Kohei Sugiura
Kohei Sugiura’s work spans an impressive range of mediums, including record jackets, publication covers, posters, exhibition catalogues, and stamps. He perfectly merged functionality and data visualisation with aesthetics. Explore related designers including Ikko Tanaka and Hiroshi Ohchi. See also Japanese Modernism, Japanese graphic design history, and Magazines.
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 38, 1970. Cover design by Kohei Sugiura
Graphic Design 38, 1970. Cover design by Kohei Sugiura
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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  • Designer/s: Yusaku Kamekura
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