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Shigeo Fukuda

Graphic Design 57, 1975

Content includes:
Inatomi style gun biography / Ikko Tanaka
Kafka’s with the image of Folon
Design Journey – Warsaw Biennale (5th Warsaw International Poster Biennale) / Masaru Katsumi
Trans Information / Yukio Ota
Frankfurt subway PR
Star Tuwerk House Style
Czechoslovak Symbols and Marks / Masaru Katsumi
Automotive mechanism display system / Kazunori Matsumura
Draw in space / Vladimir Tamari
Symbolic composition with Aaron Marcus / Masaru Katsumi
Czechoslovakia’s / Iri Rapeck
About Swiss-born designer Willi Kuntz / Hans Rudolf Boshard
Glyph News
PI News

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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Shigeo Fukuda
Shigeo Fukuda was born in Tokyo in 1932 and graduated from the Department of Design at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1956. He has served as vice-chairman of the Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA) and was a member of both the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and the Royal Designers for Industry. His work has been showcased in solo exhibitions at notable venues such as the IBM Gallery in New York, the Asia Museum in San Francisco, and the Museum of Modern Art in Quimper, France. Explore related designers including Ikko Tanaka, Kiyoshi Awazu, and Tadanori Yokoo. See also Japanese Modernism, Japanese graphic design history, and 1970s 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 57, 1975. Cover design by Shigeo Fukuda
Graphic Design 57, 1975. Cover design by Shigeo Fukuda
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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The Complete Commercial Artist (現代商業美術全集), Ars, No. 01, 1928

  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1928
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Industrial Art News – Vol. 23, No. 1, January 1955

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Industrial Art News – Vol. 23, No. 1, January 1955

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Kenji Ito
  • Year: 1955
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Design (Japan), 155, 1972

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Design (Japan), 155, 1972

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Koji Kusafuka
  • Year: 1972
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Industrial Art News – Vol. 29, No. 3, Spring 1961

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Industrial Art News – Vol. 29, No. 3, Spring 1961

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Takeshi Koike
  • Year: 1961
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