Ryohei Kojima

Ryohei Kojima (World Graphic Design 47), 1999

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Ryohei Kojima
  • Year 1999
  • Client/Publisher Ginza Graphic Gallery
  • Size 135mm x 189mm
Ryohei Kojima
Born in 1939 in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, Ryohei Kojima graduated from Asagaya Art School in 1959 and Musashino Art Junior College in 1961. He initially worked in the advertising department at Ginza San'ai before joining Light Publicity Co. in 1963. After 12 years with the creative agency, Kojima established his own design studio, Ryohei Kojima Design Studio, in 1975. Explore related designers including Ikko Tanaka and Kazumasa Nagai. See also Japanese Modernism and 1970s graphic design history.
Ginza Graphic Gallery
Publications from Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, documenting exhibitions and contemporary graphic design.

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Ryohei Kojima (World Graphic Design 47), 1999
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