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Kazumasa Nagai

Industrial Art News – Vol. 28, No. 5, August 1960

Content includes:
8 mm Low Voltage Projectors
Designers In A Manufacturing Company (2) Toyota Motors Co.
Designers Under The Motto ‘Good Thinking & Good Products’
Multi-purpose Vehicle For Farmers
Kemmochi Design Associates.
IAN Spotlight : Suntry ‘ Royal’
‘Tanaka’ Living Scale
Toyopet ‘ Stout ‘
What Did We Get From World Design Conference In Japan!
Mukai Shutaro, Kato Tatsumi, Sugiura Kohei
Aluminum And Stainless-steel Products From Abroad
Exhibitions, News, Books

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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.
Industrial Art News
Industrial Art News was a Japanese publication covering industrial design, materials, and their graphic applications.

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Industrial Art News - Vol. 28, No. 5, August 1960. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai
Industrial Art News – Vol. 28, No. 5, August 1960. Cover design by Kazumasa Nagai
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