August 2013
Beginner
240 pages
6h 16m
English

1915–1997 | BORN: Niigata Prefecture, Japan | EDUCATION: Institute of New Architecture and Industrial Arts, Tokyo
Combined European modernism with traditional Japanese aesthetics
Designed the first Olympics posters to use photography
Led and organized the Japanese graphic design profession
All eyes were on Japan during the summer of 1964. For the first time, the Olympics were to be held in an Asian country and broadcast in color. The people of Japan wanted to show the world that they had rebuilt after the devastation of World War II, that they were no longer the enemy, and that they were a force in the technology industry. Through ...
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