The Work of Ikko Tanaka, Shinshindo, 1975

Ikko Tanaka

Book

Tanaka Ikko 1930-2002
AGI Membership – 1966

Details

Format Book
Designer/s Ikko Tanaka
Year 1975
Client/Publisher Shinshindo
Size 226mm x 297mm

Ikko Tanaka

Ikko Tanaka was born in 1930 in Nara City. He graduated from the Kyoto School of Fine Arts in 1950 and worked for several companies, including the Osaka Economic Newspaper, before co-founding Nippon Design Center, Inc. In 1963, he established his own firm, the Ikko Tanaka Design Office. Tanaka's awards include a silver medal from the Warsaw International Poster Biennial, the Mainichi Design Award, the New York ADC Award, the Tokyo ADC Membership Award, the Mainichi Art Award, and the Japan Cultural Design Grand Prix. Explore related designers including Yusaku Kamekura, Shigeo Fukuda, and Kiyoshi Awazu. See also Japanese Modernism, Japanese graphic design history, and 1960s graphic design history.

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Design Format: Book
Designed in the: 1970s

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