Yusaku Kamekura

Idea 187, 1984-11

Cover Design: Yusaku Kamekura
Editor in chief: Yoshihisa Ishihara
Editorial Director: Kazuchika Sunaga
Publisher: Shigeo Ogawa
Editorial Cooperation: Ohchi Design Office
Editorial Cooperation: Midori Imatake

Content includes:
Chermayeff & Geismar Associates by C. Ray Smith
Society of Illustrators’ 26th Annual Exhibition by Shinichiro Tora
Gary Braasch: A Photographer with a Passion for Nature by David Kelly
Photo Illustration of Didier Gaillard by Shigeru Watano
Carol Wald & Collages and Paintings by Shinichiro Tora
Yusaku Kamekura: Homage by Yoshio Hayakawa
Claude Mediavilla / Barbedor of Our Age by Toshimitsu Imai
Emilio Ambasz: The Innovator for Aiming at Utopia by Emilio Ambasz
Works of Katsuhiko Hibino by Yusuke Nakahara
TV Globo Ltd. by Arlindo de Castro
The Compelling Image Contemporary Japanese Posters by John Silverstein
Lecture on Trompo L’oeil Lecture 4 by Shigeo Fukuda

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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. Explore related designers including Yusaku Kamekura and Ikko Tanaka. See also Idea magazine, Japanese Modernism, and Japanese 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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