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Shin Matsunaga - Graphic Designer - Japan

Designer: Shin Matsunaga

Shin Matsunaga was born in Tokyo in 1940. He graduated from the Department of Design at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1964. In 1971, after working in the Advertising Division of Shiseido Co., Ltd., he founded Shin Matsunaga Design Inc.

Matsunaga has received numerous prestigious awards, including the JAAC Special Award, Tokyo ADC Awards, gold medals in the 1st and 2nd Japan Graphic Design Exhibitions, the Grand Prize for Package Design in Japan, the Mainichi Design Award, and gold and honorary awards at the International Poster Biennale in Warsaw.

Articles Featuring the Work of Shin Matsunaga

Artefacts Featuring the Work of Shin Matsunaga

Ginza Graphic Gallery 07, Shin Matsunaga
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Shin Matsunaga (World Graphic Design 7), 1993

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Shin Matsunaga
  • Year: 1993
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Idea 203, 1987-7. Cover design by Shin Matsunaga
From the design archive:

Idea 203, 1987-7

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Shin Matsunaga
  • Year: 1987
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