Takashi Kono
Takashi Kono was shaken by the arrival of free and wild American creative power, at that time, in the world of graphic design what was imported was in fashion. For Takashi Kono an Edo craftsman at heart, who wanted to re-create Japanese shapes and colours from chaotic commercial art, so it was a natural creative posture to take. It is easy to understand how his natural sensibility made his resolution firm. He is unparalleled among graphic designers of his day.
Is best known by his posters for Shochiku Kinema, a major movie production company, Takashi Kono (1906-1999) was a designer whose career almost entirely overlapped with the history of Japanese graphic design.
He was a central figure in post-war Japanese graphic design; Kono has produced number of masterful works combining simplified motifs and an original style of coloration. His discreetly refined creations display a typically Japanese kind of sensibility especially - but not only - Japanese viewers will feel particularly comfortable with. In particular, his work for the magazine NIPPON contributed to innovation in visual expression.
A clear "Japan original" can be found in the works created by Takashi Kono who had the essence of good Japanese tradition in his blood
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