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Ryuichi Yamashiro - Japanese Graphic Designer

Designer: Ryuichi Yamashiro

Ryuichi Yamashiro (1920–1992) was a pioneering Japanese graphic designer and modernist, inspired by Bauhaus principles and artists like Joan Miró. He co-founded the Nippon Design Center and created iconic works such as Tree, Woods, Forest (1955), housed at MoMA.

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Design (Japan), 027, 1961. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashiro
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Ryuichi Yamashiro. Japanese Graphic Designer | 1920 – 1977

Ryuichi Yamashiro (山城隆)  was a Japanese graphic designer and artist, born in Osaka in 1920. He belonged to the same generation of pioneering Japanese designers as Kohei Sugiura, Kiyoshi Awazu, Yoshio Hayakawa, Yūsaku Kamekura, Kazumasa Nagai, and Ikko Tanaka.  

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Design (Japan), 026, 1961. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashir
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Design (Japan), 026, 1961

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  • Designer/s: Ryuichi Yamashiro
  • Year: 1961
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Design (Japan), 027, 1961. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashir
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Design (Japan), 027, 1961

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  • Designer/s: Ryuichi Yamashiro
  • Year: 1961
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Design (Japan), 025, 1961
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Design (Japan), 025, 1961

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  • Designer/s: Ryuichi Yamashiro
  • Year: 1961
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Design (Japan), 023, 1961. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashir
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Design (Japan), 023, 1961

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  • Designer/s: Ryuichi Yamashiro
  • Year: 1961
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. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashir
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Design (Japan), 022, 1961

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  • Designer/s: Ryuichi Yamashiro
  • Year: 1961
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Design (Japan), 017, 1961
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Design (Japan), 017, 1961

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  • Designer/s: Ryuichi Yamashiro
  • Year: 1961
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Japan, Promotional Brochure, 1958. Designed by Ryuichi Yamashiro
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Japan, Promotional Brochure, 1958

  • Format: Brochure
  • Designer/s: Ryuichi Yamashiro
  • Year: 1958
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Graphic Design 4, 1961. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashiro
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Graphic Design 04, 1961

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  • Designer/s: Ryuichi Yamashiro
  • Year: 1961
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Idea 153, 1979-3. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashiro
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Idea 153, 1979-3

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  • Designer/s: Ryuichi Yamashiro
  • Year: 1979
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Max Huber was born in 1919 in Switzerland. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) in Zurich where he excelled in graphic design and photography.  Huber worked across advertising, packaging, design and industrial design. He had a distinctive style that skillfully blended bright hues with photomontage.

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Design (Japan), 027, 1961. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashiro
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Ryuichi Yamashiro. Japanese Graphic Designer | 1920 – 1977

Ryuichi Yamashiro (山城隆)  was a Japanese graphic designer and artist, born in Osaka in 1920. He belonged to the same generation of pioneering Japanese designers as Kohei Sugiura, Kiyoshi Awazu, Yoshio Hayakawa, Yūsaku Kamekura, Kazumasa Nagai, and Ikko Tanaka.