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Graphic Design 88, 1982

Content includes:
“Momochidori” by Utamaro-folio of bird prints
special feature 1: Kamekura yusaku’s graphic works
special feature 2: Ohashi tadashi’s graphic works
10th Brno Biennale 1982
Roger Bezombes’ poster series for Air France
design topics: the sign of the heart-Poland
illustration today in Japan/ “Let’s Speak With Poster-Anti-Nuclear”
30 Years of Japan Design Committee/new face of old typeface
“Come and see the sea” / High Heel Exhibition
isometric map-Midtown Manhattan
Neuhart Donges Neuhart Designers, California
“Data Visual” by Sugiyama + Muramatsu
screening of the 16th SDA Awards
Japan Typography Exhibition
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 88, 1982
Graphic Design 88, 1982. Cover design 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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