Yusaku Kamekura

Yusaku Kamekura (World Graphic Design 3), 1993

Details

  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Yusaku Kamekura
  • Year 1993
  • Client/Publisher Ginza Graphic Gallery
  • Size 135mm x 189mm
Yusaku Kamekura
Yusaku Kamekura, born in 1915, graduated from the Institute of New Architecture and Industrial Arts. In 1960, he helped establish Nippon Design Center Inc. and served as its managing director. The following year, in 1961, he received a grand prize from the Ministry of Education. In 1962, he transitioned to working as a freelance designer. Explore related designers including Yusaku Kamekura and Ikko Tanaka. See also Idea magazine, Japanese Modernism, and Japanese graphic design history.
Ginza Graphic Gallery
Publications from Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, documenting exhibitions and contemporary graphic design.

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