Kazumasa Nagai

Graphic Design 81, 1981

Content includes:
Japanese traditional houses by Maeda hirotoshi eyewitness of the Iranian Revolution
“Freedom 80s” Poster Exhibition for Amnesty International
global new waves in 80s
Ikeda / Shibata / Kuyper / Corey / Kao / Kikuchi / Greiman
Charles Goslin who speaks with style
three-dimensional charts
postwar history in Japanese design – commercial design in the 1950s
bulletin board
designer’s self-portrait
ode to typography
Japan Graphic Designers Association 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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Kazumasa Nagai
Kazumasa Nagai was born in 1929 in Osaka. He left the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1951 and co-founded the Nippon Design Center in 1960. Nagai achieved notable recognition by winning first place in the design competitions for the official symbols of the Sapporo Winter Olympic Games (1966) and EXPO Okinawa (1972). Between 1960 and 1988, he received numerous prestigious awards, including the JAAC Award, Asahi Advertising Award, Mainichi Advertising Award, Yamana Award, and multiple accolades from the Tokyo ADC Show. Explore related designers including Ikko Tanaka and Yusaku Kamekura. See also Japanese Modernism, Japanese graphic design history, 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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Graphic Design 81, 1981
Graphic Design 81, 1981. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai,
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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