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Idea 238, 1993

Content includes:
The World Masters: 19 Tadanori Yokoo Christopher Mount
The 2nd International Poster Biennial in MEXICO with The Collection “America Today, 500 Years Later” Shigeo Fukuda
New Asian Design from Hong Kong, Kan Tai-keung Masuteru Aoba
Illustrator, David Grove
Recent Works by Makoto Nakamura Kazumasa Nagai
Jan Rajlich, Jr. T. Podzimek
Design Office in the Eastern Part of Berlin, Grappa Shigeru Watano / Yachiyo Matsuzaki
Photographer, Chip Simons
Design consultancy with a history of 30 years, Tel Design
3D Object Sign for Parking Area Facilities
The Design Works of Furura / SMS
The 4th Design Competition in Kagoshima Takeo Yao
Imaginary World “Beyond the Dimension” Baku Saito Shinichiro Tora
The Calendar: International Sign Graphics Shinichiro Tora
Graphic Designer, Walter Bohatsch Shigeru Watano / Yachiyo Matsuzaki
Harmonist of Design, Robert Maude Paul Peter Piech
Gustavo Pedroza: Typographic Space in Focus Karl Ritter
Charles Biondo Design Associates, Inc. Takeo Yao
A Painter Who Draws between Heaven and Hell, Michael Goldberg Shoichiro Higuchi

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Tadanori Yokoo
‘Tadanori Yokoo was born in 1936 in Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan and in 1969 received the grand prix in the print category at the 6th Youth Biennial in Paris. In 1972 he held a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and in 1974 won a gold medal at the Warsaw Poster Biennial, a silver medal at the Brno Graphic Art Biennial, and the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Award at the 9th Tokyo International Print Biennial. In 1975 he received the Mainichi Design Award, and in 1976 took part in the Venice Biennial exhibition, "Works by 5 International Designers." He held a one-man show at the Museum of Advertising Art in Paris in 1983, and in 1985 participated in both the 13th Paris Biennial and the 18th Sao Paulo Biennial. Another one-man show followed in 1987 at the Saison Art Museum, and in 1989 he received an honorary award at the 4th Asia Art Biennial, Bangladesh. In 1991 he took part in the exhibition "Beyond Japan: A Photo Theatre" held at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. Tadanori Yokoo held another one-man show in 1992 at Loft Forum in Tokyo.’ 100 Graphic Designers of the World. Idea Special Edition Explore related designers including Kiyoshi Awazu and Shigeo Fukuda. See also Japanese Modernism, Japanese graphic design history, and 1960s graphic design history.
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Idea 238, 1993
Idea 238, 1993. Cover design by Tadanori Yokoo
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