Ikko Tanaka

Graphic Design 90, 1983

Content includes:
design focus: a green indoor park “ChemCourt” an itch for loft space / Japanese design annuals
new wave editorial design / International Paper Conference ’83
Kanazawa Industrial College design project
wine label designs of the 19th century
Japanese image making today-a new exoticism? special feature: signs of ultra-graphism
Inoue tsuguya’s graphics
Sato koichi’s graphics
special feature 1: Kuriyagawa kenichi’s graphic works special feature 2: Nishijima isao’s graphic works
SIGGRAPH ’82 Art Show
ICOGRADA series 2: Sweden
human hymns-posters of Cuba
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 90, 1983
Graphic Design 90, 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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