Kazumasa Nagai

Graphic Design 84, 1981

Content includes:
Heike-Nokyo, decorative sutras of the Taira Family
video graphics – TV Globo of Brazil
Los Angeles 1984 Olympics symbol mark competition
Hijikata’s non-commissioned posters
Carto-graphisme Exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou
in the shadow of Polish posters
global new waves in 80s – Sorayama / Hisatani / Minokura
Techno – graphy Exhibition by six TDS members – Katsui / Endo / Sato / Kamijo / Ishioka / Kawakita isometric method used in pictorial book of dry Japanese gardens
Design ’81 in Helsinki
designer’s self-portrait
concept of AXIS Building / interview with Hamano yasuhiro and Ishibashi hiroshi
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.

Details

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.

Linked Information

Graphic Design 84, 1981
Graphic Design 84, 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.
More graphic design artefacts
More graphic design history articles
Student work from the 1964 Class of Typography, at Pratt Institute, New York

Design Archive Feature, Design Education, Members Only Content, Regional Histories, Typography & Type Design

Student work from the 1964 Class of Typography, at Pratt Institute, New York

The August 1964 issue highlights the Typography class at the Pratt Institute in New York, a relatively new course at the time. Pratt, one of the most renowned art schools in the United States, had departments for graphic design, painting, art education, industrial design, and applied graphics in the 1960s. The typography course combined theoretical lectures with practical workshops, aimed at students beginning their journey into the discipline.

Read Article
Karel Martens and the OASE Journal for Architecture

Design Archive Feature, Designer Profiles, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Typography & Type Design

Karel Martens and the OASE Journal for Architecture

Karel Martens is one of the most influential Dutch graphic designers, co-founder of the Werkplaats Typografie, working across books, magazines, coins, postage stamps and telephone cards

Read Article
Publishers and Books Series – Triest Verlag

Designer Interview

Publishers and Books Series – Triest Verlag

Triest Verlag für Architektur, Design und Typografie are a Swiss independent publisher producing specialist design books in the realms of typography, graphic design and architecture. Their books provide valuable insights and the print production is of exceptional quality. I interviewed the founders, to find out more about their books.

Read Article