Yusaku Kamekura

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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Yusaku Kamekura was born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan in 1915. He was a pioneer of graphic design in Japan, and founded the Japan Design Center in 1960. He served as President of Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA) from 1978 to 1993. As the brain, editor and publisher of ‘Creation,’ a magazine focusing on international graphic design, art and illustration, he promoted the highest achievements in contemporary graphic art and its representative artists worldwide…

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…