Yusaku Kamekura

Kamekura, Yusaku





Yusaku Kamekura was born 1915 BirthJapan.
Died 1997

Grahic designer

Categories: Printmakers Documenta Kassel

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Uncompromising perfectionist, visionary and the profession’s first undisputed leader, Yusaku Kamekura worked all his life to shape it. Two years after his first one-man show, he organized the famed Graphic ‘55 exhibition at the Takashimaya department store, introducing design into the vocabulary of the populace…
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In tribute to graphic designer Yusaku Kamekura who passed away suddenly in 1997, a prize in his name was established in 1999 as a contribution to the development of the graphic design industry. The selection and administration of the prize is overseen by the Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA). Every year, the most outstanding work from “Graphic Design in Japan” is awarded the prize…

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