Poster design by Kazumasa Nagai / available for purchase
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Highlighting a selection of gorgeous World Design Expo ’89 original vintage Japanese posters; each work is available for purchase online at Poster Plus. See many more here. All posters measure 28½ x 40¾ inches (approximately 73 x 104 cm) and are offset printed. Follow the text and image links for additional information on the poster designs and artists presented in this post.
In addition to their online presence, you can find art posters and more at Poster Plus’ two floor gallery housed across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago. So if you live in or travel to the Chicago area you will definitely want to pay them a visit.
Founded in 1969, Poster Plus maintains a comprehensive collection of Original Vintage Posters, Fine Art Posters, and Limited Edition Giclée prints. Our collection includes posters from a wide variety of subjects ranging from 1920s Chicago Transit posters, to Pop Art reproduction posters by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. To preserve and protect your artwork, Poster Plus also offers expert Custom Framing services, Restoration and Conservation services and Art Solutions.
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Poster design by Shiego Fukuda / available for purchase
Shigeo Fukuda is Japan’s consummate visual communicator. His induction into the Art Directors Hall of Fame marks the first time for a Japanese designer. Born fifty-five years ago in Tokyo, Fukuda received his design education at that city’s National University of Fine Arts & Music. In 1966, his work first gained prominence at a Czechoslovakian graphic design competition. One year later, Fukuda’s work graced many posters specially commissioned for Montreal’s Expo ’67…
Poster design by Yusaku Kamekura / available for purchase
Few designers achieve more than a half century of professional longevity—let alone continue in that time to find new solutions and challenges in their work. But the President of the Japan Graphic Designers Association, Inc. (JAGDA) Yusaku Kamekura has accomplished this and more in his lifetime…
Poster design by Shin Matsunaga / available for purchase
After completing the design course at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1964, Matsunaga worked in the advertising division of Shiseido Co., Ltd. In 1971 he founded Shin Matsunaga Design Inc.
His work centers on graphic designs, including posters and corporate identity designs, but his creative activities also cover a range of other fields, such as drawings and monuments. His major works; corporate identity design for Issey Miyake Inc.; package design for French cigarette ‘Gitanes’ selected as the 1st prize at international competition and the symbol mark design for the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubish etc…
Poster design by Katsumi Asaba / available for purchase
Born in Kanagawa in 1940. Established Asaba Design Co., Ltd. in ’75 after working at Light Publicity Ltd. Among his clients are Suntory, the Seibu Department Stores, the Seibu Saison Group, Takeda Chemical Industries, Nissin Food Products Co…
Poster design by Takenobu Igarashi / available for purchase
Takenobu Igarashi graduated from Tama Art University in 1968 with a Bachelor’s degree and completed his studies at the University of California at Los Angeles with a Master’s degree in 1969.
He attained international acclaim as a graphic designer in the mid-1970s through his axonometric alphabets. In 1979, GRAPHIS, a leading Swiss design magazine introduced his visual identification design for Summit Inc. and featured his work followed by four issues…
Poster design by Makoto Saito / available for purchase
Graphic designer Makoto Saito was born in 1952 in Fukuoka, Japan. His early work as a printmaker was successful, shown internationally, and is part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Saito worked from 1974 to 1980 at Nippon Design Center before starting his own firm, Makoto Saito Design. His posters are typified by text-free imagery in dense inks printed on thick, high quality papers.
Poster design by Toda / available for purchase
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These are great, that red giant poster is beautiful. Thanks for posting!
What a great source for original Japanese works; I just wish I could afford them. That Takenobu Igarashi piece is beautiful. It’s of the time, yet with such a compelling composition.
Excellent source for Japanese prints, re tweet must!