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Yuito (Tadahito) Nadamoto

Graphic Design 53, 1973

Content includes:
Li Dynasty Folk Paintings / Li Ufan
Design Year Movement / Tsuyoshi Michiyoshi
Metabolizing corporate symbol / Akio Kanda
Philips Design Manual / Kenji Ekuan
Editor of the Polish magazine T.A.Y.A./Szymon Boyko
Chapman’s Merchant Ship Blueprint Collection / Tadashi Koriyama
The world of Osamu Furumura: the created landscape / Kazumasa Nagai
Yu Shinoda’s / Shigeo Fukuda
1st Asian Regional Typography Expert Conference / Keinosuke Sato
Mohases’ microcosm

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Yuito Nadamoto
Tadahito Nadamoto — Japan, was born in 1927 and was a self-taught designer. He worked in advertising at Sanyo Densha from 1952–56. Created murals for the New York World Fair 1963 and worked on the Japanese government pavilion at Osaka World Fair 1970. He designed for the Tokyo Music Festival, record sleeves for Suntory and many book covers and illustrations for various publishers. Explore related designers, including Hiromu Hara and Ikko Tanaka. See also Japanese Modernism, Japanese illustration, and Japanese 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 53, 1973. Cover design by Yuito Nadamoto
Graphic Design 53, 1973. Cover design by Yuito Nadamoto
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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