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Shin Matsunaga - Graphic Designer - Japan

Idea 203, 1987-7

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Cover Design: Shin Matsunaga
Editor in chief: Fumio Sudoh
Editorial Director: Ko Konishi
Publisher: Shigeo Ogawa
Editorial Cooperation: Midori Imatake
Editorial Cooperation: Ohchi Design Office
Editorial Cooperation: Masuteru Aoba

Content includes:
International Consultant on CI, Henrion, Ludlow & Schmidt
Yarom Vardimon, A Talent Born to be an Innovative Designer by Ivan Chermayeff
Works of Louis Dorfsman by Ikko Tanaka
Alan Peckolick and His Elegantly, Designed and Executed Type Faces by Shin’ichiro Tora
Legacy of Stanislav Kovéř – His Clear-cut Style in Expression and Consistent Impression by Jan Rajlich
The Illustrations of Olivier Besson by Shigeru Watano
Javier Romero’s Illustration Gives Simple and Momemntary Impact
Kees de Bruijn; Creating Posters for a Small Town Community by Shigeru Watano
The Fourth International Poster Biennale – Moscow by Shigeo Fukuda
Stephen Antonakos’s Neon Arts by Shoichiro Higuchi
15th Anniversary Exhibition of CHUBU Creators by Shin’ichiro Tora
Bill Kinser’s Drawing
Special Feature: ’87 Graduation Works of Graphic Design Students
International Design Convention ’87
Visual Design Art of 71st NIKA Exhibition

Details

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Shin Matsunaga
  • Year: 1987
  • Client/Publisher: Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co
Shin Matsunaga was born in Tokyo in 1940. He graduated from the Department of Design at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1964. In 1971, after working in the Advertising Division of Shiseido Co., Ltd., he founded Shin Matsunaga Design Inc. Matsunaga has received numerous prestigious awards, including the JAAC Special Award, Tokyo ADC Awards, gold medals in the 1st and 2nd Japan Graphic Design Exhibitions, the Grand Prize for Package Design in Japan, the Mainichi Design Award, and gold and honorary awards at the International Poster Biennale in Warsaw.

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Idea 203, 1987-7. Cover design by Shin Matsunaga
Idea 203, 1987-7. Cover design by Shin Matsunaga
Shin Matsunaga was born in Tokyo in 1940. He graduated from the Department of Design at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1964. In 1971, after working in the Advertising Division of Shiseido Co., Ltd., he founded Shin Matsunaga Design Inc. Matsunaga has received numerous prestigious awards, including the JAAC Special Award, Tokyo ADC Awards, gold medals in the 1st and 2nd Japan Graphic Design Exhibitions, the Grand Prize for Package Design in Japan, the Mainichi Design Award, and gold and honorary awards at the International Poster Biennale in Warsaw.
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