Kazumasa Nagai
Kazumasa Nagai ( Japanese 永 井 一 正 , Nagai Kazumasa ; born April 20, 1929 in Ōsaka ) is a Japanese graphic and poster designer .
He was a co-founder of the Nippon Design Center (1960), which he chaired until 2001.
While his earlier works were constructed and seemed cool- abstract , he changed his style radically in the mid-1980s so as not to repeat himself, and achieved fame again with his hand-drawn pictures of animals and plants.
In 1964 he participated in documenta III in Kassel in the graphics department .
Literature and Sources
- documenta III. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture; Volume 2: Hand Drawings; Volume 3: Industrial Design, Graphics; Kassel / Cologne 1964
Web links
- Materials by and about Kazumasa Nagai in the documenta archive
- Kazumasa Nagai Poster Exhibition, Ginza Graphic Gallery 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nagai, Kazumasa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 永 井 一 正 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | japanese poster designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osaka |