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Yusaku Kamekura - Graphic Designer - Japan

Graphis 230, 1984

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Content includes:
Yusaku Kamekura – Retrospective of a Great Japanese Designer, by Alastair Allen, Ludlow
Ralph Steadman: I, Leonardo, by Stanley Mason, Zurich
George Tscherny, by Philip B. Meggs, Richmond, Va.
Photographis 84, by Stanley Mason, Zurich
Olga Siemaszko, by Andrzej Matynia, Warsaw
Mark Hess, by Steven Heller, New York
Rafal Olbinski, by Steven Heller, New York
Seymour Chwast: Chairs, by Steven Heller, New York

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Yusaku Kamekura
  • Year: 1984
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm
Yusaku Kamekura, born in 1915, graduated from the Institute of New Architecture and Industrial Arts. In 1960, he helped establish Nippon Design Center Inc. and served as its managing director. The following year, in 1961, he received a grand prize from the Ministry of Education. In 1962, he transitioned to working as a freelance designer.

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Graphis 230, 1984. Cover design by Yusaku Kamekura
Graphis 230, 1984. Cover design by Yusaku Kamekura
Yusaku Kamekura, born in 1915, graduated from the Institute of New Architecture and Industrial Arts. In 1960, he helped establish Nippon Design Center Inc. and served as its managing director. The following year, in 1961, he received a grand prize from the Ministry of Education. In 1962, he transitioned to working as a freelance designer.
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