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Kazumasa Nagai

Idea 223, 1990-11

Cover Design: Kazumasa Nagai

The World Masters: 5 Kazumasa Nagai
1990 Tokyo ADC Awards Yoshifumi Nakashima
Contemporary U.S.A. & U.S.S.R. Poster Exhibition Noboru Matsuura
XIV Biennale of Graphic Design Brno Jan Rajlich
The World of Kenji Itoh’s Print Art Kazumasa Nagai
Gary Kelley Shinichiro Tora
Finn Nygaard J. H. Sanberg
Kijuro Yahagi
N.Y. Type Directors Club 36th Annual Exhibition Yoshihiro Yoshida
Arthur Meyerson
Franco Grignani’s Signs & Symbols
Michael Thierens Design
The Trick Shigeo Fukuda
Alexander Rutsch
Leslee Avchen RitaSue Sigel & Michelle Stuhl
Shoichiro Higuchi’s Stimulating Installation
Kent Design – Workshop Shigeru Watano, Yachiyo Matsuzaki
Series 21: Art in New York Today, The Meaning of Erika Beckman’s Art Focus Shoichiro Higuchi

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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.
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 223, 1990-11. Cover design by Kazumasa NagaiIdea 223, 1990-11. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai

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