Kazumasa Nagai

Graphis 198, 1978/79

Content includes:
Nippon Design Centre – past and present, by Yusuke Kaji, Tokyo
The dramaturgical draughtsman and painter Friedrich Durrenmatt, by Manuel Gasser, Zurich
Petrole Progres: Esso’s French House Organ, by Gilles de Bure, Le Vesinet
Roger Bezombes. An artist’s clock for a Provencal square, by Stanley Mason, Zurich
Chicago ’78, by Bill Arthur Rogers, Chicago
Niklaus Troxler. Posters from Willisau, the Swiss jazz metropolis, by Margit Staber, Zurich
Seventh International Poster Biennale in Warsaw, 1978, by Zdzislaw Schubert, Poznan
Frances Jetter, by Steve Heller, New York
Douglas Florian, by Steve Heller, New York

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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.
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Graphis 198, 1978/79. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai
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