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Toshihiro Katayama - Japanese Graphic Designer

Designer: Toshihiro Katayama

Toshihiro Katayama worked in several art and design disciplines from graphic design and sculpture to environmental works and sculpture. His design work features rhythms and patterns and has a resemblance to modern jazz and the studies of Josef Albers.

Articles Featuring the Work of Toshihiro Katayama

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Graphis 124, 1966. Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama.
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The Structured Forms of Toshihiro Katayama

Katayama worked in several art and design disciplines from graphic design and sculpture to environmental works and sculpture. His design work features rhythms and patterns and has a resemblance to modern jazz and the studies of Josef Albers.

Artefacts Featuring the Work of Toshihiro Katayama

New Direction in Japanese Architecture, Studio Vista, 1968. Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama and book design by Jennie Bush
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New Direction in Japanese Architecture, Studio Vista, 1968

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama and book design by Jennie Bush
  • Year: 1968
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New Direction in Latin American Architecture, Studio Vista, 1969. Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama and book design by Jennie Bush
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New Directions in Latin American Architecture, Studio Vista, 1969

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama and book design by Jennie Bush
  • Year: 1969
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New Direction in German Architecture, Studio Vista, 1968. Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama and book design by Jennie Bush
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New Directions in German Architecture, Studio Vista, 1968

  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama and book design by Jennie Bush
  • Year: 1969
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Toshihiro Katayama, Visuelle Konstruktionen, Galerie abc, 1965
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Toshihiro Katayama, Visuelle Konstruktionen, Galerie abc, 1965

  • Format: Exhibition Catalogue
  • Designer/s: Toshihiro Katayama
  • Year: 1965
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Industrial Art News – Vol. 30, No. 3, Summer 1962. Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama
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Industrial Art News – Vol. 30, No. 3, Summer 1962

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Toshihiro Katayama
  • Year: 1962
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Quarterly Design No.7 Autumn 1974. Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama
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Quarterly Design No.7 Autumn 1974

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Toshihiro Katayama
  • Year: 1974
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Graphis 124, 1966. Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama.
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Graphis 124, 1966

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Toshihiro Katayama
  • Year: 1966
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Idea 164, 1981-1. Cover design by Toshihiro Katayama
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Idea 164, 1981-1

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Toshihiro Katayama
  • Year: 1981
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FILM Quarterly, 05, 1970. Cover design by Kiyoshi Awazu
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Kiyoshi Awazu. Japanese Graphic Designer | 1929 – 2009

Kiyoshi Awazu (粟津) was a renowned Japanese graphic designer, known for his contributions across various creative fields including poster design, architecture, set design, filmmaking, and illustration. His unique style was commissioned by theatre groups, design and architecture magazines and various organisations for the covers of book covers and posters.

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Design (Japan), 61, 1964. Cover design by Kohei Sugiura
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Kohei Sugiura. Japanese Graphic Designer | 1932

Kohei Sugiura’s work spans an impressive range of mediums, including record jackets, publication covers, posters, exhibition catalogues, and stamps. He perfectly merged functionality and data visualisation with aesthetics. Drawing on his background in architecture, Sugiura applied a systematic, programmatic methodology to graphic design, similar to the approach of Swiss designer Karl Gerstner. 
Typografische Monatsblätter, 04, 1961. Cover design by Emil Ruder
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