Ikko Tanaka 1980

Ikko Tanaka
is considered the most important contemporary Japanese graphic designer. He was born in Nara in 1930. – Jan 11 2002. After studying in Kyoto and working for the newspaper Osaka Sankei Shimbun he founded his own studio in Tokyo in 1963 which still exists. His oeuvre consists of posters, books, lettering and packaging design, as well as the corporate identity of many Japanese and international groups, but also includes experimental forms of calligraphy and interior design. Tanaka's work combines in a fascinating way the visual language of modernism with elements of Japanese tradition. Many of his posters are counted among the classics of modern poster design.

Ikko Tanaka, fusion of Japanese tradition and the International Style contributed a modern sensibility to Japanese poster and publication design, he succeeded in marrying past and present in graphic compositions that were strong and clean, colorful and playful and unerringly precise. He borrowed the simple shapes and patterns of ancient arts and incorporated them into designs that were definitely of his time and place.

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