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Graphic Design 72, 1979

Content includes:
Kyogen costumes / Kirihata Ken
Iranian posters: The evolution of Iranian posters / Morteza Momayez
Spanish War and revolution posters 1936-1939 / Ili Lapek
World newcomer prospects ’70 Europe
Tamada Yoshimitsu’s hanger sculptures / Nagai Kazumasa
Ecograda International Conference Chicago ’78 report
Retrospective of 15 years of Ecograda / Willi de Marjo
Roundtable discussion: Participating in the Ecograda International Conference Chicago / Katsumi Masaru + Tanaka Masaaki + Tadashi Fukano + Toshiko Kato
Construction of Sound Toru Endo / Yusaku Kamekura
The Rhetoric of Yutaka Sasaki / Kenji Aiko
8th Brno Graphic Design Biennale / Jan Reilly
7th Warsaw International Poster Biennale / Shigeo Fukuda
VC: Holography of the World / Nagami Sakano

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Takahisa Kamijō
Takahisa Kamijo is a Japanese graphic designer associated with postwar modern design in Japan. After studying at the University of Arts in Tokyo, he worked in advertising before establishing his own studio. His work is defined by simplicity, precision, and clarity, often using minimal forms to communicate complex ideas. Kamijo’s output includes posters, book design, and identity systems, reflecting the influence of both Japanese aesthetics and international modernism. Explore related designers including Ikko Tanaka and Kazumasa Nagai. See also Japanese Modernism 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 72, 1979
Graphic Design 72, 1979. Cover design by Takahisa Kamijō,
Issue 72 of the Japanese magazine Graphic Design (グラフィックデザイン) published in 1979.
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