Ryuichi Yamashiro

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Ryūichi Yamashiro ( Jap. 山城隆一 , Yamashiro Ryūichi * 10. November 1920 in Osaka Prefecture , Japan ; † 24. March 1997 ) was a Japanese graphic designer , typographer and graphic designer specializing in commercial art and internationally known for his poster art .

life and work

Ryūichi Yamashiro studied at the Osaka Municipal Polytechnic ( 大阪 市立 工 芸 学校 ), which he graduated in 1938. He worked for a time for the department store ( Depāto ) Hankyū Hyakkaten and then set up as a freelance graphic artist in 1952. In 1958 he was responsible for the color design and the wall painting for the Japanese pavilion at the world exhibition in Brussels . He worked as an artistic advisor to the Asahi chemical plant , Toshiba and other industrial companies. He was visiting professor at the Institute for Design in Kanazawa and one of the directors of the Nippon Design Center .

In 1964 his most famous poster: Hayashi-Mori was shown at the documenta III in Kassel in the graphics department . He designed the Hayashi-Mori poster for a campaign to protect forests ( Forest Protection Movement ). Hayashi-Mori means: "Grove - forest". HAP Grieshaber described the poster as " the most beautiful poster in the world " when he looked at it .

His work has received numerous awards, including the silver and bronze medals of the Art Director Club Tokyo in 1957 and 1960 and numerous other national and international awards.

Prices

literature

  • documenta III. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture; Volume 2: Hand Drawings; Volume 3: Industrial Design, Graphics; Kassel / Cologne 1964

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. in: Exhibition catalog: Posters from Japan, Neues Museum in Nuremberg June 18–10. November 2002