Ikko Tanaka

Graphic Design 89, 1983

Content includes:
symbol of sea festivals
special feature: Russian constructionist poster and modern design
Vladimir Mayakovsky – poet, painter and designer Terry Dowling’s “winter mountain dialectic”
Nakagawa kenzo’s graphics
special feature 1: Hara hiromu’s graphic works
special feature 2: Imatake shichiro’s graphic works
ICOGRADA series: graphic design of the world
The Netherlands / Canada
Japan Graphic Designers Association news
Japanese design trends ’82
on Hon. F SIAD
on Honorary Distinction 10th Brno Biennale

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 89, 1983
Graphic Design 89, 1983. 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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