Designer: Tadashi Ohashi

Known for Press advertising
Tadashi Ohashi - Japanese Graphic Designer
Nationality Japanese
Roles Graphic designer

Tadashi Ohashi trained at the Tokyo College of Art and Technology and began his career in department store and advertising design before becoming a freelance designer focused on press advertising.

Explore related designers including Hiroshi Ohchi and Kazumasa Nagai. See also Japanese Modernism and 1960s graphic design history.

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Tadashi Ohashi was at the forefront of Japan's postwar design movement, with his illustrations widely celebrated. In 1952, he became the chief designer for Meiji Seika Confectionery, producing some of his most renowned work.

Artefacts Featuring the Work of Tadashi Ohashi

Graphic Design 08, 1962

From the graphic design archive:

Graphic Design 08, 1962

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Tadashi Ohashi
  • Year: 1962
Industrial Art News – Vol. 27, No. 5, August 1959

From the graphic design archive:

Industrial Art News – Vol. 27, No. 5, August 1959

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Tadashi Ohashi
  • Year: 1959

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