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Takenobu Igarashi

Idea 174, 1982-9

Content includes:
Edgar Reinhard’s Exhibit Design by Shigeru Watano
Display at Mikimoto main store by Kazumasa Nagai
VISIC: New Project for Vision and Sound by Yoshiro Nakamura
Calendar for Seibu Museum of Art by Toshihiro Katayama
Two medalists at Brno Biennale ’80 Vladimír Gazović and Ivan Ostafiychuk by Akiko Hyuga
Package Designers Council’s 1981 PDC Gold Awards Competition Charles Biondo, Shinichiro Tora
Oswaldo Miranda, a Designer from a Small City Brazil by Midori Imatake
Special Feature: Society of Illustrators 24th Annual Exhibition by Shin’ichiro Tora The 42nd Annual Exhibition of Art Culture Association

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Takenobu Igarashi
Takenobu Igarashi was born in Tokyo in 1944 and is best known for his three-dimensional typographic sculptures, letterforms and blending graphic design and architecture. He studied at the University of California Los Angeles, and established his own studio in Tokyo in 1970. His work for the Los Angeles Olympic Games (1984) and his alphabet sculptures are among the most recognised examples of typographic experimentation in postwar Japanese design. Explore related designers including Kazumasa Nagai and Ikko Tanaka. See also Japanese Modernism and 1970s graphic design history.
IDEA (Japan)
Idea is a Japanese design magazine that has been published since 1953, covering typography, visual identity, and contemporary graphics.

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Idea 174, 1982-9. Cover design by Takenobu Igarashi.
Idea 174, 1982-9. Cover design by Takenobu Igarashi.
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