Ikko Tanaka

Graphic Design 86, 1982

Content includes:
“WAGAMI” designed by Morishima hiroshi
how will “washi” survive
“washi” will survive this way
Special feature = Olivetti Culture
Olivetti Family
K2 Exhibition is a monument – 100 posters newly designed AIGA Political Art – Ten Years of Graphic Commentary 1970-1980 graphic design of Okamoto shigeo
disarmament posters, U.N.
Crystal Ark Project – Sapporo Science Center Umi-no-Nakamichi Beach Park signs
design documents: Tokyo-Metropolitan bus color problem
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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Ikko Tanaka
Ikko Tanaka was born in 1930 in Nara City. He graduated from the Kyoto School of Fine Arts in 1950 and worked for several companies, including the Osaka Economic Newspaper, before co-founding Nippon Design Center, Inc. In 1963, he established his own firm, the Ikko Tanaka Design Office. Tanaka's awards include a silver medal from the Warsaw International Poster Biennial, the Mainichi Design Award, the New York ADC Award, the Tokyo ADC Membership Award, the Mainichi Art Award, and the Japan Cultural Design Grand Prix. Explore related designers including Yusaku Kamekura, Shigeo Fukuda, and Kiyoshi Awazu. See also Japanese Modernism, Japanese graphic design history, and 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 86, 1982
Graphic Design 86, 1982. Cover by Ikko Tanaka,
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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