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Mitsuo Katsui - Graphic Designer - Japan

Designer: Mitsuo Katsui

Katsui Mitsuo was born in Tokyo in 1931 and graduated from Tokyo Education University in 1955. In 1956, he joined Ajinomoto Co., Ltd., but began working as a freelance designer in 1961. Throughout his career, he received numerous awards, including the JAAC Award in 1958, the Mainichi Industrial Design Award in 1965, and the Tokyo ADC Membership Prize in 1972.

Articles Featuring the Work of Mitsuo Katsui

Artefacts Featuring the Work of Mitsuo Katsui

Idea 242, 1994
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Idea 242, 1994

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Mitsuo Katsui
  • Year: 1994
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Design (Japan), 111, 1968. Cover design by Mitsuo Katsui
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Design (Japan), 111, 1968

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Mitsuo Katsui
  • Year: 1968
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Mitsuo Katsui, ggg Books, Separate volume 10, 1993
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Mitsuo Katsui, ggg Books, Separate volume 10, 1993

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Mitsuo Katsui
  • Year: 1993
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Design (Japan), 113, 1968. Cover design by Mitsuo Katsui
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Design (Japan), 113, 1968

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Mitsuo Katsui
  • Year: 1968
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Graphic Design 17, 1964. Cover design by Mitsuo Katsui
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Graphic Design 17, 1964

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Mitsuo Katsui
  • Year: 1964
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Industrial Art News – Vol. 36, No. 1, 1968. Cover design by Mitsuo Katsui
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Industrial Art News – Vol. 36, No. 1, 1968

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Mitsuo Katsui
  • Year: 1968
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Industrial Art News - Vol. 26, No. 10, December 1958. Cover design by Mitsuo Katsui
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Industrial Art News – Vol. 26, No. 10, December 1958

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Mitsuo Katsui
  • Year: 1958
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Ginza Graphic Gallery 09, Mitsuo Katsui
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Mitsuo Katsui (World Graphic Design 9), 1993

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Mitsuo Katsui
  • Year: 1993
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Sketches by Jan Slothouber and William Graatsmas for the Cubic Children’s Stamps of 1970. Scanned from nederlandse postzegels 1970, Staatsbedrij der PTT, 1970
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Jan Slothouber and William Graatsma’s Cubic Children’s Stamps of 1970.

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